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Fire and Rescue Services: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance has been issued by her Department to Fire Authorities on the impact to safety standards of riding (a) three, (b) four and (c) five firefighters on an appliance.

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 18 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 25 Jul 2024
Answer: 25 Jul 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

18 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance has been issued by her Department to Fire Authorities on the impact to safety standards of riding (a) three, (b) four and (c) five firefighters on an appliance.
25 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Jul 2024
Answer published
Expectations of FRAs from Government are set out in the Fire and Rescue National Framework, which all FRAs must have due regard to. Whilst the National Framework does not include explicit reference to operational safety standards, I will consider if this ...

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