Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service
HMICFRS region and HMI
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services (HMI): Lee Freeman is temporary HMI for Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service
- The service is in HMICFRS’s Western fire region
HMICFRS’s assessment of Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire FRS, we made the following graded judgments:
About the service
Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire & rescue service serving the county of Warwickshire in the West Midlands region of England. The service covers an area of 1,975 square kilometres and a population of around 556,750 people and includes Atherstone, Bedworth, Nuneaton, Rugby, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon, Kenilworth, Alcester and Wellesbourne.
The south of the county is largely rural and sparsely populated, and includes a small area of the Cotswolds, at the border with northwest Gloucestershire.
It employs over 450 staff and has 17 stations with 23 fire engines. The service is administered by Warwickshire County Council. Its headquarters are in Leamington Spa.
Connect with Warwickshire 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
- Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service: Cause of concern revisit letter
- Concerns about Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service’s fire safety regulation
- Terms of reference: Home Secretary’s commission for a thematic inspection of the handling of misconduct in fire and rescue services
Recent publications
- Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 recommendations progress update
- Standards of behaviour: The handling of misconduct in fire and rescue services
- Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service: Cause of concern revisit letter
- Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023/25 – Warwickshire 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