Your Fire Authority
What is the Fire and Rescue Authority?
Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Authority is constituted under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004. The Fire and Rescue Authority comprises 25 Elected Members, 19 from Worcestershire and 6 from Herefordshire which is a unitary Authority. Worcestershire comprises six district Councils.
What do they do?
Our Fire Authority Members are responsible for setting the budget, approving plans, policies and strategies and determining how the Service is run. They meet 4 times a year with an annual meeting held in June. The Chairman and Vice-Chairman are appointed at the annual meeting as well as determining the Committee Membership. The Chief Fire Officer and Chief Executive reports to the Fire Authority. The Fire Authority Members sit on the following sub committees: Best Value Policy and Performance, Budget, Audit, Appointments, Urgent Decisions and Standards.
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Brigadier Jones CBE
Hereford & Worcester
Fire and Rescue Authority Chairman
Hereford & Worcester
Fire and Rescue Authority Crest
Local Code of Conduct Complaints Process
Changes to the complaints procedure
On 8 May 2008 the responsibility for considering complaints that a member may have breached the Code of Conduct moved to the standards committees of local authorities.
What this means to you
From now on if you want to complain about the conduct of a member of Hereford and Worcester Fire & Rescue Authority you must submit your complaint to:
The Monitoring Officer, Alan McLaughlin, at Herefordshire County Council, Brockington, 35 Hafod Road, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR1 1SH Tel: (01432) 260000 or you may e-mail your complaint to amclaughlin@herefordshire.gov.uk.
If you make a complaint to the Monitoring Officer it must be about why you think a member has not followed the Code of Conduct. The assessment sub-committee can only deal with complaints about the behaviour of a member. It will not deal with complaints about things that are not covered by the members’ Code of Conduct.
Please note that this complaints process only applies to alleged breaches of the Code of Conduct by Authority Members. If you have complaints regarding any other area of the Service, please contact us via tel: 084512 24454 or email ccc@hwfire.org.uk
Links to other FRA sections
Worcestershire Council Tax
Herefordshire Council Tax
Statement of Accounts 2007/08
Statement of Accounts 2006/07
Statement of Accounts 2005/06
Public Questions
A maximum of 15 minutes is set aside at the beginning of each meeting of the Fire & Rescue Authority for answering public questions.
Members Allowances
Members receive certain allowances in recognition of their various duties and can also claim allowances in respect of travel and subsistence.
Annual Governance Statement
The Statement is part of the assurances that surround the overall arrangements for corporate governance.
Code of Corporate Governance
The Code of Corporate Governance is a document that describes the system by which the Authority directs and controls its functions and relates to its communities.
Code of Conduct
The Code of Conduct sets out the standards of behaviour expected of Members whenever they conduct the business of the Authority and when they act as a representative of the Authority.
Scheme of Delegation to Officers
The Authority has delegated some of its functions and powers to certain Officers to undertake on its behalf. These functions and powers are set out in the Scheme of Delegation.
Standing Orders for the Conduct of Business