Review NWFC incident log information storage
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 the way it captures and records key information on its incident logs in order to ensure that the information is stored in one place and is readily accessible at all times by those who need it.
Manchester Arena Inquiry, Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response · 3 Nov 2022 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
AI-generated evidence summary
The Cabinet Office reported in February 2026 that work remained in progress, noting that control room operations vary across the country but all have technology, such as bespoke software and voice recordings, to log key information and share it with partners and responding teams (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). The UK Government previously accepted the recommendation in full in November 2025, when the department recorded an identical progress update (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, 26 Sep 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
Control room operations and systems vary across the country, but all have technology to allow logging of key information. This can be shared with partners and responding teams. Examples include voice recordings of telephony and radio traffic, and bespoke ICT software to capture incident status and development.
Earlier statements on delivery (0)
●Cabinet Office · 14 Nov 2025
Control room operations and systems vary across the country, but all have technology to allow logging of key information. This can be shared with partners and responding teams. Examples include voice recordings of telephony and radio traffic, and bespoke ICT software to capture incident status and development.
From: Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, original version (data file)
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