Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service
HMICFRS region and HMI
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services (HMI): Michelle Skeer is HMI for Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service
- The service is in HMICFRS’s Northern fire region
HMICFRS’s assessment of Merseyside 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 Merseyside FRS, we made the following graded judgments:
About the service
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire & rescue service covering the county of Merseyside in north-west England. The service is made up of five area commands: Liverpool, Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens.
The service provides a wide range of emergency response and prevention services. It has 23 stations and a marine rescue unit which protect and respond to the 1.4 million residents of Merseyside.
All stations are designated ‘Safe Havens’, where any member of the public – including children and young people – can go if they feel unsafe in any situation.
They also provide individuals with the opportunity to report hate crime and/or domestic violence.
Connect with Merseyside 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
- Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service congratulated for good performance
- Terms of reference: Home Secretary’s commission for a thematic inspection of the handling of misconduct in fire and rescue services
- Fire and Rescue Services improving – but more change urgently needed
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 – Merseyside 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
- State of Fire and Rescue – The Annual Assessment of Fire and Rescue Services in England 2021