Proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2023/25
Provides details of our proposed inspections of fire and rescue services for 2023/25. It concerns the third full cycle of inspection of all the fire and rescue services in England.
This consultation provides details of HMICFRS’s proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework for 2023/25, and asks for your views on whether the right areas of FRSs’ activities are covered.
In particular, we wish to receive your responses to the following questions:
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Is focusing on service improvement the most important area for our third round of inspections?
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Are there any other aspects of effectiveness that we should focus on?
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Are there any other aspects of efficiency or productivity that we should focus on?
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Should we inspect the steps FRSs are taking to address climate change? This would mean spending less time on other questions.
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If so, what should we spend less time on?
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Is there anything we can do to improve how we inspect equality, diversity and inclusion?
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Is there anything we can do to improve the way in which we report our findings?
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Is there anything else we should do to make our FRS assessments as fair as they can be?
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If we remove our pillar judgments, would it be easier to understand the areas in which FRSs need to improve?
Following the closure of the consultation, HM Chief Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services will consider respondents’ views and, if he determines it appropriate to do so, change the proposed inspection programme and framework before putting it to the Home Secretary for approval.
An HTML version of the consultation is available on the HMICFRS website.