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Trafford

Borough Commander Pete RileyBorough Commander Pete Riley

There are three fire stations in Trafford:

  • Stretford - Station No: S10
  • Sale - Station No: S11
  • Altrincham - Station No: S12

Contact us

To contact the team at Trafford Borough, please call 0161 608 9226/7.

Stetford community room
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has developed community rooms on some of our stations throughout the 10 Metropolitan boroughs we serve. These rooms are available for community use free of charge for relevant community activities with a key focus on areas such as health, education, crime & disorder, housing and employment. All we ask is that your reason for using our room is relevant and appropriate, i.e. it contributes to securing safer communities by addressing one or more of the areas listed above. In Trafford borough, we have a community room at Stretford fire station. To find out more information or to book it please call the contact details listed above.

About Trafford

  • Trafford has a population of 210,145.
  • 16.2% of the population are over 65.
  • The ethnicity breakdown of the borough is 84.5% White, 1.9% Black,0.5% Chinese, 4% Indian/Pakistani, 0.8% New Commonwealth and 8.3% class themselves as other to these options.
  • Main population centres are Altrincham, Sale, Stretford, Urmston and Old Trafford.
  • There are approx 92,000 houses - 14,000 Detached, 41,500 Semi-Detached, 20,500 Terraced, 15,000 Flats.
  • 27% of houses are rented.
  • Map_Trafford jpg14.9% of homes have a single pensioner living in them and 8.7% of homes have more than one pensioner living in them.
  • 33.1% of homes in the borough have a person who is long term ill.
  • 2.8% of homes are vacant.
  • 6.3% of homes are single parent households.
  • 10.8% of homes contain a child under four.
  • 4.2% of people living in the borough are unemployed.

Places of risk identified in Trafford

  • Trafford Park - one of the largest industrial areas in Europe. 
  • The Trafford Centre - one of the largest out of town shopping complexes in the UK. 
  • Old Trafford football ground.
  • Lancashire County Cricket Club.
  • The Manchester Ship Canal.
  • Large chemical complexes.
  • Heritage sites including Dunham Massey Hall.