Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service is the

fire and rescue service A firefighter is a first responder and rescuer extensively trained in firefighting, primarily to extinguish conflagration, hazardous fires that threaten life, property, and the environment as well as to rescue people and in some cases or jurisd ...

which serves the ceremonial counties of

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...

and

Rutland Rutland () is a ceremonial county and unitary authority in the East Midlands, England. The county is bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire. Its greatest len ...

in England. The service's headquarters are in Birstall,

Leicester Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city l ...

History

The Leicestershire and Rutland Fire Brigade and the separate City of Leicester Fire Brigade were created in 1948 by the

Fire Services Act 1947 The Fire Services Act 1947 was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that reorganised fire services in the United Kingdom. It disbanded the National Fire Service and returned the responsibility for running fire services to local authorities ...

. In 1974 the City of Leicester brigade was merged with the Leicestershire and Rutland brigade to form the present fire service. Since Rutland and the City of Leicester became

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in the 1990s, the

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which administers the service is a

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made up of representatives from

Leicester City Council Leicester City Council is a unitary authority responsible for local government in the city of Leicester, England. It consists of 54 councillors, representing 22 wards in the city, overseen by a directly elected mayor. It is currently control ...

Leicestershire County Council Leicestershire County Council is the county council for the English non-metropolitan county of Leicestershire. It was originally formed in 1889 by the Local Government Act 1888. The county is divided into 52 electoral divisions, which return a to ...

and

Rutland County Council Rutland County Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The current council was created in April 1997. The population of the council's area at the 2011 census was 37,369. As a unitary ...

Leicester Central Fire Station - geograph

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). The inspection investigated how well the service performs in each of three areas. On a scale of outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service was rated as follows:

Fire stations and appliances

LFRS operates 20

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s that are crewed on a combination of duty systems: * Wholetime

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s crew the station 24/7 * Day-crewed firefighters crew the station during daytime * Day-crewing Plus firefighter self roster their own working routine and can be on duty on station for up to five days and nights in a row * On-call

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s remain on-call in the local area and respond when needed, whether at home or work

References

External links

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{{UK fire service Fire and rescue services of England Organisations based in Leicestershire Leicester Organisations based in Rutland

History

Performance

Fire stations and appliances

See also

References

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