Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service

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Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service is the county-wide fire and rescue service for Lancashire in north‑west England, including the boroughs of Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen. It is a statutory emergency service responsible for fire safety and rescue across the area.

Organisation and cover:
- Six area commands: Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western, Central and Pennine.
- 40 fire stations (including an Urban Search and Rescue unit at Chorley).
- Staffing: 18 whole-time stations, 17 retained (on-call) stations, and four day-crewed stations, providing 24‑hour cover.

People and leadership:
- More than 1,500 employees.
- Chief Fire Officer: Jon Charters.

Website:
- lancsfirerescue.org.uk

Performance:
- HMICFRS inspections rated the service as Good in all three areas (Effectiveness, Efficiency, People) in 2018/19 and 2021/22.

See also:
- Fire service in the United Kingdom; Lancashire Constabulary; GRIP (Group Intervention Panel); List of British firefighters killed in the line of duty.