Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service
Operational area
Country	England
County	Cambridgeshire
Agency overview
Chief Fire Officer	Chris Strickland
Facilities and equipment
Stations	28
Website
	www.cambsfire.gov.uk

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Serviceis thestatutory fire and rescue servicefor thenon-metropolitan countyofCambridgeshireand theunitary authorityofPeterborough.

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service was formed in 1974 from the merger of the Cambridgeshire andIsle of ElyFire Brigade and theHuntingdon and PeterboroughFire Brigade (which had been formed in 1965 from the merger ofHuntingdonshireFire Brigade and theSoke of PeterboroughFire Brigade); all of which had existed since 1948.

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service's headquarters are located in Huntingdon.

Performance

Every fire and rescue service inEngland and Walesis periodically subjected to a statutory inspection byHis 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, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service was rated as follows:

HMICFRS Inspection Cambridgeshire
Area	Rating 2018/19^[1]	Rating 2021/22^[2]	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	Good	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?

Fire stations

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service operates 28fire stations,of which four are crewed 24/7 (Wholetime) and three are crewed 08:00–18:00 (Day Crewed) with On-Call cover at night. The remainder are purely crewed by On-Callfirefighters,who live or work near to their fire station and can arrive within five minutes of a call being received.

Peterborough also has a separate 'volunteer fire brigade' (Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade) whose training, equipment and mobilisation falls under Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service. It is crewed by volunteers, in exactly the same way as the On-Call firefighters do, but they do not get paid.

Fire authority

Cambridgeshire County Council was thefire authorityuntil 1998 whenCambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authoritywas formed following local government reorganisation in the county. The fire authority comprises 17 elected councillors, 13 from Cambridgeshire County Council and four from Peterborough city council. The full authority meets four times a year at Service headquarters, situated at Hinchingbrooke Cottage on the outskirts of Huntingdon. Meetings are open to the general public.^[3]