Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service

Operational area
Country	England
County	Lincolnshire
Agency overview[1]
Established	1974 (1974)
Annual calls	10,004 (2019-20)
Employees	688 (2019-20)
Annual budget	£21.9 million (2020-21)
Chief Fire Officer	Mark Baxter
Facilities and equipment[1]
Divisions	3
Stations	38
Engines	48
Platforms	2
USAR	Yes
Rescue boats	10
Website
www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/lincolnshire-fire-rescue

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue (LFR) is the statutory fire and rescue service serving the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire in the East Midlands Region of England. This does not include North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, which are covered by Humberside Fire and Rescue Service.

The area covered is large, covering 5,921 km² (2,286 square miles),^[1] and mainly rural, with LFR coming under the authority of Lincolnshire County Council. Lincoln is the only city within the area, as well as large towns such as Grantham, Boston, Skegness, Spalding and Gainsborough. The rest of the area's 751,000 inhabitants are spread over other medium-sized towns and villages.

East Coast Flooding is one of the main risks to the area, seen in the 2013 east coast tidal surge, where the town of Boston and surrounding areas of southern Lincolnshire and Norfolk were affected.