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Fire services in St Helens are provided by Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service (MFRS).
If you see a fire you should call 999 immediately and provide the operator with as much detail as possible. After this stay clear of the danger.
To reduce the number of fires in the home, the fire service offer a Home Fire Safety Check you can book yours online.
Arson is when somebody sets fire to something on purpose. This includes wheelie bins, small piles of rubbish or bonfires.
Every time a fire engine attends a fire, there is a minimum cost of around £340. More importantly if the engine is putting out a nuisance fire, set by youths in the park, just "having fun". It could prevent that engine from attending a serious fire where people could be hurt or killed.
We have worked hard to achieve considerable reductions in unnecessary fires over the last few years.
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service have a Community Prevention Team, which in St Helens includes:
The team work with other members from the Community Safety Partnership to identify anybody responsible for setting deliberate fires and to identify areas at risk of fire setting.
If you receive a threat of arson the team will be called to attend your home and carry out a fire risk assessment. They will put measures into place to: