County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service

Current and historical data for this service are published on GOV.UK. This includes: 

• the type of incidents attended
• causes of fires
• deaths and injuries from fire
• workforce numbers and diversity
• firefighter pensions
• fire prevention and protection activity

 Explore the service data

 Fire and rescue services are required to publish the following financial information: 

• staff on salaries over £50,000
• expenditure

 These requirements come from the local government transparency code 2015.

County Durham & Darlington in their HMICFRS inspection report received the following gradings in the three inspection categories – 

Effectiveness - Good

Efficiency - Good

People - Requires improvement.

The report was published on 17 December 2019 and can be found at - https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmicfrs/publications/frs-assessment-2018-19-durham-and-darlington/.

Chief Fire Officer: Steve Helps

Fire and rescue authority Chair: Cllr John Shuttleworth

A combined authority covers more than one local authority area and is governed by locally elected councillors from the area. There is protected funding for fire and rescue.

Integrated Risk Management Plans (IRMP)

It is a requirement under the Fire and Rescue National Framework that each Fire and Rescue Authority must produce an Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP).  The IRMP should be easily accessible and publicly available.  Each plan must reflect all foreseeable fire and rescue related risks that could affect their communities, whether they are local, cross-border, multi-authority and/or national in nature; set out its management strategy; reflect effective consultation throughout its development with the community, its workforce & partners, and cover at least a three-year timespan.  Most Fire and Rescue Authority will review and update their IRMP on an annual basis.

View the long term plan for fire and rescue services in County Durham & Darlington (IRMP).

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