East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service
HMICFRS region and HMI
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services (HMI): Roy Wilsher is HMI for East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service
- HMICFRS region: The service is in HMICFRS’s South Eastern fire region
HMICFRS’s assessment of East Sussex 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 East Sussex FRS, we made the following graded judgments:
About the service
Approximately a third of the population served by East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service is within the heavily urbanised City of Brighton & Hove. It works within a large and diverse area on the south coast of England, covering rural locations as well as a busy city centre and urban seaside towns.
The service responds to help people at a range of emergencies to save life, property and protect the environment along with its emergency service partners. It also works with local partners to run safety events and prevention campaigns and actively involve local communities wherever possible.
Connect with East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service
Recent news
- East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service identifies risk well, but further progress is needed in fire prevention
- 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: East Sussex 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 – East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service