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Mutual Aid and Over Border Incidents
Our Service shares borders with neighbouring Services, including Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, North Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire.
Mutual aid agreements are in place to cover Sections 13 and 16 of the Fire Services Act, which allow each Service to request resources from neighbouring areas during times of high demand. These arrangements are further supported by National Resilience provisions.
The Service is committed to working with neighbouring fire and rescue services and is prepared to respond to cross-border incidents. We also keep risk information on their areas. We share risk data with neighbouring Services within a 10km radius for Very High and High-Risk information, and 20km for Lincolnshire, due to our linked mobilising systems.