Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service
HMICFRS region and HMI
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services (HMI): Lee Freeman is HMI for Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service
- HMICFRS region: The service is in HMICFRS’s Eastern fire region
HMICFRS’s assessment of Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service
Our Fire and Rescue Service assessments give you information about how your local fire and rescue service has performed in several important areas. In our latest assessments of Derbyshire FRS, we made the following graded judgments:
About the service
Derbyshire fire & rescue service provides a wide range of services to the people who live and work in the county, as well as those who visit.
The service covers over 1,000 square miles, which includes a variety of urban and rural communities with a population of approximately 1,050,000. The county contains part of the National Forest and a substantial portion of the Peak District National Park.
The service employs over 800 people and has a total of 31 fire stations based in strategic areas to cover the local area, with the headquarters in Ripley (shared with Derbyshire Constabulary).
The service’s governing body is the Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Authority which provides strategic leadership, monitors the costs incurred by the service and sets the budget.
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Recent news
- Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service commended on progress made, but further changes are needed
- Fire and Rescue Services make progress to improve culture, but more must be done to tackle unacceptable behaviour
- Terms of reference: Home Secretary’s commission for a thematic inspection of the handling of misconduct in fire and rescue services
- Fire and Rescue Service inspections 2021/22 – tranche 3
- Fire and Rescue Services improving – but more change urgently needed
Recent publications
- Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service
- Standards of behaviour: The handling of misconduct in fire and rescue services
- Terms of reference: Home Secretary’s commission for a thematic inspection of the handling of misconduct in fire and rescue services
- Fire and Rescue Service inspections 2021/22 – tranche 3
- Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2021/22 – Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service