Local Authority Fire Service - Primary Firefighting and Rescue Service in The UK

Primary Firefighting and Rescue Service in The UK

Each Local Authority / Public Fire Service collectively form the primary firefighting and rescue agency in the United Kingdom. They are also the primary land rescue service by virtue of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004. More recently firefighters will now fight fires off shore in collaboration with HM Coastguard.

Fire services in the United Kingdom

England

  • Avon
  • Bedfordshire & Luton
  • Berkshire
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Cambridgeshire
  • Cheshire
  • Cleveland
  • Cornwall
  • County Durham & Darlington
  • Cumbria
  • Derbyshire
  • Devon and Somerset
  • Dorset
  • East Sussex
  • Essex
  • Gloucestershire
  • Greater Manchester
  • Hampshire
  • Hereford and Worcester
  • Hertfordshire
  • Humberside
  • Isles of Scilly
  • Isle of Wight
  • Kent
  • Lancashire
  • Leicestershire & Rutland
  • Lincolnshire
  • London
  • Merseyside
  • Norfolk
  • Northamptonshire
  • Northumberland
  • North Yorkshire
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Oxfordshire
  • Shropshire
  • South Yorkshire
  • Staffordshire
  • Suffolk
  • Surrey
  • Tyne and Wear
  • Warwickshire
  • West Midlands
  • West Sussex
  • West Yorkshire
  • Wiltshire

Scotland

  • Central Scotland
  • Dumfries & Galloway
  • Fife
  • Grampian
  • Highlands & Islands
  • Lothian & Borders
  • Strathclyde
  • Tayside
  • (From 1 April 2013: Scottish Fire and Rescue Service)

Wales

  • Mid & West Wales
  • North Wales
  • South Wales

Northern Ireland

  • Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service

Other

  • Airport fire services
  • Defence Fire and Rescue Service
  • Defence Fire Training and Development Centre
  • Fire Service College
  • Appliances (London)
  • History
  • Local authority fire services
  • New Dimension
  • Powers

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