Culture

The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has published its Culture Action Plan as part of its response to recent reports about bullying and harassment in fire and rescue services.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is setting up the London Policing Board to provide oversight and scrutiny of reform following on from Dame Louise Casey’s damning report into the culture of the Met Police.

Following on from the HMICFRS report into culture and values in the fire and rescue service, the Government has made the first step to introduce changes that mean that employers will be able to carry out a new level of criminal record checks on staff.

March 2023 will go down in the history of the emergency services as the month that the public looked at its police and fire and rescue service and asked why they had let them down.

Talking about her experience as a woman firefighter and why culture matters when it comes to making the fire and rescue service an employer of choice.

A new report from His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services calls for appropriate background checks on all firefighters and staff and new misconduct standards to be introduced, including a national barred list and new mechanisms for staff to raise concerns.

Baroness Louise Casey DBE CB has published her independent review into the standards of behaviour and internal culture of the Metropolitan Police Service. The review was commissioned in the aftermath of the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard by serving Met PC Wayne Couzens in March 2021.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley revealed his mission for policing in London in a plan that aims to deliver ‘More Trust, Less Crime and High Standards.’

His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has published State of Fire and Rescue 2022 along with inspection reports for 16 services.

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has reported on 15 fire and rescue services across…