Statement from the Chair of West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority
We are
Making the West Midlands safer, stronger and healthier
#WeAreWMFS
In remembrance
Sue Brookin
5 August 1970
to
31 August 2024
News and incidents
Read our latest news posts by clicking one below, or by visiting our news page.
Any incidents that are large or significant are listed just beneath our news items. However, you can visit our incidents page at any time to view current or past incidents.
Any incidents that are large or significant are listed just beneath our news items. However, you can visit our incidents page at any time to view current or past incidents.
Incidents in progress
There are no significant incidents in progress.
How we keep you safe
Find out more about how we plan and manage risk, support our staff, manage our fleet and assets and how we keep the communities of the West Midlands safer, stronger and healthier.
Community Risk Management Plan
The strategic goals we have set ourselves, and this strategy as a whole, inform and are informed by our Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP), which is in turn informed by your views and opinions as shared through our 2023 public consultation.
The CRMP is an assessment of the foreseeable challenges and risks facing our communities and what needs to be done to meet them.
We use this analysis to inform the strategic goals, as well as to determine the specific projects we will undertake to achieve those goals and address the risks.
The CRMP is an assessment of the foreseeable challenges and risks facing our communities and what needs to be done to meet them.
We use this analysis to inform the strategic goals, as well as to determine the specific projects we will undertake to achieve those goals and address the risks.
Our Strategy
Our Strategy is a three-year rolling strategy, previously called 'Our Plan', which sets out how our goals and how we will measure and achieve them.
Our strategic goals, based on our Community Risk Management Plan, is presented in four areas aligned to how we organise our service.
These all contribute to our vision of making the West Midlands safer, stronger and healthier. Explore our new strategy via the button below.
Our strategic goals, based on our Community Risk Management Plan, is presented in four areas aligned to how we organise our service.
These all contribute to our vision of making the West Midlands safer, stronger and healthier. Explore our new strategy via the button below.
Risk Explorer
Data drives more and more of our work to make the West Midlands safer, stronger and healthier.
It helps us to understand risks across the areas we serve. We use it to create our Community Risk Management Plan and three-year rolling strategy.
Now, you, our communities, can explore some of this data yourself in our new 'Risk Explorer' tool!
All you need to do is enter your postcode, then you can explore and interact with the same data we use! You'll be able to see incidents to which we’ve responded near you, our response times, and even the different levels of risk for various emergency types. There’s also lots of handy demographic info, and you can turn different data on and off.
It helps us to understand risks across the areas we serve. We use it to create our Community Risk Management Plan and three-year rolling strategy.
Now, you, our communities, can explore some of this data yourself in our new 'Risk Explorer' tool!
All you need to do is enter your postcode, then you can explore and interact with the same data we use! You'll be able to see incidents to which we’ve responded near you, our response times, and even the different levels of risk for various emergency types. There’s also lots of handy demographic info, and you can turn different data on and off.
Safety advice
We offer a wide range of advise to keep you safe. Whether it's at home, on the road, in the garden, in the winter or the summer, we've got you covered. Check out some of our safety pages below, or visit the full safety advice section to see them all.
Our services
We offer a range of services, from fire safety and safe and well visits to business and professional support, training courses and more. Take a look at some of our key services below, or visit our full services page to see them all.