North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service keeps people and places safe by integrating and balancing the use of Prevention, Protection, Response and Resilience activities, both in our communities and in our workplaces

Our People

• 277 Wholetime Firefighters (this includes 65 flexible duty system officers and specialist uniformed roles such as those in prevention, protection and response and resilience)
• 242 On-call Firefighters
• 19 Control Room Staff
• 7 Community Safety Officers
• 2 Public Safety Officers
• 14 Protection Inspectors and Advisors

Some areas of our support services are shared with North Yorkshire Police including IT, People Services, Payroll, Finance, Fleet services, Estates, Logistics and Procurement.

Why We Are Here

The Service’s Strategic Framework focuses on three key components of
organisational purpose: Progress. People. Community. These three components
ensure the Service continues making sustainable progress at pace, whilst focusing
on developing, supporting and leading change, to deliver safer communities, though
resourcing to risk. You can read about our purpose on our website 

We operate under several key legislative frameworks that outline our responsibilities and duties. These include:

• The Fire Services Act 2004: Establishes the statutory framework for fire and rescue services, detailing responsibilities for fire safety, firefighting, and emergency response.
•  The Civil Contingencies Act 2004: Defines the national framework for emergency preparedness, including response coordination across multiple agencies.
• The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005: Provides comprehensive guidelines for fire safety in non-domestic premises, focusing on risk assessments and safety management.
• The National Framework 2018: Sets out the government’s expectations and strategic priorities for fire and rescue authorities across the country.

We fulfil the Government’s priorities in the Fire and Rescue National Framework (2018) to:

• make appropriate provision for fire prevention and protection activities and response to fire and rescue related incidents,
• identify and assess the full range of foreseeable fire and rescue related risks our area faces,
• collaborate with emergency services and other local and national partners to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the service we provide,
• be accountable to communities for the service we provide, and
• develop and maintain a workforce that is professional, resilient, skilled, flexible and diverse.

We must ensure that we make provision for:

• extinguishing fires
• protecting life and property in the event of fires,
• rescuing and protecting people in the event of a road traffic collision,
• rescuing and protecting people in the event of other emergencies.