Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service is the

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for the

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county of Cheshire, consisting of the

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of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and

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. It operates 28

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s. The service is led by

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Alex Waller, who was appointed in 2022, and the Service Management Team. It is managed by the Cheshire Fire Authority, which is composed of councillors from the local communities of Cheshire, Halton and Warrington. They make decisions on issues such as policy, finance and resources.

Operations

Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service employs over 980 staff and looks after a population of 1.07million people spread across an area of . It has 28 fire stations, with a headquarters in

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. The region features several large urban areas such as Warrington and Chester, an extensive transport infrastructure and one of the highest concentrations of

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industries in the country. It is in close proximity to two major airports:

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and

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. The service responds to emergency incidents - known as Emergency Response (ER) across the four unitary council areas of: *Halton *Warrington *Cheshire East *Cheshire West and Chester DK08 AHU Warrington (Cheshire)

A total of 28 fire stations, with 39 fire engines, are strategically sited throughout the county. These are broken down as: * Seven wholetime-only shift fire stations crewed 24/7 * Two wholetime shift fire stations crewed 24/7, with an additional on-call crew * Six day-crewed stations (three nucleus) crewed during the day and by on-call staff at night * 13 stations crewed by on-call personnel 24/7

Performance

In 2018/2019, every fire and rescue service in

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was subjected to a statutory inspection by

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(HIMCFRS). Another cycle of inspections was carried out starting in 2021. The inspections investigate how well the service performs in each of three areas. On a scale of outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service was rated as follows:

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{{UK fire service Fire and rescue services of England Organisations based in Cheshire

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