Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service

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

 

About the service

Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is part of the Community Protection Directorate of Hertfordshire County Council, which is also the Fire and Rescue Authority. The service covers Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage and Watford, as well as St Albans.

29 fire stations are strategically placed across the county to provide emergency response to extinguish fires, with the aim of protecting life and property, rescue people from road traffic collisions, water and height, and deal with other emergencies such as wide-area flooding, chemical incidents and large animal rescues.

The service also plays a role in civil protection, working in partnership with other public bodies and private sector organisations to ensure an integrated approach to dealing with large-scale civil emergencies such as terrorist attacks and major rail or air accidents.