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What we spend

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 6 February 2025, the Authority approved a total net budget requirement of £76.427m to run Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service for the year 2025-26:

  2024-25 2025-26
Employee costs £60.133m £62.382m
Premises £4.590m £4.739m
Transport £1.545m £1.508m
Supplies and services £6.181m £6.541m
Agency and contracted out services £3.163m £2.792m
Capital financing/leasing £5.147m £5.706m
Spending on services £80.759m £83.668m
Income/Reserves -£6.840m -£7.241m
Amount to be financed £73.919m £76.427m

This is funded as shown below:

  2024-25 2025-26
Fire precepts £50.005m £54.364m
Revenue Support Grant £7.398m £7.529m
Business Rates/Top-up Grant £14.718m £14.534m
Other grants £1.798m £0m
Total financing £73.919m £76.427m

Fire precept bands

Residents pay for their Fire & Rescue Service as part of their council tax bill, and the fire precept element of the bill for a Band D property in 2025-26 is as follows:

Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F Band G Band H
£61.30 £71.52 £81.73 £91.95 £112.38 £132.82 £153.25 £183.90

Spending on major capital projects:

The Authority’s capital programme for 2025-26 totals £10.7m. This includes planned spending of £4.9m on maintaining our fire stations and other buildings, as well as developing new training facilities in Devizes and Weymouth, £3.2m on replacement vehicles and associated equipment, and £2.6m on new or replacement ICT equipment, information systems and a new mobilising system.

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