Fire & rescue inspection reports
Inspections of fire and rescue services and national fire reports, with the findings and recommendations indexed from each publication.
Reports
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2025–2027: Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2025–2027: Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service
Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service: move to enhanced phase of monitoring
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2025–2027: Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service
Avon Fire and Rescue Service: return to default phase of monitoring
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2025–2027: Surrey Fire and Rescue Service
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2025–2027: Avon Fire and Rescue Service
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2025–2027: Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2025–2027: Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2025–2027: Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2025–2027: Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2025–2027: Essex County Fire and Rescue Service
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2025–2027: Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2025–2027: Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2025–2027: Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service
Evaluation of fire and rescue service inspections
Terms of reference: inspection of how effectively police forces and fire and rescue services manage cybersecurity risks
State of Fire and Rescue: The Annual Assessment of Fire and Rescue Services in England 2024–25
State of Fire and Rescue: National Recommendations
Seven national recommendations originally issued by HMCI Sir Tom Winsor in the first State of Fire and Rescue report (2019), updated annually. Responsibility transferred to MHCLG in April 2025.
Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service: Revisit letter
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service: Revisit letter
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: Kent Fire and Rescue Service
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service
Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service: return to default phase of monitoring
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: West Midlands Fire Service
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service
An inspection of South Wales Fire and Rescue Service: Effectiveness, efficiency and people
FRS 2023-25 CoC Recommendations: Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service
Cause of Concern recommendations tracked by HMICFRS for Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service (2023-25)
HMICFRS fire and rescue services inspection programme 2025–27
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: Cleveland Fire Brigade
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: Isles of Scilly Fire and Rescue Service
Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service: Return to default phase of monitoring
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: Humberside Fire and Rescue Service
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service
FRS 2023-25 CoC Recommendations: Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service
Cause of Concern recommendations tracked by HMICFRS for Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service (2023-25)
Fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework commencing June 2025
HMICFRS response to consultation on ‘Fire and rescue services draft inspection programme and framework commencing June 2025’
FRS 2023-25 CoC Recommendations: Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service
Cause of Concern recommendations tracked by HMICFRS for Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service (2023-25)
FRS 2023-25 CoC Recommendations: Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
Cause of Concern recommendations tracked by HMICFRS for Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service (2023-25)
FRS 2023-25 CoC Recommendations: Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service
Cause of Concern recommendations tracked by HMICFRS for Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service (2023-25)
About indexed findings and status
The collection includes recommendations, causes for concern and areas for improvement. 679 findings are marked open and 147 completed across the collection. Read each report for the period, addressee, wording provenance and available response evidence. No indexed recommendations does not establish that a report made none.