Firestoppers

Even small outdoor fires can be dangerous, and they place additional stress on our limited resources – dealing with a nuisance fire affects our ability to respond to more serious incidents like house fires or road traffic collisions.

To help us prevent these fires from happening and to keep everyone who lives, works and travels in Greater Manchester safe, we have teamed up with the independent charity FireStoppers. FireStoppers are powered by the charity Crimestoppers.

If you have information regarding a deliberate fire, you can tell us what you know, 100% anonymously. We are interested in what you know, not your identity.

FireStoppers gives you a way to report what you know about deliberate fire setting, 100% anonymously. The service is managed by the independent charity Crimestoppers, who don’t see your phone number or IP address when you contact them (these details are scrambled), and they remove all details that could be used to identify the person who has contacted them before passing the report to be investigated. To know more about how FireStoppers process your personal data you can find more information on the Crimestoppers Privacy Notice listed below

• Privacy Policy | Crimestoppers (crimestoppers-uk.org)

GMFS will use the information to investigate the report and action the next steps required. The report will be passed to one or multiple partners/departments; Greater Manchester Police to investigation any possible criminal activity; Great Manchester Local Authority to carry out any follow up activities; GMFRS staff to carry out any prevention work.

Tackling deliberate fire setting | Crimestoppers (crimestoppers-uk.org)