Agenda and minutes
Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning Committee - Thursday 31 January 2019 2.00 pm

To receive any apologies for absence and any announcements from the Chairman

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from Gareth Bacon AM, for whom Keith Prince AM substituted.

1.2  During the course of the discussion on Agenda Item 6, the Chairman welcomed members of the London Explorers Club, who were observing the meeting from the public gallery.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Jonathan Baker; [email protected]; 020 7084 2825

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Agenda Item 2, as disclosable pecuniary interests;

(b)   Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any disclosable pecuniary interests in specific items listed on the agenda and the necessary action taken by the Member(s) regarding withdrawal following such declaration(s); and

(c)   Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any other interests deemed to be relevant (including any interests arising from gifts and hospitality received which are not at the time of the meeting reflected on the Authority’s register of gifts and hospitality, and noting also the advice from the GLA’s Monitoring Officer set out at Agenda Item 2) and to note any necessary action taken by the Member(s) following such declaration(s).

2.1  Resolved:

That the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Agenda Item 2, be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests.

The Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning Committee held on 22 November 2018 to be signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning Committee meeting held on 22 November 2018 be signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Jonathan Baker; [email protected]; 020 7084 2825

The Committee is recommended to note the completed and outstanding actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee.

4.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

4.2  Resolved:

That the completed and outstanding actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Jonathan Baker; [email protected]; 020 7084 2825

The Committee is recommended to note the recent action taken by the Chairman of the Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning Committee under delegated authority, following consultation with the party Group Lead Members, namely to agree the arrangements for the Committee’s site visit to the London Fire Brigade Control Centre, together with the briefing from the London Local Authority Co-ordination Centre on 5 December 2018.

5.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

5.2  Resolved:

That the recent action taken by the Chairman of the Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning Committee under delegated authority, following consultation with the party Group Lead Members, namely to agree the arrangements for the Committee’s site visit to the London Fire Brigade Control Centre, together with the briefing from the London Local Authority Co-ordination Centre on 5 December 2018, be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Janette Roker; [email protected]; 020 7983 6562

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the performance report from the London Fire Brigade, attached at Appendix 1 to the report, as background to the question and answer session with the Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience and the London Fire Commissioner.

(b)  Note the report and the subsequent discussion.

6.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions to the following invited guests:

·  Dr Fiona Twycross AM, Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience; and

·  Dany Cotton QFSM, London Fire Commissioner.

6.2  The following officers from the London Fire Brigade (LFB) were also in attendance for this meeting:

·  Sue Budden, Director of Corporate Services, LFB;

·  Lee Drawbridge, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Fire Safety LFB; and

·  Tim Powell, Assistant Director, People Services, LFB.

6.3  A transcript of the discussion is attached at Appendix 1.

6.4  During the course of the discussion the Committee requested the following additional information:

·  Whether the LFB had a programme for revisiting properties that had a smoke detector fitted with a 10 year life-span;

·  Whether the LFB had approached charitable foundations to assist in the funding of the Fire Cadets programme;

·  To provide an update on the timescales associated with the replacement of the fireground and Breathing Apparatus radio sets;

·  To provide detail on the replacement programme for command units, with regard to the procurement of the physical vehicles and the compatibility of the hardware and software; and

·  Further detail regarding the trial of lance technology and positive pressure  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Janette Roker; [email protected]; 020 7983 6562

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the work programme, as set out in the report.

(b)  Delegates authority to the Chairman, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree arrangements for any site visits, informal meetings or engagement activities before the Committee’s next formal meeting on 28 March 2019. 

7.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of the Secretariat.

7.2  Resolved:

(a)  That the work programme, as set out in the report, be noted; and

(b)  That authority be delegated to the Chairman, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree arrangements for any site visits, informal meetings or engagement activities before the Committee’s next formal meeting on 28 March 2019.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for 28 March 2019 at 2.00pm in the Chamber, City Hall.

8.1  The next meeting of the Committee would be on Thursday, 28 March 2019 at 2.00pm in the Chamber, City Hall.

9.1  There was no business the Chairman considered urgent.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Janette Roker; [email protected]; 020 7983 6562

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Review the London Fire Commissioner’s draft Statement of Assurance for 2017/18

(b)  Make a report or recommendations to the Mayor on the draft Statement of Assurance for 2017/18, in accordance with Section 327G of the Policing and Crime Act 2017.

10.1  The Committee received the London Fire Commissioner’s draft Statement of Assurance 2017/18 which was attached as part of Appendix 1 to the Committee’s report.

10.2  Resolved:

That the London Fire Commissioner’s draft Statement of Assurance 2017/18 be noted, and that this form the recommendation to the Mayor of London, in accordance with Section 327(G) of the Policing and Crime Act 2017.

11.1  The meeting ended at 16.09.