Our vision is a Cheshire with zero deaths, injuries and damage from fires and other emergencies. Over the past 12 months, our dedicated firefighters, community safety colleagues and fire staff have worked hard towards achieving that goal.

Incidents we attend

In spite of the population of Cheshire increasing, the number of incidents we attend continues to fall overall. For example, compared with 2022/23, we attend almost 500 fewer fires. We attended five fewer road traffic collisions, year on year.

Saving lives

The number of accidental house fires we attended fell by 12 compared with 2022/24. The number that started in the kitchen fell by 4% and those that were cooking related by 2%. Other common causes of house fires include electrical faults, smoking and domestic appliances.

Protecting lives and property

Safe and Well visits are our flagship community safety intervention. Our prevention team and firefighters hit their target of increasing the number of visits to most people at risk of fire by more than 6,000.

Changing lives

Over 1,000 more children, young people and older people visited Safety Central, our immersive safety and life skills education centre, during 2023/24.

Value for money

Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service cost just under £52m in 2023/24, funded from a combination of council tax, business rates and central government grants.

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