Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service
Operational area
CountryEngland
CountyLincolnshire
Agency overview[1]
Established1974 (1974)
Annual calls10,004 (2019-20)
Employees688 (2019-20)
Annual budget£21.9 million (2020-21)
Chief Fire OfficerMark Baxter
Facilities and equipment[1]
Divisions3
Stations38
Engines48
Platforms2
USARYes
Rescue boats10
Website
www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/lincolnshire-fire-rescue Edit this at Wikidata

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.

  1. ^ a b c "Lincolnshire Fire & Rescue Service Plan 2020 - 2021 Part 1". Lincolnshire County Council. Retrieved 18 April 2021.