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Publication  —  Memorandum of understanding  —  14 October 2020

The Fire Standards Board (FSB) and HMICFRS both promote improvements in fire and rescue services in England.

Publication  —  Grenfell, Terms of reference  —  13 October 2020

The Home Secretary commissioned HMICFRS to review the governance and progress of London Fire Brigade’s action plan to implement the recommendations from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry report.

Publication  —  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.

Publication  —  Effectiveness, Fire & rescue services, Revisit  —  19 February 2020

During our inspection of West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, in November 2018, we identified a cause of concern about the management and oversight of the safe and well visit process and the effectiveness of its risk-based inspection service. We asked the service to submit an action plan setting out how it would address this cause of concern.