Our People
DFRS employs a total of 932 people* (*this figure includes dual roles)
Control 46
Wholetime Firefighters 352
On Call 338
Support 194
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
15% of our operational workforce are from under-represented groups.
12% of our operational workforce are female.
29% of the whole workforce were from under-represented groups and 3% of the whole workforce were from ethnic minority backgrounds.
Assurance
99.9% wholetime availa bility increase 0.1%
81% On Call availability increase 1.7%
Our Fleet
47 Fire engines
18 Specialist appliances
6 Electric vehicles
Reduction in vehicles CO2 emissions 147,666kgs
Reduction in vehicles – 13
Reduction in mileage 113,570 miles
Fun fact - Total length of all DFRS red fire hose when joined together 14.7 miles
Finance
Annual Budget 24/ 2 5 £50.2m
Ongoing savings £0.7m 2023/24
Incidents
41,379 emergency calls handled by Control staff.
The average call handling time was 81 seconds decrease 6 seconds on 2022/23
6,889 incidents attended
803 deliberate fires decrease 33%
364 accidental dwelling fires
6 fire fatalities
28 fire casualties
53 chimney fires 18% reduction on last year
612 Road Traffic Collisions 11% increase on 2022/23 of which 28 people were killed or seriously injured.
1391 other Emergency Special Services
143 Incidents involving flooding/water rescues increase 110%
90 Animal rescue incidents 17% above average
85 Bariatric rescues decrease 11%
754 over-border mobilisations decrease 32% on 2022/23
Youth and Inclusion Activity
77 FireSAFE cases reduction
5 Youth Engagement Schemes involving 40 young people
5 DFRS Fire Cadet units across the county involving 75 young people
5 Employee Support Networks
405 people interacted with through Positive Action
Prevention Activity: Protecting You
2,650 Adult as Risk referrals
281 Children at Risk referrals
37 Safeguarding Adult and Children referrals 48% increase on last year
15,400 Safe and Well Checks
54% increase in referrals to agencies for health & wellbeing and falls compared to last year
444 DIY Safe and Well Check completed 37% of which were very high/high risk
754 School fire safety talks
Social Reach
Facebook 33, 730 +4922
Instagram 5,103 +417
X, formally Twitter 30,104 - +560
LinkedIn – 3,013 +364
TikTok 5,654 +3,288
Awards
Disability Confident Leader
Cyber Essentials
Cyber Essentials Plus
Shortlisted for Emergency Service of the Year Excellence in Fire Awards
Joint Runner Up in the Women in the Fire Service Advocate of Excellence Award
Collaboration
Joint Fire Control
1 Partner Agency – SV2 at Buxton
Sharing 8 Sites with EMAS
Sharing 7 sites with Derbyshire Constabulary
Protection Activity: Protecting Derbyshire
Over 8,100 non-domestic properties were interacted with last year
1,238 audits were carried out 23% increase on last year.
14% audits completed were in high risk properties
2,776 Protection advice given
3,142 Business consultations completed
Learning & Development
1,874 courses delivered
273 Incident Commanders (all levels)
323 Emergency Response Drivers