Shropshire 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 Shropshire FRS
- HMICFRS region: The service is in HMICFRS’s Western fire region
HMICFRS’s assessment of Shropshire Fire and 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 Shropshire FRS, we made the following graded judgments:
About the service
Shropshire is England’s largest inland county occupying approximately 3,490 square kilometres. It has a relatively low population spread out over a large area. The county has many historic areas, and has more than 7,000 listed buildings.
The local risks within Shropshire are diverse, ranging from dwellings in remote, rural locations to major industrial centres and significant heritage properties.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service operates from 23 strategically located stations across Shropshire. The service headquarters is in Shrewsbury and the training centre is in Telford. SFRS predominantly relies on on-call firefighters, drawn from their local communities, with a core of whole time firefighters to provide capacity, resilience and specialist skills.
Connect with Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service
Recent news
- Serious concerns about Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service’s management of resources
- Fire and Rescue Services make progress to improve culture, but more must be done to tackle unacceptable behaviour
- 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
- Chief Inspector: Fire and Rescue Services are improving, but more change is urgently required
Recent publications
- Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service
- Standards of behaviour: The handling of misconduct in fire and rescue services
- Terms of reference: Home Secretary’s commission for a thematic inspection of the handling of misconduct in fire and rescue services
- Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2021/22 – Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service
- Fire and Rescue Service inspections 2021/22 – Round 2, Tranche 2