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Proposed policing inspection programme and framework 2025–29: For consultation

We would like your views on whether this programme covers the the right themes and areas of policing.

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service

HMICFRS region and HMI

  • His Majesty’s Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services (HMI): Michelle Skeer is HMI for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service
  • The service is in HMICFRS’ Northern fire region

HMICFRS’s assessment of Greater Manchester 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 Greater Manchester FRS, we made the following graded judgments:

 

About the service

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is one of the largest outside London with over 2,100 members of staff and 41 stations. It covers an area of approximately 500 square miles and a culturally diverse population of over 2.8 million people.

From modern inner-city developments to traditional mill towns, Greater Manchester is made up of Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan.

The service promotes fire safety within the community and aims to have at least one working smoke alarm in every home in Greater Manchester. It carries out building inspections to ensure that businesses are meeting their fire safety regulations and visits schools to raise awareness of fire safety.

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Key facts – 2022/2023

Service Area

493 square miles

Population

2.91m million people people
up4% local 5 yr change

Workforce (FTE)

99% wholetime firefighters
1% on-call firefighters
0.47 per 1000 population local
0.54 national level
up7% local 5 yr change
down4% national 5 yr change

Assets

41 stations
48 fire engines

Incidents

11.0 fire incidents per 1000 population local
10.4 national
3.1 non-fire incidents per 1000 population local
3.5 national
4.7 fire false alarms per 1000 population local
4.3 national

Cost

£28.69 firefighter cost per person per year
£26.96 firefighter cost per person per year (national)