Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service Year in Review 2024

As 2024 draws to a close, we want to share with you some of the incredible work Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service staff have carried out this year.
We've been protecting, preventing, preparing and responding 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to keep our communities safe.
In a year, we responded to:
🚒16,761 incidents in total
🏠686 dwelling fires
🔥2,093 secondary fires
🚗696 road traffic collisions
🚘446 vehicle fires
🐈75 animal rescues
🌊Our Marine Rescue Unit responded to 108 incidents
🐶and our fire dogs were utilised 10 times
☎️Fire Control handled 21,483 emergency calls, including 545 for National Resilience
🏡We've carried out 51,542 home fire safety checks and 10,966 safe and well visits
🏨🧯We've completed 1,791 fire safety audits, consulted on 1,057 building regulations and completed 137 peak hours inspections.
🛣️We've engaged with thousands of young people, delivering sessions on road, water and bonfire safety.
We will continue to do this and more in 2025 - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.