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Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) provide emergency fire and rescue cover, fire safety legislation enforcement and community fire safety advice for the residents and visitors of Northamptonshire. We are a county council fire authority.
The Chief Fire Officer, Martyn Emberson, is head of protective services, which encompasses; fire and rescue, trading standards, emergency planning, and registration services, and sits within the customer and community services directorate of Northamptonshire County Council.
This service is funded by the public through the Standard Spending Assessment (SSA) from central government and the county council council tax. NFRS operates with an annual budget of approximately £23.7m (2006/07), equivalent to approximately £36.40 pounds per head of population in the county.
Employing over 600 staff, services are delivered through 22 fire stations across the county and three support/management office buildings.
The service has 28 fire appliances and 10 special appliances (support vehicles, eg water bowser, aerial appliances, incident command vehicle, etc). Emergency calls come through the fire control centre with appliances and officers mobilised to incidents on a pre-determined attendance.
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