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Fire and rescue

We work with county, combined, metropolitan and London fire authorities across England.

The government's current priorities for the service are set out in the Fire and Rescue National Framework 2008/11 (external link). Collectively, fire services spent around £2.1 billion of public money in 2007/08. Their income comes from a mix of council tax and grants from government.

 
 
Fire performance assessment: Scores and analysis of performance 2008
12 February 2009
This document sets out how we review the improvement fire and rescue authorities ...
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Rising to the challenge
Improving fire service efficiency
17 December 2008
This report looks at the GBP 2 billion of public money spent on the fire service ...
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About fire and rescue
18 May 2009
We assess the ability of the Fire and Rescue Service to deliver its services to ...
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Audit and inspection
This section contains our assessments of fire and rescue services and our inspection methodologies.
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Good practice and case studies
Examples of notable practice in fire and rescue services.
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National studies
National studies relevant to Fire and Rescue Authorities
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About fire and rescue
We assess the ability of the Fire and Rescue Service to deliver its services to the community economically with efficiency and effectiveness, reducing risk at the same time.

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