Incident reports
Cornwall hotel fire under investigation; Huge blaze in Hatfield; Kent control room operator praised for cool head
Culture transformation through engagement and leadership
John Roylance outlines the transformational leadership work being carried out by SFL within the private sector and FRS
Water rescue – time to get serious and work together Richard Storey contends that if flooding cannot be prevented then, as a nation, we will need to find better ways of protecting lives
Dealing with the deluge
Gloucestershire CFO Terry Standing gives an in-depth account of the response to the catastrophic floods that hit the county in the summer
Hearts and minds
FIRE correspondent Tony Prosser asks if co-responding can be allowed to remain a side issue for the Fire and Rescue Service
Peeling back the co-responding sticking plaster
FIRE correspondent Mike Fordham analyses the real issues behind the co-responding stalemate
Co-responding the American way
Dennis Davis sheds new light on the issue of co-responding by examining how the issues are dealt with across the Atlantic
Outsourcing – friend or foe?
David Smith offers two case studies to allay fears regarding the concept of outsourcing in the FRS
In This Section: “The key elements of an effective culture transformation programme are a clear agreed direction and authentic leadership in abundance throughout the organisation.”
John Fay, Chief Executive, SFL “There is a humanistic side to catastrophe, so offering public reassurance and frankly ‘a bit of a cuddle’ was important to us.” CFO Terry Standing, Gloucestershire, commenting on the humanitarian approach of personnel during this summer’s flooding
“None of the barriers currently in the way of progress are insurmountable – all it would take is a meeting of minds.”
FIRE correspondent Tony Prosser on overcoming the difficulties of implementing co-responding
“The debate is certainly worth having as to whether or not there is a benefit to society in our Fire and Rescue Service responding to known medical emergencies, but for that debate to be meaningful the current polarisation has to be overcome.”
FIRE correspondent Mike Fordham scrutinises the underlying problems surrounding co-responding“Some of the larger department chiefs certainly create an impression that running EMS can be a distraction from the core business of firefighting and rescue, and that the additional crosstraining of first responders generates concerns relating the capacity needed to engender competency.”
FIRE correspondent Dennis Davis on the US approach to co-responding
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