Fire and Rescue Services: Vacancies

(asked on 1st March 2019) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the findings of Dame Judith Hackitt’s May 2018 Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, what steps his Department is taking to tackle shortages in fire engineering expertise.


Answered by
Nick Hurd Portrait
Nick Hurd
This question was answered on 6th March 2019

Fire and rescue authorities have the resources they need to undertake their important work.

It is the responsibility of fire and rescue services to ensure that they organise their resources effectively to deliver their core functions across prevention, protection and response.

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