Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service has 50 fire stations serving our local communities, and crews are available to respond to emergency calls 24 hours a day. Alongside emergency response, our work also focuses on prevention, protection and resilience – working for and with our communities to ensure that local people are as safe as they can be.

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service works hard to protect its local communities, often working with partners to reduce the risk of fire wherever possible. In addition to tackling fires and helping people involved in road traffic collisions, we will respond when all manner of emergencies arise – we have specialist teams providing rope, water and animal rescue capability, we can assist with flooding incidents, and we can be called upon to help other agencies.

It is a requirement for Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority to set a level of revenue budget and council tax before the start of the forthcoming financial year. At its budget setting meeting on 12 February 2016, the Authority approved a total net budget requirement of £54.8m to run Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service for the year 2016/17