• Reference: 2020/4468
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

What progress is being made towards an agreement with the FBU over training on PN633?

• Reference: 2020/4467
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

There are different interpretations by different officers on when firefighters should self-isolate due to Covid 19, not following NHS or PHE advice. Will you ensure that this advice is applied consistently across LFB?

• Reference: 2020/4466
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

How many fire safety posts, and in which ranks, are currently vacant; and what steps are being taken to fill them?

• Reference: 2020/4465
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

There has been a longstanding arrangement that an ARA/specialist rank would be paid to take a junior officer to the rank above in recognition of additional work they are doing because operations officers would need to do operations on top of fire safety work. Why was this not offered for the c 20 fire safety posts needing to be filled?

• Reference: 2020/4464
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

Has the cost of running the LFB’s fire safety department increased since 2017?

• Reference: 2020/4463
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

Has LFB’s fire safety department increased in size either in officer numbers or in workload since 2017? Please give staffing numbers and ranks for each year from 2017 to date.

• Reference: 2020/4462
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

How is artificial intelligence being used to enhance the work of LFB?

• Reference: 2020/4461
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

With the Government training up new EWS1 assessors before addressing the issue of professional indemnity insurance, do you believe they understand how to address safety in London’s built environment?

• Reference: 2020/4460
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

The Government recently announced measures to address the EWS1 crisis 1. Does the rush to train 2000 assessors in 6 months- compared to the standard 4-5 years RICS have stated is necessary for training- risk leaving EWS1 forms being completed by inexperienced and undertrained assessors? 1 ‘ Government steps in to help homeowners caught up in ‘EWS1’ process’ [Date accessed 24.11.20]

• Reference: 2020/4459
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

What changes in arrangements such as shift patterns have been made to seconding firefighters to LAS; and how many are currently being seconded?