The London Fire Brigade: Is its culture changing?
Two years on from a review which identified institutional misogyny, racism and issues in handling mental health, what progress has the London Fire Brigade (LFB) made in tackling its cultural problems?
Tomorrow, the London Assembly Fire Committee will ask academics, unions, and women in the fire service about how much progress has been made since the review and what work can still be done.
Members will closely examine whether the LFB’s recently launched Professional Standards Unit and its External Complaints Service are working effectively to drive up standards in the service, and will learn more about the challenges of the delivery of complex cultural change in other institutions.
The guests are:
Panel 1: 10am-10.45am
- Ann-Marie Barlow, Director, Energise Development
- Suzanne McCarthy, Independent Chair, Fire Standards Board
- Dr Jessica White, Acting Director of Terrorism and Conflict Studies, Royal United Services Institute
- Dr Rowena Hill MBE, Professor of Resilience, Emergencies and Disaster Science, Nottingham Trent University
Panel 2: 10.55am-12.15pm
- Paula Lyons, Company Secretary, Women in the Fire Service
- Anna Snelson, LFB Women in the Fire Service
- Gareth Cooke, London Regional Organiser, Fire Brigades Union
- Adam Shaw, London Regional Treasurer, Fire Brigades Union
- Deborah Riviere Williams, Chair of Unison within the LFB
The meeting will take place on Thursday 24 October from 10am, in the Chamber at City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, E16 1ZE.
Media and members of the public are invited to attend.
The meeting can also be viewed LIVE or later via webcast or YouTube.
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Notes to editors
- Read the agenda in full.
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
- Hina Bokhari AM, Chair of the Fire Committee, is available for interview.
- Find out more about the work of the Fire Committee.