College of Fire

Meeting in Manchester last week, fire chiefs heard more detail on the plans for a College of Fire and Rescue ahead of the public consultation due to start at the end of May, with the NFCC Chair suggesting its remit should embrace resilience.

The government has published its first annual Grenfell report setting out progress against the recommendations made in Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s phase two report and confirmed that a consultation on the proposal for a new College of Fire will be launched in May.

Alex Norris MP, soon to be the Fire Minister as fire policy transfers back to the Ministry for Housing, spoke to fire chiefs this week about the level of change in the industry and how he welcomed the creation of a new College of Fire and Rescue and the role of the Ministerial Advisory Group to effect long lasting change in the sector.