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FRS Immediate Bulletins

	18/11	Consultation on the proposed national framework document for England
	06/11	FRS Immediate Bulletin, 2011, 9th September:Firefighters’ Pension Schemes (England): Consultation on proposed increases to employee contribution rates
	05/11	FRS Immediate Bulletin, 2011, 12th April: Government Response to Fire Futures
	04/11	FRS Immediate Bulletin, 2011, 8th March 2011: Failure of Cable Fixing in Fires
	03/11	FRS Immediate Bulletin, 13 January 2011: FRS Control services consultation
	02/10	FRS Immediate Bulletin, 20 December 2010: FiReControl Project
	01/10	FRS Immediate Bulletin, 20 October 2010: Spending Review

FRS Monthly Bulletins

	17/11	FRS Monthly Bulletin, December 2011
	16/11	FRS Monthly Bulletin, November 2011
	15/11	FRS Monthly Bulletin, October 2011
	14/11	FRS Monthly Bulletin, September 2011
	13/11	FRS Monthly Bulletin, August 2011
	12/11	FRS Monthly Bulletin, July 2011
	11/11	FRS Monthly Bulletin, June 2011
	10/11	FRS Monthly Bulletin, May 2011
	09/11	FRS Monthly Bulletin, April 2011
	08/11	FRS Monthly Bulletin, March 2011
	07/11	FRS Monthly Bulletin, February 2011
	06/11	FRS Monthly Bulletin, January 2011
	05/10	FRS Monthly Bulletin, December 2010
	04/10	FRS Monthly Bulletin, November 2010
	03/10	FRS Monthly Bulletin, October 2010
	02/10	FRS Monthly Bulletin, September 2010
	01/10	FRS Monthly Bulletin, August 2010

2010

	24/10	Asset Management Research and Survey
	23/10	Appointment of the new Ministerial Team
	22/10	Backward Look Annual Efficiency Statements (AESs) for 2009/10 and Forward Look AESs for 2010/11
	21/10	FiReControl Implementation Funding
	20/10	Capital Grant Funding
	19/10	“Ordinary People, Extraordinary Career” Campaign Tools and Artwork
	18/10	Putting the frontline first: Meeting the local government challenge. Publication of Task Force Report The Task Force report can be found at - http://www.fireofficers.org.uk/downloads/Publications/Frontline_First_report.pdf and a covering letter at - http://www.fireofficers.org.uk/downloads/Publications/Frontline_First_Letter.pdf
	17/10	Publication of Local Area Agreement research and Departmental Strategic Objectives Trajectories The report referred to can be found at - http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/fire/pdf/1521799.pdf
	16/10	Update on the Transfer of Ownership of New Dimension Assets
	15/10	Backward Look Annual Efficiency Statements (AESs) for 2009/10 and Forward Look AESs for 2010/11 Template in Excel format - http://www.communities.gov.uk/fire/publications/circulars-and-letters/
	14/10	“Putting the frontline first: Smarter Government”: Review of the National Indicator Set
	13/10	FRS Equality and Diversity Report 2010 and Equality and Diversity Awards 2010
	12/10	Capital Grant Funding
	11/10	Closure of the Fire Gateway web-site on 31 March 2010
	10/10	2009/10 IRMP Annual Data Returns – Spring 2010
	09/10	The EC Drivers' Hours and Tachograph Rules for Goods Vehicles (Regulation 561/2006) Analysis of Fire and Rescue Service Survey and Advice
	08/10	Procurement in the Fire & Rescue Service: identifying opportunities for collaboration
	07/10	Fire Safety Policy Team Update
	06/10	Retained Duty System (On-Call) Firefighters: A National Recognition Scheme for Primary Employers
	05/10	“Putting the frontline first: Smarter Government”: performance benchmarking data for the Fire and Rescue Service
	04/10	Fire and Rescue Service Circular (England) 04/2010: Office of the Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser Crown Premises Fire Safety
	03/10	Fire and Resilience Programme Highlights Jamuary / Fenruary 2010
	02/10	Publication of FRS Efficiency Savings for SR 04 and CSR 07
	01/10	Incident Recording System (IRS) 2010 Deadlines

2009

	01/09	Tactical Guidance Document - Fire and Rescue Service Response to CBRN Events
	02/09	Review of the IRMP Returns and Equality and Diversity in service deliverys
	03/09	Publication of Research Report on Co-responding Download from CLG website - Research report
	04/09	Mobilisation of USAR Canine Search Teams
	05/09	Fire and Resilience Programme Highlights – December 2008 / January 2009
	07/09	Publication of research reports – Computer modelling of basement fires
	08/09	Review of the IRMP Returns and Equality and Diversity in Service Delivery
	09/09	Publication of research report on response times
	10/09	Fire & resilience programme highlights - February 2009
	11/09	Financial arrangements for firefighter pensions top-up grant - claims & payments
	12/09	FiReControl Implementation Funding Circular
	13/09	Equality and Diversity Report 2009 - Circular and report
	14/09	FiReControl Project Agreement (CLG-EADS) Sharing of Data by FRAs with EADS and CLG
	15/09	Backward Look Annual Efficiency Statements (AESs) for 2008/9 and Forward Look AESs for 2009/10 (including guidance) and Template
	16/09	Transfer of Ownership of New Dimension Assets (Including consultation report and Agreement)
	17/09	Transfer of responsibility for producing Dangerous Goods Emergency Action Code Lists
	18/09	FRS Circular (England) 182009: Firefighter safety at operational incidents
	19/09	Fire Safety Policy Update
	20/09	New Dimension and Decontamination of Body Bags Grant
	21/09	Fire and Resilience Programme Highlights – March 2009
	22/09	Changes in the support arrangements for the Integrated Personal Development System
	23/09	Operational Assessment Toolkit
	24/09	Analysis of expenditure in the fire and rescue service
	25/09	'Fire Kills' - National Fire Safety Advertising and Targeted Campaign 2009-10
	26/09	Incident database return for 1 January 2007 to 31 March 2008
	27/09	Fire and Resilience Programme Highlights – April 2009
	28/09	Consultation on Freedoms and Flexibilities
	29/09	Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA)
	30/09	Capital Grant Funding
	31/09	Backward Look Annual Efficiency Statements (AESs) for 2008/9 and Forward Look AESs for 2009/10 – to be submitted by 20 July 2009
	32/09	Fire and Resilience Programme Highlights – May 2009
	33/09	FRS Fire Prevention Strategy for Working with Children and Young People
	34/09	Formula Grant Review
	35/09	FiReControl Implementation Funding & Cost Apportionment Mechanism Circular
	36/09	Written Ministerial Statement on the future of national procurement for the FRS
	37/09	Fire and Resilience Programme Highlights – June 2009
	38/09	Timber Framed Buildings
	39/09	Consultation on the transposition of the Framework Directive on Health and Safety of Workers into the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
	40/09	Consultation on Fire & Resilience Programme In-Service Management
	41/09	New Dimension Enhanced Command Support Capability Interim Operating Procedure
	42/09	Consolidation of Council Tax Demand Notice Regulations including efficiency information: consultation
	43/09	Fire and Resilience Programme Highlights July 2009
	44/09	Fire Kills Media Campaign Annual Report 2008-09 and report
	45/09	Fire and Rescue Service Equality and Diversity Awards 2009
	46/09	FRS National Procurement Strategy 2009 - 2012
	47/09	FRS National Procurement Strategy 2009 - 2012
	48/09	Secretary of State determination under article 36 of the Fire Safety Order
	49/09	Coroners Rules 1984 - Rule 43
	50/09	Guidance on Mult-Agency Interoperability
	51/09	Launch of BREEAM rating system for the Construction of Fire and Rescue Buildings
	52/09	Asset Management Workshop –24 September 2009
	53/09	Revised IRMP Guidance Note 4: A Risk Based Approach to Managing a Fire Safety Inspection Programme
	54/09	Firelink Managed Service Fees
	55/09	Publication of research reports – Guide to risk assessment tools, techniques and data
	56/09	Fire and Rescue Service Equality and Diversity Awards 2010
	57/09	Operational Guidance Generic Risk Assessments
	58/09	National Co-ordination and Advisory Framework
	59/09	Transfer of Ownership of New Dimension Assets
	60/09	Fire and Resilience Programme Highlights - September 2009
	61/09	Trading by fire and rescue authorities
	62/09	Employment of Members of Police Forces by Fire and Rescue Authorities
	63/09	Publication of Two Research Reports: - Community Fire Safety Innovation Fund: Process Issues; and, Risk Based Performance Measurement in the Fire and Rescue Services
	64/09	Implementation of a Fire & Rescue Protective Security Strategy
	65/09	Retained Duty System Employers’ Information Toolkit Leaflets HERE
	66/09	Fire and Resilience Programme Highlights - October 2009
	67/09	‘Ordinary People, Extraordinary Career’ National Campaign
	68/09	Management Masterclass – Dates in December 2009
	69/09	Formula Grant Review – Consultation Response
	70/09	Fire and Rescue Service National Framework 2008-11
	71/09	Business and Community Safety Forum – Review
	72/09	Recharging Policy for New Dimension Maintenance Contract Costs
	73/09	FiReControl: Agreement between LACCs/LFEPA and Communities and Local Government
	74/09	In-Service Management Consultation and new Firebuy Board Appointments
	75/09	Fire and Resilience Programme Highlights – November/December 2009
	76/09	Business and Community Safety Forum – Extension of Chair’s appointment
	77/09	National Firefighter Selection Process Technical Manuals, Validation and Review Reports
	78/09	New Dimension and Decontamination of Body Bags Grant Funding
	79/09	PDF Document Fire and Rescue Service Circular 79/2009:Fire and Rescue Service Equality and Diversity Report 2010 - questionnaire

2008

	01/08	Firefighter pension schemes - data collection for actuarial assessment
	02/08	Fire and Rescue Service Incident Recording System (IRS): National Roll-Out
	03/08	New Local Performance Framework - Place Survey
	04/08	Incident data collection for Neighbourhood Statistics
	06/08	Corporate Manslaughter
	07/08	Partnership Working Toolkit for Local Area Agreements
	09/08	Best Value Performance Plans
	10/08	Fire and Resilience Programme Highlights
	11/08	National Resilience Grant 2007/08
	12/08	Convoy arrangements for emergency vehicles
	13/08	Changes to Annual IRMP Returns
	14/08	Investigatory Powers
	15/08	Asset Management
	16/08	Firefighter Pensions - grant top up forms Annex A (xls spreadsheet) Annex B (xls spreadsheet)
	17/08	Fire Kills advertising campaign
	18/08	Resilience Programme Highlights
	19/08	Hazchem
	20/08	Switch Loading
	21/08	Responses to Centre of Excellence consultation
	22/08	Responses to National Framework consultatuion
	23/08	Fire and resilience programme highlights
	24/08	Incident Command
	25/08	Consultation on the Distribution of Fire Capital Grant
	26/08	Backward Look Annual Efficiency Statements (AESs) for 2007/8 and Forward Look AESs for 2008/9
		Letter to local authorities: Restoration fund application and guidance
	27/08	Summary of findings and recommendations from the Review of National Procurement Strategy for the Fire and Rescue Service 2005-08 and Firebuy Ltd and Annex 'Review of National Procurement Strategy for the FRS and FireBuy Ltd'
	28/08	Fire and Resilience Programme Highlights – June 2008
	28/08	Report on the Review of National Procurement Strategy for the Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) and Firebuy Ltd
	29/08	New Dimension Long Term Maintenance Contract Award
	30/08	Attendance Management in the Fire and Rescue Service
	31/08	Fire and Rescue Service equality and diversity - Strategy, 2008 awards and firefighters' survey
	32/08	Publication of Statutory Guidance: Creating Strong, Safe and Prosperous Communities, and notification of a proposed Economic Assessment Statutory Duty on Local Authorities
	33/08	Developing the case for setting age restrictions for sale of matches and lighters
	34/08	Publication of research reports
	35/08	PFI for the Fire and Rescue Service Round 6
	36/08	Update on the New Dimension LTCM Project and Three-Year Funding Allocation
	37/08	Operational Assessment of Service Delivery Update
	38/08	Fire and Resilience Programme Highlights – July 2008
	39/08	FiReControl Project and Water (Hydrants)
	40/08	Financial arrangements for Firefighter Pensions; top-up Grant Payments
	41/08	FiReControl Cost Apportionment
	42/08	Evaluation of the Home Fire Risk Check and Fire Prevention Grant Programmes
	43/08	Generic Risk Assessment 5.7 - Explosives
	44/08	FRS Equality & diversity: Recruitment targets
	45/08	Consultation on the National Procurement Strategy for the Fire and Rescue Service 2008 - 2011
	45/08	Consultation on the National Procurement Strategy for the Fire and Rescue Service 2008 - 2011
	46/08	Research report – Understanding people’s attitudes towards fire risk. Report available from - Fire Risk attitudes report
	47/08	Update on IRMP Steering Group action strategy
	48/08	Community Infrastructure Levy
	49/08	Financial arrangements for firefighter pensions – top-up grant estimate form (Microsoft Excel document) Form FPF1 2008
	50/08	Fire Kills Annual Report 2007-08 FRSC 50/2008 and the annual report
	51/08	Fire and Resilience Programme Highlights – August/September 2008
	52/08	New Dimension Long Term Maintenance Contract Costs and Appendix

	53/08	Fire and Rescue Manual - Volume 2, Fire Service Operations - Environmental Protection
	54/08	Generic Risk Assessment 3.2 – High Rise Firefighting - Version 2
	55/08	Fire and Rescue Service Equality and Diversity Recruitment Targets, Appendix A Apendix B Spreadsheet: Working age population for FRA area
	56/08	Fire and Resilience Programme Highlights – October 2008
	57/08	Guidance on the Recruitment and Employment of Firefighters and Control Room Staff with Diabetes
	58/08	Withdrawn
	59/08	Publication of a consultation paper on statutory guidance - Best Value and Procurement: Workforce Matters in Best Value Authority Contracting
	60/08	‘Do you have paying guests?’ - information on complying with fire safety law
	61/08	Fire & Rescue Service Equalty & Diversity Awards 2009
	62/08	Safer Houses: Celebrating 20 Years of Fire Prevention in the Home 'Safer Houses' Booklet
	63/08	Fire and Resilience Programme Highlights – November 2008
	64/08	Secretary of State Determination under article 36 of the Fire Safety Order
	65/08	Distribution of Fire Capital Grant
	66/08	Chip and Fat Pan Fires in the Home – Policy Update
	67/08	Aircraft ballistic recovery systems
	68/08	USAR and other New Dimension Grant Funding
	69/08	Building Disaster Assessment Group - Research Findings