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PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

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The Fire Standards Board has been set up to oversee the identification, organisation, development and maintenance of professional Standards for fire and rescue services in England.

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News

Fire Standard Implementation sessions
8th August 2022
Virtual sessions are being held to support fire and rescue services with the implementation of published Fire Standards.   Members of the NFCC’s Implementation Support Team will host the events to support services to complete the Implementation Tools associated with each standard. A subject matter expert will also join some sessions.   Each session is themed to focus on one Fire Standard and…
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Leadership and People Fire Standards consultations are now open
28th June 2022
The Fire Standards Board is pleased to announce that the two Leadership and People Fire Standards: Leading the Service and Leading and Developing People, are out for consultation and have been shared with services and all stakeholders. Both fire standards have been developed to bring clarity about leadership roles and to establish expectations of leaders in leading their service and…
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Emergency Preparedness and Resilience Fire Standard Published
31st May 2022

The Fire Standards Board (FSB) has announced the launch of the eleventh professional Fire Standard; Emergency Preparedness and Resilience. The Emergency Preparedness and Resilience Fire Standard focuses on ensuring fire and rescue service are prepared to respond to major incidents and large-scale emergencies or disruptive challenges (emergencies). One of the desired outcomes of the Emergency Preparedness and Resilience Fire Standard is that services…

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