Welcome to Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service

Welcome to Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service’s website – full of information about our work across the County.

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service employs over 1,500 staff to provide a wide range of preventative and emergency response services. All of our employees are committed working together, and with other organisations to make Lancashire safer for those who live and work here.

Our service has five strategic objectives, they are to: reduce the number of emergency incidents and their consequences; ensure a safe, healthy, competent and representative workforce; reduce our impact on the environment; help build stronger, healthier and more sustainable communities and deliver affordable, value for money services.

Under-pinning our objectives and helping us to deliver what is most important are our five key priorities: reduce risk; enhance resilience; tailor services to meet local needs; promote equality and diversity and improve value for money.

Read the chief's message

Organisational Assessment - Excellent rating People in Lancashire are enjoying among the best fire and rescue services in the UK, according to the latest performance results issued by the Government watchdog the Audit Commission. Read the Organisational Assessment here

Free Home Fire Safety Check
Do you know what to do in the event of a fire? We offer a free service to all residents in Lancashire in which we visit your home and give free fire safety advice - as well as fitting a free smoke alarm where necessary.

Minicom number - 01772 862328
If you are deaf or hard of hearing and need to contact us in the event of an emergency please use the Minicom service on 01772 862328 which will connect you to an operator in our control room.

Emergency SMS Text Messaging Service
The SMS Text Service launched by Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, in conjunction, with Lancashire Constabulary is to help benefit members of the public that are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech impairments.