In 1974, the merger of the following borough fire brigades: City of Liverpool, Birkenhead, Bootle, Southport, St Helens, and Wallasey. As well as parts of Lancashire County Fire Brigade and Cheshire County Fire Brigade to create Merseyside Fire Brigade.
Merseyside Fire Brigade became Merseyside Fire and Civil Defence Authority on 1 April 1986, as established by the Local Government Act 1985.[1]
In an effort to modernise fire services nationally, the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 received Royal Assent on 22 July 2004.[2][3] This legislation changed the name to Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority. The change of name also reflects the fact that the service, in addition to fighting fire, conducts rescues such as road traffic collisions and is heavily involved in prevention work in communities.
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority Headquarters is located on Bridle Road, Bootle
Since 2013, the MACC relocated from Derby Road, Kirkdale to a purpose built joint control centre with Merseyside Police, which is also located at the Bridle Road site.
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority is made up of five area commands as follows: Liverpool, Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley, and St Helens. Within these areas are:
13 wholetime fire stations
Four (LLAR) Low Level Activity & Risk (Day cover 10:00–22:00, stand down 22:00–10:00)
One wholetime marine rescue station
Two wholetime / day-crewed station (30 minutes resilience)
One resilience station (30 minutes resilience)
Which provides Merseyside with 24-hour fire cover.
Performanceedit
Every fire and rescue service in England and Wales is periodically subjected to a statutory inspection by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS). The inspections investigate how well the service performs in each of three areas. On a scale of outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service was rated as follows:
merseyside, fire, rescue, service, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2017 Learn how and when to remove this message Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering the county of Merseyside in north west England and is the statutory Fire and Rescue Authority responsible for all 999 fire brigade calls in Sefton Knowsley St Helens Liverpool and Wirral Merseyside Fire and Rescue ServiceOperational areaCountryEnglandCountyMerseysideAgency overviewEstablished1974 1974 Chief Fire OfficerPhil GarriganWebsitewww wbr merseyfire wbr gov wbr uk Rescue pumper at the Fire Service College October 2022 Aerial appliance on Dale Street in Liverpool June 2010 Contents 1 History 2 Performance 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editIn 1974 the merger of the following borough fire brigades City of Liverpool Birkenhead Bootle Southport St Helens and Wallasey As well as parts of Lancashire County Fire Brigade and Cheshire County Fire Brigade to create Merseyside Fire Brigade Merseyside Fire Brigade became Merseyside Fire and Civil Defence Authority on 1 April 1986 as established by the Local Government Act 1985 1 In an effort to modernise fire services nationally the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 received Royal Assent on 22 July 2004 2 3 This legislation changed the name to Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority The change of name also reflects the fact that the service in addition to fighting fire conducts rescues such as road traffic collisions and is heavily involved in prevention work in communities Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority Headquarters is located on Bridle Road BootleSince 2013 the MACC relocated from Derby Road Kirkdale to a purpose built joint control centre with Merseyside Police which is also located at the Bridle Road site Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority is made up of five area commands as follows Liverpool Wirral Sefton Knowsley and St Helens Within these areas are 13 wholetime fire stations Four LLAR Low Level Activity amp Risk Day cover 10 00 22 00 stand down 22 00 10 00 One wholetime marine rescue station Two wholetime day crewed station 30 minutes resilience One resilience station 30 minutes resilience Which provides Merseyside with 24 hour fire cover Performance editEvery fire and rescue service in England and Wales is periodically subjected to a statutory inspection by His Majesty s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire amp Rescue Services HMICFRS The inspections investigate how well the service performs in each of three areas On a scale of outstanding good requires improvement and inadequate Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service was rated as follows HMICFRS Inspection Merseyside Area Rating 2018 19 4 Rating 2021 22 5 Description Effectiveness Good Good How effective is the fire and rescue service at keeping people safe and secure from fire and other risks Efficiency Good Outstanding How efficient is the fire and rescue service at keeping people safe and secure from fire and other risks People Good Good How well does the fire and rescue service look after its people See also editFire Service in the UK List of British firefighters killed in the line of duty Liverpool Salvage Corps Motorcycles in the United Kingdom fire servicesReferences edit Local Government Act 1985 Government of the United Kingdom Retrieved 4 September 2015 Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 Government of the United Kingdom Retrieved 4 September 2015 The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 Chapter 21 firesafe org uk Retrieved 4 September 2015 Merseyside 2018 19 Her Majesty s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire amp Rescue Services HMICFRS 20 June 2019 Retrieved 23 June 2021 Merseyside 2021 22 Her Majesty s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire amp Rescue Services HMICFRS 15 December 2021 Retrieved 10 January 2022 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service Official website nbsp Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service at HMICFRS Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service amp oldid 1221732471, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
