The service said more than 1,100 fires were deliberately started and 1,017 hoax calls were also reported by emergency services over the same period.
Kate Green, Greater Manchester’s deputy mayor, said anti-social behaviour “will not be tolerated”.
She said a minority had set out to cause “distress to residents, communities and emergency services”.
Incidents have included bogus phone calls “that distract firefighters from attending more serious incidents, and attacks on emergency service workers who are trying to help”, she added.
