Fire & Rescue Inspection

FRS 2023-25 CoC Recommendations: Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service

Published 17 September 2024

Cause of Concern recommendations tracked by HMICFRS for Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service (2023-25)

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Recommendations
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National — applies to all forces
Recommendations (5)
# Recommendation Directed at Status
F1 Cause of concern: The service hasn’t made enough progress since our last inspection to improve equality, diversity and inclusion. Recommendation: The service should improve equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) by: • developing effective ways to show how it monitors and evaluates EDI objectives, including understanding and addressing the effect positive action has on staff; Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service Open
F2 Cause of concern: The service hasn’t made enough progress since our last inspection to improve equality, diversity and inclusion. Recommendation: The service should improve equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) by: • making improvements to the way it collects equality data to better understand its workforce demographics and needs. Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service Open
F3 Cause of concern: The service hasn’t made enough progress since our last inspection to improve equality, diversity and inclusion. Recommendation: The service should improve equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) by: • making sure it has robust processes in place to do equality impact assessments and reviewing any actions agreed as a result; Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service Open
F4 Cause of concern: The service hasn’t made enough progress since our last inspection to improve equality, diversity and inclusion. Recommendation: The service should improve equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) by: • supporting staff and managers to confidently challenge and manage inappropriate behaviour. Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service Open
F5 Cause of concern: The service hasn’t made enough progress since our last inspection to improve equality, diversity and inclusion. Recommendation: The service should improve equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) by: • working with staff to develop clear EDI objectives and training to increase awareness of EDI and its importance across the organisation; Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service Open