The Welsh Ambulance Service is quietly reshaping what cultural change can look like in a national emergency service, with Director…

The Welsh Government has confirmed that the Commissioners appointed to oversee South Wales Fire and Rescue Service will remain in post until May 2027 although one of the four is standing down from the role.

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has achieved the double in its latest inspection report with both prevention and values and culture awarded an Outstanding rating, the first time the service has received this grade.

The latest inspection report from HMICFRS about Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service shows that service leaders are not modelling its values and morale is at an all time low…

In our recent webinar, sponsored by Texport and Hunter, Phil Garrigan, Chair of the National Fire Chiefs Council, reflected on his first ten months in post and the pressures shaping the sector’s future. 

The first reports from His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services’ latest fire and rescue service inspection programme will be published in March 2026, as a new two-year cycle gets under way.

As South Wales Fire and Rescue Service seeks to learn from others and lead the way in the sector after the challenges of recent years, the service has recruited a small group of advisors to form a sounding board to help shape its thinking.

Fin Monahan, Chief Fire Officer of South Wales Fire and Rescue Service, and Dr Claire Park, a HEMS consultant with London Air Ambulance, have a great deal of experience of leading under pressure. Both spent decades in the military before moving into civilian emergency services, and their conversation with me at The Emergency Services Show revealed how much those experiences continue to shape the way they lead, train, and build culture.

The Advisory Panel set up in the wake of the publication of the Cultural Review of the London Fire Brigade is set to continue to operate well into 2027 as its work is extended once more to support, challenge and assure the Brigade’s transformation programme.

The government has confirmed the start of a ‘Best Value Inspection’ of West Midlands Fire Authority, naming Fenella Morris KC as lead inspector to look at governance concerns, whether the Fire Authority addressed a ‘culture of fear’ and how whistleblowing, grievance and disciplinary processes were used.