South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue
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South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue is the statutory fire and rescue service for the area of South Yorkshire, England. The service covers the areas of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield. In 2020, Chris Kirby was appointed its Chief Fire Officer.
Performance
Every fire and rescue service in England and Wales is periodically subjected to a statutory inspection by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS). The inspections investigate how well the service performs in each of three areas. On a scale of outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service was rated as follows:
Fire stations
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Currently the service operates 21 fire stations across the county, which are staffed on a wholetime basis, wholetime and day-crewed, wholetime and retained, or retained-only. with the remaining four staffed by on-call retained firefighters.{{cite web | url = https://www.syfire.gov.uk/html-integrated-risk-management-plan-2021-to-2024/ | title = Integrated Risk Management Plan 2021 to 2024 | publisher = South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue | access-date = 4 April 2021}}
The stations are grouped into four districts: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield.
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmicfrs/fire-and-rescue-services/south-yorkshire/ South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service] at HMICFRS
- [http://www.sfbhistory.org.uk/ Sheffield Fire Brigade History website]
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