London Fire Brigade to establish lessons learned process
Grenfell Tower Inquiry · Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 Report · Issued 4 September 2024 · Addressed to: London Fire Brigade
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
That the London Fire Brigade establish effective standing arrangements for collecting, considering and effectively implementing lessons learned from previous incidents, inquests and investigations. Those arrangements should be as simple as possible, flexible and of a kind that will ensure that any appropriate changes in practice or procedure are implemented speedily. (113.58)
Grenfell Tower Inquiry, Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 Report · 4 Sep 2024 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
Publicly available evidence relating to this recommendation:
- The government's annual report stated LFB's Operational Policy and Assurance concluded its review and republished the Operational Learning Policy, adopting National Fire Chiefs Council Fire Standards Board standards (Annual Report on Progress, MHCLG, February 2026).
Response — verbatim from government
●London Fire Brigade — initial response
London Fire Brigade accepts all the recommendations relevant to them, including this one aimed directly at them. London Fire Brigade is committed to ensuring lessons from incidents are learned from and good practice is shared across the organisation and with key agencies. The collection of learning and data from operational incidents has been improved, with a move towards a more open and supportive approach with regard to learning, which reflects best practice from other sectors such as health and aviation. Significant and major incidents are prioritised for the purposes of learning, so that information is shared with staff as quickly as possible, should similar incidents occur again. The Brigade has introduced a new bulletin, Operational News Flash, to promptly provide risk critical information direct to operational staff that also separates need-to-know from the nice-to-know in relation to operational learning and identifies operational risks.
London Fire Brigade · 16 Jan 2025 Written response →
●London Fire Brigade — follow-up
London Fire Brigade accepts all the recommendations relevant to them, including this one aimed directly at them. London Fire Brigade is committed to ensuring lessons from incidents are learned from and good practice is shared across the organisation and with key agencies. The collection of learning and data from operational incidents has been improved, with a move towards a more open and supportive approach with regard to learning, which reflects best practice from other sectors such as health and aviation. Significant and major incidents are prioritised for the purposes of learning, so that information is shared with staff as quickly as possible, should similar incidents occur again. The Brigade has introduced a new bulletin, Operational News Flash, to promptly provide risk critical information direct to operational staff that also separates need-to-know from the nice-to-know in relation to operational learning and identifies operational risks.
London Fire Brigade · 26 Feb 2025 Written response →
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
- 1 Feb 2026 LFB Operational Policy and Assurance concluded review and republished Operational Learning Policy adopting National Fire Chiefs Council Fire Standards. Policy provides effective and uncomplicated arrangements demonstrating timely operational learning incorporation. NFCC Good Practice Guide published December 2025. Organisational Learning Library interim solution published September 2025. Source →
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