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Complaints and Compliments
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service aims to provide the highest standards of fire, rescue and community safety services.  As a receiver of a public service, there may be times when you wish to comment on the Fire and Rescue Service. We encourage complaints and compliments from all members of the community as we value your opinion and it can help us to continually improve our service.

Complaints Procedure 
 
For our part, if you do make a complaint we will ensure that:
  • your complaint is treated confidentially;
  • you receive an acknowledgement within 7 working days including the name of the Investigating Officer; and  
  • your complaint is investigated in accordance with the Fire and Rescue Service’s standard procedures. 
 
We will also:
  • endeavour to send you a full reply including the results of the investigation within 28 working days; and
  • ensure that you are informed of the progress if the above deadline cannot be met.
 
Our record
 
In the last year, since April 2007 to date we received 8 complaints:
  • 3 were directly related to our operational duties.
  • 2 were related to our Prevention and Education work.
  • 1 involved our support staff.
  • 2 involved our other non-operational duties.
 
All complaints were investigated in line with procedures and satisfactory outcomes were achieved; further action was taken in relation to 1 case to try to prevent any reoccurrence in future.
 
We also received nearly 60 letters of appreciation during this time with regards to our staff and the services we provide.
 
Making a Complaint or Compliment
 
If you wish to make a complaint or would like to tell us about an area of our work that you have been happy with then please do contact us, details are as follows:
 
  • Telephone: +44 (0)191 444 1500.
 
  • In writing, address your letter to:
The Chief Fire Officer
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters
Nissan Way
Washington
Sunderland
Tyne and Wear
SR5 3QY
  • Complete an online form:-

» Required Fields

Cultural Origin Please tick the box from the following list which best describes the category to which the complainant belongs.

 
Related Documents
Complaints Procedure
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Services complaints procedure (98kb)  (97.5 KB)
 
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