Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service
Operational area
CountryEngland
CountyGreater Manchester
Agency overview
Established1974 (1974)
Employees2,200
Chief Fire OfficerDave Russel
MottoEver Vigilant
Facilities and equipment
Divisions10
Stations41
Engines50
Platforms6
Rescues4
HAZMAT2
USAR1
Wildland7
Rescue boats2
Website
www.manchesterfire.gov.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) is the statutory emergency fire and rescue service for the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, England. It is part of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.[1]

GMFRS covers an area of approximately 496 square miles (1,280 km2). The service has 41 fire stations which until 2006 were organised into three territorial Area Commands (South, East and West), each one with an Area Command Headquarters, based at Stretford, Rochdale and Bolton respectively. When the brigade altered the command area's structure they divided the three area commands from South, East and West to 11 Borough Commands, aligned to the 10 local authorities in the county: Bolton, Bury, Manchester (North/South), Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan. The service employs 2,200 personnel, of which 1,200 are frontline firefighters, and 403 non-uniformed support staff.

The service's headquarters is located in Pendlebury, Salford.[2]

  1. ^ "Media".
  2. ^ The official street address is given as Swinton, but the premises are in neighbouring Pendlebury The Control facility has now moved to North West Fire Control in Warrington