Promoting improvementsAvon Fire and Rescue Service provides emergency and protection services to the communities of Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
While firefighting has traditionally been at the forefront of its work, there is now also a focus on accident and emergency prevention. The service provides advice and education through events, visits, campaigns and partnership working.
The service responds to a range of incidents and emergencies from road traffic collisions and fires, to flooding and chemical spills.
The service’s headquarters is based in Portishead and it has 21 stations across the area. There are also three community safety centres which provide safety advice, internet access and meeting facilities free of charge to local groups. 999 emergency calls are answered by fire service control, based at Lansdown in Bath.
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.
