Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory
fire and rescue service covering
Nottinghamshire
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(including the
unitary authority
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of
Nottingham
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) in the
East Midlands of
England
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.
The City of Nottingham Fire Brigade and the Nottinghamshire Fire Brigade were created under the
Fire Services Act 1947.
In 1974, the two brigades were merged. Since 1998 when Nottingham became a separate local government area, the service has been run by a joint
fire authority made up of councillors from Nottingham City Council and Nottinghamshire County Council.
Performance
Every fire and rescue service in
England and Wales
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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, Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service was rated as follows:
Fire stations
The service's headquarters and control room were located in
Arnold,
until relocating to a new building in 2022, achieving co-occupancy with
Nottinghamshire Police in a £18.5million building project at Burntstump Country Park.
First look at new £18.5m police and fire headquarters
'' Nottinghamshire Live'', 11 October 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2022
The service development centre in Ollerton provides firefighting training,
See also
* List of British firefighters killed in the line of duty
References
External links
*
Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service
at HMICFRS
{{UK fire service
Fire and rescue services of England
Organisations based in Nottinghamshire
Nottingham
Organizations established in 1948