Fire & Rescue Inspection
FRS 2023-25 CoC Recommendations: Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service
Published 2 May 2024
Cause of Concern recommendations tracked by HMICFRS for Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service (2023-25)
11
Recommendations
9
Completed
National — applies to all forces
Recommendations (11)
| # | Recommendation | Directed at | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | Cause of concern: The service doesn’t have enough trained and experienced protection staff to implement its risk-based inspection programme and take proportionate action to reduce risk and enforce fire safety regulations. Recommendation: Within 28 days, the service should provide an action plan which shows how it will make sure it has enough appropriately trained and experienced staff, so it can take reasonable and proportionate enforcement action. This should include prohibition, investigation and, where required, prosecution. The service should have enough staff for this to take place without affecting the risk-based inspection programme and other protection work. | Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service | Completed |
| F10 | Cause of concern: The service hasn’t done enough since our last inspection to embed its values and associated behaviours and promote a positive workplace culture. The service has done enough to complete the following recommendations from our 2021 inspection: • improve how it engages with its staff to gain their commitment to the service’s values and associated behaviours; and • make sure all staff understand the behaviours that are expected of them and how these relate to the service’s culture. Recommendation: Within 28 days, the service should provide an updated action plan which shows how it will support managers to confidently challenge and manage inappropriate behaviour. | Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service | Completed |
| F11 | Cause of concern: The service hasn’t done enough since our last inspection to embed its values and associated behaviours and promote a positive workplace culture. The service has done enough to complete the following recommendations from our 2021 inspection: • improve how it engages with its staff to gain their commitment to the service’s values and associated behaviours; and • make sure all staff understand the behaviours that are expected of them and how these relate to the service’s culture. Recommendation: Within 28 days, the service should provide an updated action plan which shows how it will understand the reasons for low declaration of staff diversity information and put in place a plan to address this. | Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service | Completed |
| F2 | Cause of concern: The service doesn’t have enough trained and experienced protection staff to implement its risk-based inspection programme and take proportionate action to reduce risk and enforce fire safety regulations. Recommendation: Within 28 days, the service should provide an action plan which shows how it will provide enough appropriately trained and experienced staff to meet the inspection, reporting and enforcement requirements of its risk-based inspection programme. | Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service | Completed |
| F3 | Cause of concern: The service doesn’t have enough trained and experienced protection staff to implement its risk-based inspection programme and take proportionate action to reduce risk and enforce fire safety regulations. Recommendation: Within 28 days, the service should provide an action plan which shows how it will provide resilient fire safety advice 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and, where necessary, take immediate action to keep people safe. | Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service | Completed |
| F4 | Cause of concern: The service hasn’t done enough since our last inspection to embed its values and associated behaviours and promote a positive workplace culture. The service has done enough to complete the following recommendations from our 2021 inspection: • improve how it engages with its staff to gain their commitment to the service’s values and associated behaviours; and • make sure all staff understand the behaviours that are expected of them and how these relate to the service’s culture. Recommendation: Within 28 days, the service should provide an updated action plan which shows how it will assure itself it has effective grievance procedures. It should identify and implement ways to improve staff confidence in the grievance process. | Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service | Completed |
| F5 | Cause of concern: The service hasn’t done enough since our last inspection to embed its values and associated behaviours and promote a positive workplace culture. The service has done enough to complete the following recommendations from our 2021 inspection: • improve how it engages with its staff to gain their commitment to the service’s values and associated behaviours; and • make sure all staff understand the behaviours that are expected of them and how these relate to the service’s culture. Recommendation: Within 28 days, the service should provide an updated action plan which shows how it will engage with its staff to develop a compelling vision of the service’s future culture and set out a clear pathway to achieving this, which staff can understand and relate to. | Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service | Completed |
| F6 | Cause of concern: The service hasn’t done enough since our last inspection to embed its values and associated behaviours and promote a positive workplace culture. The service has done enough to complete the following recommendations from our 2021 inspection: • improve how it engages with its staff to gain their commitment to the service’s values and associated behaviours; and • make sure all staff understand the behaviours that are expected of them and how these relate to the service’s culture. Recommendation: Within 28 days, the service should provide an updated action plan which shows how it will engage with its staff to develop clear EDI objectives and a plan to increase awareness of EDI and its importance across the organisation. This should include understanding the impact positive action is having on staff. | Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service | Completed |
| F7 | Cause of concern: The service hasn’t done enough since our last inspection to embed its values and associated behaviours and promote a positive workplace culture. The service has done enough to complete the following recommendations from our 2021 inspection: • improve how it engages with its staff to gain their commitment to the service’s values and associated behaviours; and • make sure all staff understand the behaviours that are expected of them and how these relate to the service’s culture. Recommendation: Within 28 days, the service should provide an updated action plan which shows how it will establish effective measures to monitor and manage staff workloads. | Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service | Superseded |
| F8 | Cause of concern: The service hasn’t done enough since our last inspection to embed its values and associated behaviours and promote a positive workplace culture. The service has done enough to complete the following recommendations from our 2021 inspection: • improve how it engages with its staff to gain their commitment to the service’s values and associated behaviours; and • make sure all staff understand the behaviours that are expected of them and how these relate to the service’s culture. Recommendation: Within 28 days, the service should provide an updated action plan which shows how it will improve the understanding and use of equality impact assessments in all aspects of its work and consider if its policies and procedures are inclusive and support those with protected characteristics. | Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service | Completed |
| F9 | Cause of concern: The service hasn’t done enough since our last inspection to embed its values and associated behaviours and promote a positive workplace culture. The service has done enough to complete the following recommendations from our 2021 inspection: • improve how it engages with its staff to gain their commitment to the service’s values and associated behaviours; and • make sure all staff understand the behaviours that are expected of them and how these relate to the service’s culture. Recommendation: Within 28 days, the service should provide an updated action plan which shows how it will make sure all staff have equitable access to appropriate welfare support. | Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service | Superseded |