2008

This circular provides information to Fire and Rescue Services (FRSs) on the recently published revised Generic Risk Assessment (GRA) on high rise firefighting.

This circular provides information to Fire and Rescue Services on the recently published Fire Service Manual and its provision of specific guidance on Environmental Protection.

This circular provides details of changes to the collection of Fire and Rescue Operational Statistics for the period 1 April 2008 – 31 March 2009.

This circular requests each FRA to complete the financial and non financial sections of the attached pensions form (FPF1 2008) by October 2008.

This circular provides information to Fire and Recue Services on the recently published generic risk assessment on explosives.

This circular advises Fire and Rescue Authorities about the new guidance and factors prepared by the Government Actuary for the purpose of purchasing additional service in the NFPS.

This circular sets out arrangements for the “Operational Assurance of Service Delivery” assessment process for 2008-09.

This circular relates to the Welsh Government’s Making the Connections targets for efficiency gains in respect of the Fire and Rescue Services for 2007-08 onwards.

This circular outlines the procedures and guidance to be adopted when emergency response vehicles are mobilised, in convoy, to large scale incidents.

This circular has been issued to English Fire and Rescue Service.

This circular provides responsible persons, Fire and Rescue Authorities and other enforcing agencies in Wales with information to assist them to understand the determination process set out in article 36 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (the “FSO”).

The purpose of this circular is to describe the role of the Fire and Rescue Service National Co-ordination Centre (FRSNCC) and how it can be contacted, the type of information required from individual fire and rescue services to maintain the effectiveness of the FRSNCC, and the method and frequency ...

This circular constitutes guidance issued by the Welsh Ministers under article 26(2) of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

This is a technical circular issued to Fire and Rescue Services in England.

The attached circular issued to the Fire and Rescue Services in England will also apply to the Fire and Rescue Services in Wales.

The attached circular issued to the Fire and Rescue Services in England will also apply to the Fire and Rescue Services in Wales.

This circular requests each FRA to complete the attached unaudited estimates pensions form (FPF2) by 2 June 2008. The information will be used to calculate final top-up grants to FRAs in respect of 2007/2008.

This circular sets out details of the new performance measurement framework and contains performance indicators (“PIs”) for Fire and Rescue Authorities (“FRAs”).

This circular contains updated guidance on the out of hours contact number at the Welsh Assembly Government and to remind FRSs of the e-mail addresses the Fire and Rescue Services (FRSs) should use to notify the Welsh Assembly Government and Department of Communities and Local Government of any inc ...

This circular provides details of the process for collecting Fire and Rescue Operational Data for the period 1 April 2007 – 31 March 2008.

The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 is due to come into force in April 2008. This circular draws attention to the exception in section 6 of the Act, and the limits of that exception as it applies to the Fire and Rescue Service.

This circular announces the Fire and Rescue Services Data Collection exercise and provides details of the information required from Fire and Rescue Authorities.

This circular provides a further update, following circular W-FRSC(07)16, regarding the implementation of the new incident recording system (IRS) for recording of incidents attended by Fire and Rescue Services (FRSs). It includes an annex of frequently asked questions and answers which FRS colleagu ...

This circular requests data covering the period 1 January 2006-31 December 2006 from Fire and Rescue Services for publication on the neighbourhood stats service (NeSS) website, and details how and when it is to be collected. Response is due on 8 February 2008.