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Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire and the unitary authority of Peterborough.

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service’s headquarters is located in Huntingdon.

The service was formed in 1974 from the merger of the Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Fire Brigade and the Huntingdon and Peterborough Fire Brigade.

It currently operates 27 fire stations.

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HMICFRS region and HMI

  • His Majesty’s Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services (HMI): Lee Freeman is HMI for Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service
  • HMICFRS region: The service is in HMICFRS’s Eastern fire region

HMICFRS’s role in inspecting this service

For over 160 years, His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary independently assessed and reported on the efficiency and effectiveness of police forces and policing, in the public interest.

In summer 2017, HMIC (now HMICFRS) took on inspections of England’s fire & rescue services, assessing and reporting on their efficiency, effectiveness and leadership.

Key facts – 2020/2021

Service Area

1,311 square miles

Population

0.86m people
up3% local 5 yr change

Workforce

62% wholetime firefighters
38% on-call firefighters
0.49 per 1000 population local
0.56 national level
up12% local 5 yr change
down5% national 5 yr change

Assets

27 stations
36 fire engines

Incidents

2.0 fire incidents per 1000 population local
2.7 national
1.6 non-fire incidents per 1000 population local
2.7 national
3.9 fire false alarms per 1000 population local
3.8 national

Cost

£20.48 firefighter cost per person per year
£25.22 firefighter cost per person per year (national)