Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service

Operational area
Country	England
County	Greater Manchester
Agency overview
Established	1974 (1974)
Employees	2,200
Chief Fire Officer	Dave Russel
Motto	Ever Vigilant
Facilities and equipment
Divisions	10
Stations	41
Engines	50
Platforms	6
Rescues	4
HAZMAT	2
USAR	1
Wildland	7
Rescue boats	2
Website
www.manchesterfire.gov.uk

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) is the statutory emergency fire and rescue service for the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, England. It is part of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.^[1]

GMFRS covers an area of approximately 496 square miles (1,280 km²). The service has 41 fire stations which until 2006 were organised into three territorial Area Commands (South, East and West), each one with an Area Command Headquarters, based at Stretford, Rochdale and Bolton respectively. When the brigade altered the command area's structure they divided the three area commands from South, East and West to 11 Borough Commands, aligned to the 10 local authorities in the county: Bolton, Bury, Manchester (North/South), Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan. The service employs 2,200 personnel, of which 1,200 are frontline firefighters, and 403 non-uniformed support staff.

The service's headquarters is located in Pendlebury, Salford.^[2]