Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service

HMICFRS region and HMI

His Majesty’s Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services (HMI): Michelle Skeer is HMI for Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service
HMICFRS region: The service is in HMICFRS’s Northern fire region

HMICFRS’s assessment of Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear FRS, we made the following graded judgments:

Good	Adequate	Requires improvement
Protecting the public through fire regulation	Understanding the risk of fire and other emergencies	Ensuring fairness and promoting diversity
Responding to major and multi-agency incidents	Preventing fires and other risks
	Responding to fires and other emergencies
	Making best use of resources
	Making the FRS affordable now and in the future
	Promoting the right values and culture
	Getting the right people with the right skills
	Managing performance and developing leaders

About the service

Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service serves a resident population of over 1 million, divided between the five constituent councils of Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland in the North East of England. The service has 17 fire stations.

The population density accounts for 43 percent of the North East’s population in just six percent of the total land area.

As well as putting out fires, the service responds to road traffic accidents and rescuing people and animals from heights, water, confined spaces and more.