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Each Inspectorate (England Wales and Scotland) reports on the activities of the public fire and rescue services in the UK as well as the Defence Fire and Rescue Service (which operated by the Ministry of Defence) on a voluntary basis. Airport fire authorities are inspected by the Civil Aviation Authority.
HM Chief Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services is Andy Cooke, former chief constable of Merseyside Police, [7] who was appointed in April 2022. [8] His predecessor was the lawyer and former rail regulator Tom Winsor, who took office on 1 October 2012 as the first chief inspector to be appointed from outside the police service. [9]
A fire inspector, for any premises which are owned or occupied by the Crown. Note: There is a distinct difference between an "inspector" and a "fire inspector". 1. "Inspector" is a person appointed by one of the first four authorities listed above, and are appointed to enable that authority (as an entity) to discharge its duties under the order.
The Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser is also titled His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Fire Services. Its role (among others) is to work towards reducing the number of fire deaths in England and Wales, and implement changes to FRS required by the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004. [43] In Scotland, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is inspected ...
His Majesty's Fire Service Inspectorate (HMFSI) in Scotland operates as a body within, but independent of, the Scottish Government. The inspectorate exists to provide independent, risk based, and proportionate professional inspection of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS). It gives assurance to the Scottish public and Scottish Ministers ...
Chief Nuclear Inspector: 2013: Mark Foy: 2017 HM Chief Inspector of Crown Premises Fire Safety [7] Peter Holland: 28 January 2013 HM Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills (England) 1992: Amanda Spielman: 1 January 2017 HM Chief Inspector of Mines: 1908: Dan Mitchell: 20 January 2020 HM Chief Inspector of Drinking Water ...
The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 gives the UK fire services the ability to call upon other services or fire authorities in what is known as mutual assistance. [29] Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service gives mutual aid to the following services: Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service; Surrey Fire and Rescue Service
An employee of a fire and rescue authority who is authorised in writing by the authority for the purposes of Section 25 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and on duty may: [7] if the employee reasonably believes that a fire has broken out, do anything the employee reasonably believes to be necessary for the purpose of— extinguishing the fire; or