Response to HMICFRS consultation on the proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2020/21

This paper is a response to the HMICFRS consultation on the proposed fire and rescue service inspection programme and framework 2020/21, which was published on 22nd of October 2019. The consultation document provides details of HMICFRS’s proposed inspection programme and framework for fire and rescue services for 2020/21. It concerns the second full cycle of inspection of all the fire and rescue services in England. The research team have submitted responses to previous consultations from both HMICFRS and from the Home Office. The research team welcomes the proposed amendments to the framework but suggests how the proposals can be improved in a number of areas