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News article  —  12 February 2025

Today, we published a letter that provides our general assessment of the progress made by 25 of England’s 44 fire and rescue services on the implementation of the Phase 1 recommendations of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 report.

News article  —  29 November 2024

London Fire Brigade has made significant improvements to its performance since its last inspection and is now outstanding in its response to major and multi-agency incidents.

News article  —  1 August 2024

The culture in fire and rescue services is showing some early signs of improvement, but too much unacceptable behaviour remains.

News article  —  15 March 2024

We revisited London Fire Brigade after identifying a cause of concern related to culture to review the progress made against our recommendations.

News article  —  6 March 2024

London Fire Brigade has made improvements and has therefore been removed from an enhanced level of monitoring by the fire inspectorate.

News article  —  29 September 2023

We revisited London Fire Brigade after identifying a cause of concern to review the progress made against our recommendations.

News article  —  19 July 2023

Today we published the terms of reference for a thematic inspection of the handling of misconduct in fire and rescue services.

News article  —  24 February 2023

Today we published cause of concern revisit letters relating to Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service and London Fire Brigade.

News article  —  14 December 2022

His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services has moved London Fire Brigade into an enhanced level of monitoring.

News article  —  27 July 2022

Fire and rescue services in England are improving but further change is urgently needed – particularly on culture and diversity.