Work with Us

In addition GMFRS provides other interventions and has other resources that you, our partners, and your service users, could benefit from.  For example, we run Youth Engagement Programmes, have a volunteering programme, schools resources and more.

We also want to hear about your services so that our staff can refer and signpost people in the community to the right organisations to get the support they need to stay safe.

For further information about our fire safety interventions, contact our Prevention Development Manager, Sarah Hardman sarah.hardman@manchesterfire.gov.uk. 

We regularly work with partners to reduce the risk of fire in the home. Read our case study about the SAFE Project (internal link), which was established following two fatal house fires in Salford in 2017.

For further information about working in partnership with us in your local area, contact your local Prevention Manager:

Prevention Manager, Manchester: Melanie Kearney | kearneym@manchesterfire.gov.uk | 0161 909 0312 / 07734 275703

Prevention Manager, Salford: Andy Pownall | pownalla@manchesterfire.gov.uk  | 0161 609 0212 / 07977 410605

Prevention Manager, Bolton and Wigan: Derek Dempster | dempsterd@manchesterfire.gov.uk | 01204 902112 / 07734 275762

Prevention Manager, Oldham and Tameside: Andy Williams | williamsa@manchesterfire.gov.uk | 0161 909 8634 / 07812 207297

Prevention Manager, Stockport and Trafford: Louise Atkinson | atkinsonl@manchesterfire.gov.uk | 07772 210774

Prevention Manager, Bury and Rochdale: Liz Hinchcliffe | elizabeth.hinchcliffe@manchesterfire.gov.uk | 07580 698644