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Effectiveness, Efficiency, Fire & rescue services, People  —  27 July 2022

The inspection assesses how effectively and efficiently Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service prevents, protects the public against and responds to fires and other emergencies. We also assess how well it looks after the people who work for the service.

Effectiveness, Efficiency, Fire & rescue services, People  —  27 July 2022

This is the third time that HMICFRS has inspected fire and rescue services across England. Our focus is on the service they provide to the public, and the way they use the resources available. This includes: Devon and Somerset, Essex County, Gloucestershire, Humberside, Lancashire, London, Northampton, Norfolk, Nottingham, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Tyne and Wear, West Sussex and West Yorkshire.

Effectiveness, Fire & rescue services, Revisit  —  25 March 2020

During our inspection of Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service, in November 2018, we identified a cause for concern about the service’s fire engine availability and whether its firefighters had the necessary safety critical skills to respond to emergencies. The service submitted an action plan setting out how it would address the cause for concern. This letter sets out the findings of our second revisit to review progress.

Effectiveness, Efficiency, Fire & rescue services, People  —  20 June 2019

This the first time that HMICFRS has inspected fire and rescue services across England. This report sets out a summary of our findings from inspecting 16 fire and rescue services in tranche 2.

Effectiveness, Efficiency, Fire & rescue services, People  —  20 June 2019

This inspection assesses how effectively and efficiently Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service prevents, protects the public against and responds to fires and other emergencies. We also assess how well it looks after the people who work for the service.

Effectiveness, Fire & rescue services, Revisit  —  20 June 2019

During our inspection of Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service, in November 2018, we identified several areas of concern. We asked the service to submit an action plan setting out how it would address these causes of concern. We revisited Northamptonshire between 10 and 13 June 2019 to review progress against the action plan. 

Effectiveness, Efficiency, Fire & rescue services, People  —  20 December 2018

Summary This is the first time that HMICFRS has inspected fire and rescue services across England. Our focus is on the service they provide to the public, and the way they use the resources available. We have inspected 14 services in the first tranche of inspections. Each inspection assesses how effective and efficient the service…