Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: West Midlands Fire Service

This inspection is our third assessment of West Midlands Fire Service’s effectiveness and efficiency, and how well it looks after its people. We have measured the service against 11 areas and given a grade for each.

This report sets out our inspection findings.

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You can read the service’s report by exploring the web pages on this site or by downloading the PDF file.

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Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: West Midlands Fire Service (HTML)

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Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: West Midlands Fire Service (PDF document)

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West Midlands Fire Service is performing well in some areas, but must make greater progress

About the service

Find out more about West Midlands Fire Service.

Other service reports

You can see how other services performed using our interactive grade table. This table is updated throughout the year as each report is published.

Previous assessments

The previous FRS assessments can be found on the previous overall grade page.