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HMICFRS

In July 2017, His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary extended its remit to include inspections of England’s fire and rescue service. Now His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) assesses and makes graded judgments against each of the 44 fire and rescue services in England.

The inspection programme has been approved by the Home Secretary; it is designed to promote improvements across FRSs, and will include an assessment of:

The Inspectorate will gather information to inform their assessments using a range of methods that include:

Inspections currently assess each FRS against the characteristics of good set out in the assessment framework, so a detailed understanding of performance can be built up.

The categories of graded judgment are:

Good is the ‘expected’ graded judgment and is based on policy, practice or performance that meets pre-defined grading criteria that are informed by any relevant national operational guidance or standards. If the policy, practice or performance exceeds what is expected for good, then consideration will be given to a graded judgment of outstanding.

If there are shortcomings in the policy, practice or performance of the FRS, then consideration will be given to a graded judgment of requires improvement. If there are serious critical failings of policy, practice or performance of the FRS, then consideration will be given to a graded judgment of inadequate

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