Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service
Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service is currently in our Engage stage of enhanced monitoring.
HMICFRS region and HMI
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services (HMI): Roy Wilsher is temporary HMI for Gloucestershire Fire & Rescue Service
- The service is in HMICFRS’s Western fire region
HMICFRS’s assessment of Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire FRS, we made the following graded judgments:
About the service
Gloucestershire is a diverse county covering 1,024 square miles and with a population of more than 600,000 people.
Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service is part of the County Council. The Chief Fire Officer’s suite of services also incorporates other community safety related services such as Emergency Management, Trading Standards, Coroners and Road Safety.
The Service is administered from its headquarters in Quedgeley which is shared with Gloucestershire Constabulary.
Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service have 21 Community Fire Stations with 33 front line fire engines strategically located across Gloucestershire. As a predominantly rural fire and rescue service, 16 of its 21 stations are staffed entirely by on call firefighters.
Connect with Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service
Recent news
- Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service: Causes of concern revisit letter
- Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 recommendations progress update
- Fire and Rescue Services make progress to improve culture, but more must be done to tackle unacceptable behaviour
- Concerns about Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service’s performance
- Terms of reference: Home Secretary’s commission for a thematic inspection of the handling of misconduct in fire and rescue services
Recent publications
- Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service: Causes of concern revisit letter
- Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 recommendations progress update
- Standards of behaviour: The handling of misconduct in fire and rescue services
- Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023/25 – Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service
- Terms of reference: Home Secretary’s commission for a thematic inspection of the handling of misconduct in fire and rescue services