Safety first for the MoD
DCFO Noel Roberts reports on the changes that have occurred to the Ministry of Defence’s fire and rescue service following its recent Restructuring
Avon Fire and Rescue Service headquarters destroyed by World War II bomb!
Avon’s capacity to respond to a catastrophic incident was recently put to the test during a simulation of a huge explosion at their headquarters in Bristol. Denis McCann tells the story
A helping hand onto the property ladder
Durham and Darlington Community Support Officer Clare Owers tells the story of how Fire Service Housing helped her to buy her first home
Blazing a trail in Albania
An account of Northumberland FRS firefighters trip to Albania to supply surplus fire and rescue equipment through the International Fire and Rescue Association
Fire station disposals don’t get burned
In part two of a three-part series on property development, Emma Winfield from law firm Browne Jacobson, looks at how fire authorities consider station sites
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“The formation of DFRMO has required a considerable amount of change over a fairly short time period, which has necessitated a major restructuring into three geographical areas in the UK and one overseas.”
MoD DCFO Noel Roberts on the changes that have occurred to the former Defence Fire Service
“Each director was given a varying brief, some holding subtly different or incomplete, yet key, information for the other directors. Contact with service HQ was not possible and initially no ‘players’ had access to any technology other than what they were carrying – some of which would not operate due to the ICT failure at HQ.”
Avon’s Denis McCann on the bomb that was dropped on senior personnel as they arrived at work
“The difference in resources between Lushnje and Northumberland is just staggering. Here in Northumberland we have 400 operational firefighters based at 18 fire stations that serve a population of 330,000 people. In Lushnje there is only one fire station with 20 firefighters, and they have to serve around 176,000 people, which is just over half the population of Northumberland.”
Station Manager John Arnold following his trip to an impoverished Albania
“It is essential to have in place clear procedures for dealing with such situations, which ensure that the authority acts reasonably at all times and creates a clear audit trail to demonstrate that procedures have been followed.”Emma Winfield from law firm Browne Jacobson on fire station sites (pg 49) Tony Whiting on RDS overtime payments
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