North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
HMICFRS region and HMI
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services (HMI): Michelle Skeer is HMI for North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
- HMICFRS region: The service is in HMICFRS’s Northern fire region
HMICFRS’s assessment of North Yorkshire 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 North Yorkshire FRS, we made the following graded judgments:
About the service
The North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service serves the largest county in England. It includes York, Scarborough, Harrogate and Skipton. The majority of the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors are within the county’s boundaries and around 40 percent of the county is covered by National Parks.
The service has 38 stations. Its work includes providing emergency responses and prevention of fire incidents, accidents and other life-threatening hazards. They also deliver safety advice, business fire safety advice, work in partnership with others and deliver initiatives such as youth courses and schools talks.
Connect with North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Recent news
- North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service commended for improvements made
- Fire and Rescue Services make progress to improve culture, but more must be done to tackle unacceptable behaviour
- North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service: Causes of concern – progress letter
- Terms of reference: Home Secretary’s commission for a thematic inspection of the handling of misconduct in fire and rescue services
- North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service: Causes of concern revisit letter
Recent publications
- Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
- Standards of behaviour: The handling of misconduct in fire and rescue services
- North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service: Causes of concern – progress letter
- Terms of reference: Home Secretary’s commission for a thematic inspection of the handling of misconduct in fire and rescue services
- North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service: Causes of concern revisit letter