West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service
West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the administrative county of West Sussex, England. It is part of West Sussex County Council., the county has 25 fire stations.
Performance
Every fire and rescue service in England and Wales is periodically subjected to a statutory inspection by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services. The inspections investigate how well the service performs in each of three areas. On a scale of outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate, West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service was rated as follows:| Area | Rating 2018/19 | Rating 2021/22 | Description |
| Effectiveness | Requires improvement | Requires improvement | How effective is the fire and rescue service at keeping people safe and secure from fire and other risks? |
| Efficiency | Requires improvement | Good | How efficient is the fire and rescue service at keeping people safe and secure from fire and other risks? |
| People | Inadequate | Requires improvement | How well does the fire and rescue service look after its people? |
Fire stations
The service has 25 fire stations, which are operated according to the following crewing systems:- Wholetime – full-time firefighters are at the station 24/7 and run on watches which change every 12 hours
- Retained – on-call retained firefighters are called to the station via pagers. Therefore, they are not always on station
- Day-crewed – full-time firefighters are in the station during the day but not the night