Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 5 June 2006.
Terms of Reference
1 Introduction
The Bain Review and the 2003 White Paper
Legislative reform
Implementation of change
Terms of reference of the inquiry
2 Governance and funding arrangements
Basic structure
Governance and institutional reform
Regionalisation
Change so far
Regional Management Boards
Her Majesty's Fire Service Inspectorate
Further regionalisation?
Funding
Procurement
3 FiReControl: Regional Control Centres
Project aims
Opposition to FiReControl
Increased resilience
Impact on frontline services
Location of RCCs
Increased efficiency
'Out of scope' duties
Technology
Governance
Absence of full information about FiReControl
Prospect of further regionalisation
Alternative models
4 FireLink
Background
Project risks
Fireground technology
5 Prevention and risk assessment
Integrated Risk Management Plans
Community Fire Safety
The Fire Safety Order 2006
Sprinklers in schools - the review of building regulations on fire safety
The impact of the shift towards prevention
6 Civil resilience
Background: new duties for the FRS
Planning
Recent experiences
Equipment
Operational factors
Mutual aid agreements
7 People management
Diversity
Targets
Reasons for poor performance
Recruitment freezes
Impact of regional control centres on diversity
Diversity and the CPA
Lack of leadership
Retained fire service
Recruitment
Inclusion: community fire safety, diversity and risk planning
Lack of progress on reform
Other issues: leadership and staff development
8 Performance measurement and management
The Comprehensive Performance Assessment process
The audit burden and cost
The results of the first full CPA process
Assessing the operational activities of the FRS
Targets and performance indicators - are they the right ones?
Number of deliberate fires
Number of accidental deaths
Number of rescues
9 Joint working with other emergency services
Resilience planning and response
Operational collaboration: co-responding
Funding and the absence of a national framework
Community safety
Coterminosity and the impact of wider regionalisation
10 Conclusion
Conclusions and recommendations
Witnesses
List of written evidence
Supplementary written evidence
List of unprinted written evidence
Formal Minutes
Reports from the ODPM Committee since 2004
Written Evidence