Your Safety - Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Service

Water Safety - Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Service

Community - Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Service

News - Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Service

HMICFRS Reports - Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Service

Fire Plan - Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Service

Contact Us - Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Service

Join Us - Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Service

GMFRS - Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Service

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

list-not-following-semantics

July 2025

June 2025

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service

Title / URL	Issues
Your Safety - Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Servicewww.manchesterfire.gov.uk/your-safety/	1
Water Safety - Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Servicemanchesterfire.gov.uk/your-safety/campaigns/water-safety/	1
Community - Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Servicemanchesterfire.gov.uk/community/	1
News - Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Servicewww.manchesterfire.gov.uk/news/	1
HMICFRS Reports - Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Servicemanchesterfire.gov.uk/about-us/organisational-learning/hmicfrs-reports	1
Fire Plan - Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Servicewww.manchesterfire.gov.uk/fire-plan/	1
Contact Us - Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Servicewww.manchesterfire.gov.uk/contact-us/	1
News - Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Servicemanchesterfire.gov.uk/news/	1
Join Us - Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Servicewww.manchesterfire.gov.uk/join-us/	1
GMFRS - Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Servicemanchesterfire.gov.uk/	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service

Where this issue has occurred