FREP Letter to NFCC

The London Assembly Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning Committee has written to the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC).

This follows a meeting on 5 December 2023 that investigated progress made by the London Fire Brigade one year on from the publication of the Independent Culture Review.

The Committee has written to Mark Hardingham, Chair of NFCC with the following questions:

• What is your view of the progress made by LFB to date in responding to the Independent Culture Review ?
• How do you view your role on the LFB’s Advisory Panel on the Independent Culture Review?
• Are there lessons to be drawn for other FRS nationally from LFB’s review of its People Services?
• The Government proposed a College of Fire and Rescue in its White Paper on Fire Service Reform, 5 and HMICFRS said it should be in place by January 2025.
• Are you able to update us on progress with this?