FRS 2018-19 CoC Recommendations: Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service

Cause of concern: Northamptonshire FRS needs to ensure that it has systems in place to effectively provide, record and monitor risk-critical training.

Recommendation: By September 2019 the service must ensure that it provides, assesses and accurately records suitable operational training and that all operational staff have the proper risk-critical skills.

Cause of concern: We have serious concerns about Northamptonshire FRS’s ability to respond to incidents. The service consistently doesn’t have available its minimum number of fire engines. Senior managers are not routinely told when this happens.

Recommendation: The service should improve its process for monitoring the number of fire engines available, so that senior managers can make effective decisions.