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Safeguarding Fire Standard
The NFCC’s Safeguarding Workstream has delivered a number of guidance documents and a self-assessment tool to enable services to assure and improve their capability in this area. We are grateful for all the feedback we received through the consultation, all of which has been considered. We have provided an explanation and rationale for the changes made in the table below.
Leadership and People Fire Standards
The Consultation – now closed The Leadership and People Fire Standards have been developed with expert input from leaders and HR specialists across Fire and Rescue Services in England and the NFCC People Programme. Both the Leading the Service and Leading and Developing People Fire Standards have been developed to bring clarity about leadership roles … <a href="https://www.firestandards.org/standards/consultations/leadership-and-people-fire-standard/">Continued</a>
Code of Ethics Fire Standard
The draft Code of Ethics Fire Standard, which the Fire Standards Board has put forward for consideration, is underpinned by the Core Code of Ethics for Fire and Rescue Services (England) (core code). Consultations on both are taking place at the same time and it is recommended that the Fire Standard and the core code … <a href="https://www.firestandards.org/standards/consultations/code-of-ethics-fire-standard/">Continued</a>
Leadership and People Fire Standards consultations are now open
The Fire Standards Board is pleased to announce that the two Leadership and People Fire Standards: Leading the Service and Leading and Developing People, are out for consultation and have been shared with services and all stakeholders.
Setting the Fire Standards for the year ahead
Members of the Fire Standards Board met last month to review the progress since its establishment. Despite the challenging backdrop of the pandemic, the Board are particularly pleased with progress made in publishing nine Fire Standards since February 2021. The visuals below are a reminder of those standards published so far and those in development in the coming months.
Fire Standards Board – What’s coming up in 2022
A further seven Fire Standards are currently in development by the Fire Standards Board. These include Safeguarding; Fire Investigation; Emergency Preparedness and Resilience; and Data, as well as three Leadership Fire Standards.
Fire Standards Board launches next Fire Standard
Following the launch of the first four Fire Standards in February, the Fire Standards Board are pleased to announce the publication of the Code of Ethics Fire Standard.