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Publication  —  Letter, Revisit  —  12 May 2021

During our inspection of Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) in the week of 24 June 2019 we identified a cause of concern about how the service maintains the fitness requirements of its operational staff.

Publication  —  Cause of concern, Letter, Revisit  —  19 March 2021

In December 2020, we reviewed Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service’s updated action plans for responding to its causes of concern. This letter sets out our assessment of these plans and next steps.

Publication  —  Cause of concern, Letter, Revisit  —  19 March 2021

We made our second revisit to Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) virtually between 22 and 26 February 2021. This letter gives an update on our findings about progress against Gloucestershire FRS’s action plan.

Publication  —  Annual reports  —  17 March 2021

This is Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services’ report to the Secretary of State under section 28B of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004. It contains his assessment of the sector in England, based on the inspections we carried out during 2020.

Publication  —  Fire & rescue services, Grenfell  —  12 February 2021

On 14 June 2017, a fire at Grenfell Tower, a high-rise residential building in North Kensington, West London, cost 72 lives. On 15 June 2017, the then Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Theresa May MP, announced a public inquiry into the causes of the fire. The Grenfell Tower Inquiry was set up to examine the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the fire.