Review NWFC information policies during incidents
Manchester Arena Inquiry · Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response · Issued 3 November 2022
Government responseUK Government: Accepted (Nov 2025)
DeliveryCabinet Office says in progress (Feb 2026)
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
North West Fire Control should review its guidance and policies on how it receives and passes on information during a Major Incident. It is important that, for any update given, it is established when the last time the person receiving the update was provided with information, to ensure that they are completely up to date.
Manchester Arena Inquiry, Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response · 3 Nov 2022 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
AI-generated evidence summary
The Inquiry recommended that North West Fire Control review its major incident information policies. In February 2026, the Cabinet Office reported high compliance, stating that services were evidencing progress through multi-agency hailing groups, Airwave network talk groups, and developing electronic recording practices, though it did not mention establishing when an update recipient was last provided with information (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). This reiterated an update published by the department in November 2025, when the UK Government accepted the recommendation in full (Cabinet Office response, Nov 2025; Cabinet Office, Nov 2025).
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 5 Oct 2026.
Government response
●UK Government · Accepted · 14 Nov 2025
Accepted in full
Response document: Manchester Arena Inquiry recommendations (GOV.UK page linking to the Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard)
Delivery
●Cabinet Office says in progress · 27 Feb 2026
Compliance in this recommendation area is high. Services continue to evidence progress, with examples including use of multi-agency hailing groups and talk groups on the Airwave network as well as developing practices around electronic recording and sharing of information as previously reported.
Earlier statements on delivery (0)
●Cabinet Office · 14 Nov 2025
Compliance in this recommendation area is high. Services continue to evidence progress, with examples including use of multi-agency hailing groups and talk groups on the Airwave network as well as developing practices around electronic recording and sharing of information as previously reported.
From: Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, original version (data file)
Published evidence
●JESIP · 1 Apr 2024
JESIP Joint Doctrine updated to v3.1 (April 2024) following inquiry findings on interoperability failures. Operation Plato reformed to cover all terrorist attack types, not just firearms. Emphasis extended beyond command-level to frontline responders.
JESIP Joint Doctrine Version 3.1, April 2024View source →
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