Tameside
Borough Commander Andy HeywoodGreate news for Tameside Borough (PDF: 1.59 MB)
There are four fire stations in Tameside:
Contact us
To contact the team at Tameside Borough please call 0161 609 1627.
Community rooms
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has developed community rooms on some of our stations throughout the 10 Metropolitan boroughs we serve. These rooms are available for community use free of charge for relevant community activities with a key focus on areas such as health, education, crime & disorder, housing and employment. All we ask is that your reason for using our room is relevant and appropriate, i.e. it contributes to securing safer communities by addressing one or more of the areas listed above. In Tameside borough, we have community rooms at Ashton-Under-Lyne fire station, Stalybridge fire station and Mossley fire station. To find out more information or to book please call 0161 609 1627.
About Tameside
- Tameside has a population of 213,034 (2001 Census).
- There are 89,981 households with residents.
- The breakdown on ethnicity in Tameside is 94.6% are White, 0.8% are Mixed Race, 4% are Asian or Asian British, 0.3% are Black or Black British and 0.4% belong to other multi ethnic communities.
- Tameside was ranked 49th out of 354 in the Indices of Deprivation.
- 132,200 people (61.9%) in Tameside are of working age. The May 2005 estimate from the Annual Population Survey shows that 77.8% are economically active and 22.2% are economically inactive, most likely due to ill health.
- 4.6% of the economically active population are unemployed.
Places of risk identified in Tameside
- Tameside General Hospital
