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Even more of a multi-function blue light service
The Home Secretary has unveiled a programme of reform for fire & rescue services that promises to be as radical & ambitious as that delivered in policing since 2010.  Speaking at an event hosted by Reform, Theresa May praised the achievements of F&RS, whose fire prevention work has contributed to a fall in the number of fires in England of two-thirds in the last 15 years, while the number of fire deaths has almost halved during the same period.  She also outlined the scale of the challenge still facing F&RS and underlined the need for reform.
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Home Secretary sets out radical fire & rescue reform programme

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ScotGov:  Enhanced Medical Role for Fire & Rescue Service

HMIC:  Review published on how the police, fire & ambulance services work together during major incidents

LGA Responds to PAC report on Fire & Rescue Services

LGA: Collaboration & transformation - The hot topics at fire service conference

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NLGN warns giving Police & Crime Commissioners oversight of the Fire Service could put lives at risk

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Fire & rescue policy to move to the Home Office

NAO:  Financial sustainability of fire & rescue services

LGA:  Plans to give police more control of firefighters are 'unnecessary and unhelpful', say fire chiefs

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Fire as a health asset? Or a health necessity?

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