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<p>Fire and Rescue Authorities have delivered significant savings since 2010.</p><p>
</p><p>Fire incidents in Merseyside are down by a third since 2010. Merseyside Fire
and Rescue Authority will receive a broadly flat settlement, with core spending power
reducing by one percent in cash terms over this spending review period. Merseyside
held £28.2 million of non-ringfenced reserves at March 2016, up by £10.4 million since
2010/11.</p><p> </p><p>The Government provides funding and equipment for national
resilience capabilities which gives the fire and rescue sector the resources necessary
to respond to specific types of large scale incidents. In 2017/18 Merseyside received
£0.8 million to support the capabilities they host.</p>
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