We are the statutory emergency fire and rescue service for the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England. We are administered by a joint authority of 22 councillors who are appointed annually from the five metropolitan boroughs of West Yorkshire, known as the Fire & Rescue Authority. 

We serve a population of more than two million people, spread over 783 square miles, providing emergency cover 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Our headquarters and training centre in Birkenshaw, is a new state-of-the-art facility. 

There are over 1,400 people who work for WYFRS ensuring that we deliver the highest standards of prevention, protection, response and resilience to the communities of West Yorkshire. We have 953 whole-time firefighters, 140 on-call firefighters, 47 Fire Control operators, and 340 support staff, who all contribute daily to 'Making West Yorkshire Safer'. 

We operate out of 40 fire stations, located across the five districts: Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, and Wakefield. 

We have 46 Emergency Fire Appliances, 4 Aerial Appliances, a Technical Rescue Unit, and a number of resilience appliances available to ensure we are operationally ready whenever needed. We also host a suite of specialist resources that can be deployed anywhere in the UK, including high volume pumps, flood response, wildfire response, urban search and rescue, and response to chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear hazards.

"Our priority is to keep you safe from fire and other emergencies."