Regional Management Board

To introduce the Regional Management Board, please see below a letter from the chairman, Peter Roffey:

Dear Colleague

As I’m sure you are aware by now the East Midlands Regional Management Board is a joint committee of the five fire and rescue authorities (Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire) in the East Midlands, consisting of two elected members from each authority.

The Government clearly laid out in their National Framework 2004/05 document that they expect Regional Management Boards to manage six specific areas of work:

The integration of common and specialist services within the fire and rescue services, such as fire investigation.

To put in place effective resilience plans for large scale emergencies

To introduce regional personnel and human resource functions in fire and rescue services

To develop a regional approach to training for fire and rescue service personnel

To establish Regional Control Centres (where fire and rescue service 999 calls will be answered)

To introduce regional procurement within the context of a national government procurement strategy.

We have made significant progress in many of these areas over the last two years. Please see our new annual report and business plan attached for your information. You can find out more about us on our website at www.emrmb-fire.gov.uk.

With regards
Councillor Peter Roffey
Chair of the EMRMB

EMRMB Annual Report 2008 to 2009 and Business Plan 2009 to 2010
(PDF 223KB)

News from the Regional Management Board - May 2010
(PDF 228KB)