Joint fire/police PFI scheme in Dorset
An update by Dorset Fire and Rescue Service on a joint PFI scheme in the county Stamping out cigarette fires
Sir Ken Knight provides an update on the progress being made by the campaign for the introduction of ‘fire safer’ cigarettes as a standard across EuropeBeating arson in Hertfordshire
Simon Brown gives an account of the steps being taken by Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service to combat arson in the county
Taking the heat out of HR technology
Managing the HR requirements of North Wales Fire and Rescue Service is a big task. This article explains how the job has been made more manageable by the use of cutting-edge software
Getting smart about protecting young people
Tyne and Wear’s John Adamson talks about how his organisation is working with Smartrisk to make young people in the area safer
Tribunals made easy or at least easier
Peter Jones of BrowneJacobson provides a practical guide for giving witness evidence RDS overtime payments
Is the grey book a little too grey? When it comes to the Retained Duty System, says Tony Whiting, perhaps it is
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“CEN could take up to three years to adopt a standard for fire safer cigarettes, after receipt of the mandate from the European Commission. This seems a very long time, particularly given that the standard which has already been adopted in the USA, Canada and soon in Australia (ASTM E2187-02b) has proved its effectiveness. It would make sense for the EU to adopt the same standard rather then to define a new one and I hope that this can be done more quickly than if work has to begin from scratch. It will be important that fire and rescue services and other sympathetic organisations across Europe now lobby the Commission to adopt a decision that pushes CEN to adopt the existing international standard, and for a positive move in this direction in November.”
Sir Ken Knight on campaign progress for the introduction of ‘fire safer’ cigarettes as a standard across Europe (pg 47)
“An evaluation conducted with thepupils taking part in the shows highlighted a convincing movement to more positive risk-taking behaviour. We also demonstrated evidence of a transformation in attitude and awareness of risk management and personal limitations, particularly in relation to the potential consequences of taking ‘stupid’ risks.”
Tyne and Wear’s John Adamson on the advantages of the Smartrisk scheme (pg 52)“One thing is certain – doing nothing is not an option, being both immoral and in direct contravention of the grey book. Whilst I understand that this issue will send even the very best of payroll departments into a spin due to the amount of work that needs to be done, it must be remembered if a member of staff is entitled to overtime payments then they should get it. This can no longer be left in the ‘too difficult’ box.”Tony Whiting on RDS overtime payments (pg 54)
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