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Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service
Headquarters
146 Bolton Road
Swinton, Manchester
M27 8US
Tel: 0161 736 5866
For a FREE Home Fire Risk Assessment please call:
0800 555 815
Until April 1986, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service was part of Greater Manchester Council. However, when the Local Government Act 1985 came into force, the metropolitan county council was abolished and Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority was established and took over the statutory responsibility for the Fire and Rescue Service.
Who are the members of the Authority?
The Authority consists of 30 members, all of whom are
councillors appointed by Greater Manchester's 10 district
councils.
The Authority appoints its own Chairman and Vice-Chairman annually.
A new Chairman will be appointed and announced in June, after the
recent resignation of Chairman Councillor James Pearson of
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council.
The Authority makes a number of appointments to outside bodies, principally the Local Government Association (LGA), and it appoints eight members to the North West Fire and Rescue Management Board.
Under the terms of a service level agreement between the Authority and Wigan Council, Joyce Redfearn, Chief Executive of Wigan, is the Clerk to the Authority, and David Smith, Wigan's Director of Finance and IT is the Authority's Treasurer. These officers are responsible for the provision of legal/democratic and financial services.
