West Midlands Fire Service
HMICFRS region and HMI
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services (HMI): Kathryn Stone is HMI for West Midlands Fire Service
- HMICFRS region: The service is in HMICFRS’s Western fire region
HMICFRS’s assessment of West Midlands Fire 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 West Midlands Fire Service, we made the following graded judgments:
About the service
West Midlands Fire Service helps to keep 2.9 million people in the West Midlands safe. The second largest fire and rescue service in England, it serves a diverse population across Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton.
It works with partners and the community to identify risks across the West Midlands and uses this evidence as the basis for its Community Safety Strategy. The service has maintained and built on a strong collaborative relationship with other blue light services, local authorities and other partners throughout the West Midlands.
West Midlands Fire Service is administered by West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority, which comprises councillors from across its service delivery area.
Connect with West Midlands Fire Service
Recent news
- West Midlands Fire Service is performing well in some areas, but must make greater progress
- Letter from HMCI to West Midlands Fire & Rescue Authority
- 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 Service inspections 2021/22 – tranche 3
Recent publications
- Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: West Midlands Fire Service
- Letter from HMCI to West Midlands Fire & Rescue Authority
- 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
- Fire and Rescue Service inspections 2021/22 – tranche 3