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<p>For the latest available data, to year ending March 2021, there were 1,390 fire
stations, compared with 1,400 in year ending March 2016, a reduction of 10 stations
over the period for the whole of England.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Number of Fire Stations
in England, by year</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number
of Fire Stations</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England-wide Annual Change</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1,394</p></td><td><p>-6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>1,395</p></td><td><p>+1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1,393</p></td><td><p>-2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1,390</p></td><td><p>-3</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>Change 2016 to 2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-10</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data
on fire stations is published in FIRE1403, available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/634d2ed6e90e0731aa0fcc59/fire-statistics-data-tables-fire1403-201022.xlsx"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/634d2ed6e90e0731aa0fcc59/fire-statistics-data-tables-fire1403-201022.xlsx</a>.
The number of fire stations is not collected by local authority but is available by
fire and rescue service (FRS) by year for England.</p><p>The data since March 2021
is under review as we are working on ways to ensure the quality and accuracy of the
data provided.</p>
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