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The Fire Standards Board has announced the launch of its ninth professional Fire Standard; Safeguarding
The Safeguarding Fire Standard aims to ensure that fire and rescue services are doing all that they can to support safeguarding. Its desired outcome is that services work proactively to promote the safeguarding of those within their communities as well as employees and volunteers, reducing the risk of abuse, harm and neglect.
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.
Protection Fire Standard goes live
The Fire Standards Board (FSB) has announced the launch of its eighth professional Fire Standard – Protection.
Next Fire Standard goes live
The Fire Standards Board (FSB) is delighted to announce the launch of its seventh professional Fire Standard – Prevention.
Driving consistency and improvement in Community Risk Management Planning with the next Fire Standard
The Community Risk Management Planning (CRMP) Fire Standard aims to bring consistency in the way fire services conduct planning and produce their local Community Risk Management Plans.
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.
The first Fire Standards for England have been published
The publication of the first four Fire Standards is a monumental achievement for the sector. These standards and those that follow will form the basis of future inspection judgements by the HMICFRS.
Fire Standards Board to publish the first Fire Standards for England
The first four Fire Standards for fire and rescue services in England are to be published on www.firestandards.org on 16 February 2021. This is a monumental announcement, building upon and driving professionalism within our sector.
Latest news on Fire Standards development
Having approved the phase one delivery plan in April 2020 and despite the impact of COVID, the Fire Standards Board are delighted to update you on the progress of all the development work taking place across a number of the Fire Standards over the following months.
Delivery plan for the first phase of Fire Standards announced
Having been established in 2019, the Fire Standards Board has been busy determining how it will work, agreeing the process for developing Fire Standards, deciding what a Fire Standard will contain; identifying the range of Fire Standards to be developed and those Fire Standards that will be included in the initial cohort of published Fire Standards.
Excellent response to the consultation on an Emergency Response Driver Fire Standard
The Fire Standards Board’s consultation on its first proposed Fire Standard focused on the important area of emergency response driving.
Making sense of Standards
“The absence of existing national standards has resulted in local variations in almost every aspect of what each fire and rescue service does.” This is the conclusion made by HMICFRS in their tranche 1 summary report of the first inspections in 12 years. It’s helpful then that a Fire Standards Board is now in place to deal with the issues and provide some reassurance to the inspectors that inconsistency is being tackled head on.