Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service

Operational area
Country	England
County	Lancashire
Agency overview[1]
Employees	+1,500
Chief Fire Officer	Justin Johnston
Facilities and equipment
Stations	40 (Including USAR at Chorley)
Website
www.lancsfirerescue.org.uk

The Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service is the county-wide, statutory emergency fire and rescue service for the Shire county of Lancashire, England and also includes the unitary authorities of Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen.

Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service is made up of six Area Commands as follows: Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western, Central and Pennine. Within these areas there are 18 wholetime, 17 retained stations and four day crewed stations providing Lancashire with 24-hour fire cover.

Clockwise from top left: Some of the service's fire stations in Fleetwood, Blackpool, Burnley, Ormskirk and Preston

Water Rescue Ladder

Aerial appliance

Performance

In 2018/2019, every fire and rescue service in England and Wales was subjected to a statutory inspection by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HIMCFRS). The inspection investigated how well the service performs in each of three areas. On a scale of outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service was rated as follows:^[2]