Greater manchester's Safety Centre, Bury

Who are we?

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service Training and Safety centre.
The safety centre is located in Bury, Greater Manchester. We opened our doors in March 2017 and are one of the largest training facilities across the UK. The centre is designed to educate and inform visitors of all ages about how to protect themselves against fire and to have an innovative “real life” insight to what a day in a life of a firefighter, which includes activities to engage the learner. The Safety centre is part of a larger operational training ground where our GMFRS fire fighters conduct there valuable training on “Fire Street” with real houses and buildings that are used for daily training sessions.

Programmes:
  • Educational programmes for age 6 onwards.
  • Safety Squad- Key Stage 1- Use of creativity to educate our youngest learners, this includes a half day tour with storytelling and song.
  • New recruits- Key Stage 2 – innovated through the use of ICT and film this is a four hour tour that is a day in the life of a fire fighter and covers risks and consequences.
  • Coming soon - Key stage 3 (from Nov 2017), post 16 and community learning 2018.

Staffing Structure:

Business development & Centre Manager – Kelly Richardson
Community Safety Advisors- Flora Hardman, Greg Brunt & David Britton
Administration Staff – Julie Dickinson & Sharon Little
Cleaner – Terri Hardy
The centre is also supported by operational staff and volunteers.

Funding/Governance:

Public funded.

Any other facilities?

Meeting rooms and space hire. 
Contact Details: 

Bury Training Centre,
Wellington Street,
Bury,
Lancs,
BL8 2GN

Safetycentre@manchesterfire.gov.uk
0161 603 4620