State of Fire and Rescue 2019 – Part 3: Our reports

Published on: 27 April 2023

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  1. Part 3: Our reports
    1. Publications: December 2017 to January 2020
    2. Revisit letters
    3. Non-inspection publications
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Part 3: Our reports

In July 2017, our remit was extended to include inspections of England’s fire and rescue authorities. This is Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector’s first annual report on the fire and rescue inspections we have carried out.

Between 20 December 2018 and 17 December 2019, we published 47 reports. These reports fulfil our statutory obligation to inspect and report on the effectiveness and efficiency of fire and rescue authorities in England.

Every report has been published in full on our website and given to the fire and rescue service it relates to.

Publications: December 2017 to January 2020

Fire and Rescue Service: Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2018/19

Forty-five individual reports on each fire and rescue service in England.

All HMIs

Fire and Rescue Service inspections 2018/19 – summary of findings

Two reports summarising the findings from our first two tranches of service inspections. The first report covered findings from our first 14 inspections. The second covered the findings from our next 16 inspections.

Lead HMI: Zoë Billingham

Revisit letters

When we identified a cause of concern relating to any element of effectiveness, we required the service to produce an action plan to resolve the concern. We then carried out a revisit to assess progress against each plan. Following each revisit, we provided written feedback from the appropriate HMI to the chief fire officer. Each letter was published in full on our website. We sent and published revisit letters for:

  • Avon FRS
  • Cornwall FRS
  • Essex FRS
  • Gloucestershire FRS
  • Northamptonshire FRS
  • Surrey FRS
  • West Sussex FRS

Non-inspection publications

Proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2018/19

Consultation document seeking views on our proposed inspection programme and framework

Lead HMI: Sir Thomas Winsor

HMICFRS fire and rescue service inspection programme and framework 2018/19

Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services’ 2018/19 inspection programme and framework prepared under section 28A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004

Lead HMI: Sir Thomas Winsor

Developing the fire and rescue service inspections: learning report

Report on the findings from our three pilot inspections and the outcome of our public and sector consultation on our proposed inspection programme and framework

Lead HMI: Zoë Billingham

Public perceptions of fire and rescue services in England 2018

Results of the BMG Research survey we commissioned of the public’s views and experiences of fire and rescue services

Lead HMI: Zoë Billingham

Proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2020/21

Consultation document seeking views on our proposed inspection programme and framework

Lead HMI: Sir Thomas Winsor

Public perceptions of fire and rescue services in England 2019

Results of the BMG Research survey we commissioned of the public’s views and experiences of fire and rescue services

Lead HMI: Zoë Billingham

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State of Fire and Rescue: The Annual Assessment of Fire and Rescue Services in England 2019

Last updated: 17 April 2023