Accessibility
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service aims to offer all members of the community access to our website, regardless of the browser you use or the disability you may have.
How is our website accessible?
- The website has consistent navigation and structure.
- It is fully compatible with popular screen reading software.
- It has an advanced search facility.
- If you have problems using a mouse, you can still navigate around different sections of the website using access keys.
- All images have alternative text equivalents.
- All sound and movie files on the website been transcribed so users who are unable to view or listen to the files can still read the scripts.
- We have used plain English to explain all the different aspects of the work of the fire service clearly.
Access keys
Using access keys enable you to navigate around this website using just your keyboard. You can use the access keys listed below to visit different sections of the website by typing ALT+accesskey (Windows) or CTRL+accesskey (Macintosh). Internet Explorer users may have to hit the enter key to activate a link.
- h = Home
- a = About us
- n = News and Events
- m = My Area
- s = Stay safe
- c = Community work
- e = Our emergency response
- w = Working for us
- b = Advice for businesses
- i = Interactive fun.
Changing the text size
This website has a standard text size of 11 point. You can make the text on this website larger or smaller to suit your requirements depending on your browser. Instructions on how to do this are listed below.
- Internet Explorer 4 or earlier
Select 'Fonts' from the View menu and select the text size you want to use
- Internet Explorer 5 and 6
Select 'Text Size' from the View menu in Internet Explorer 5 and 6, and select the text size you want to use
- Netscape 4.x
Select ‘Increase Font’ or ‘Decrease Font’ on the View menu
- Netscape 6.x
Select ‘Text Size’ on the View menu, and then select a size
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