The headquarters of Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service is located within Endeavour House, Russell Road, Ipswich.

This is also the location of Suffolk County Council's Ipswich based offices and meeting space.

It is responsible for handling all 999 emergency calls received across Suffolk and Cambridgeshire and mobilising resources to incidents.

[2] The average response time for the first fire engine to arrive on scene was 10 minutes and 4 seconds.

The summer heatwave in 2018, which affected much of England, led to a significant increase in the number and size of crop and other fires in the countryside.