Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service
HMICFRS region and HMI
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Fire and Rescue Services (HMI): HM Chief Inspector of Fire and Rescue Services (FRS) Andy Cooke is temporary HMI for Hereford and Worcester FRS
- The service is in HMICFRS’ Western fire region
HMICFRS’s assessment of Hereford and Worcester 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 Hereford and Worcester FRS, we made the following graded judgments:
About the service
Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service has 25 stations with 41 fire engines strategically located across the two counties. All stations respond to emergencies 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The service receives nearly 10,000 emergency calls each year requesting assistance at a wide variety of incidents, including property and countryside fires, road traffic collisions, collapsed structures, hazardous materials and animal and water rescues. It attends just over 6,500 incidents each year – more than 125 incidents every week..
The service has around 250 wholetime firefighters. It also hosts one of 29 national urban search and rescue specialist units.
Connect with Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service
Recent news
- 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
- Three Fire and Rescue Service reports published
- 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
Recent publications
- 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 – Hereford and Worcester 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
- Fire and Rescue Service inspections 2021/22 – tranche 3