We are Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS).

NIFRS protects and serves the entire population of Northern Ireland, an area of over 5,500 square miles and with a population of 1.8 million, providing them with a range of fire and rescue services.



We respond to fires, road traffic collisions and specialist rescue incidents including flooding, chemical incidents, collapsed buildings and other types of emergencies.

We provide a range of community engagement initiatives to help reduce risk and keep people safe from the dangers of fire and other types of incidents that we respond to.



Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service has developed a clear purpose which is to help make Northern Ireland a safer place and improve community wellbeing. We will achieve this by working with others to deliver a high quality Fire & Rescue Service that is valued by the public, our partners and our people.



To help us achieve our purpose we have developed 6 strategic outcomes covering Transformation; Service Delivery; People; Governance & Performance; Financial Management and Asset Management, and these will be the focus of our work over the next number of years. Our 4 values define who and what we are and are reflective in everything that we do.



There are 68 Fire Stations across Northern Ireland, each serving their local community.



Our Headquarters (including our Regional Control Centre) is situated in Lisburn, our Learning & Development Centres are in Cookstown and Boucher Crescent (Belfast), and our Service Support Centre is also located in Boucher Crescent.



We have a dedicated Regional Control Centre where all fire and rescue 999 emergency calls for Northern Ireland are answered and fire crews are mobilised to respond.