The next meeting of the Fire Authority’s Policy and Strategy committee will take place via Zoom this Friday (24 July 2020). The meeting will be streamed live on the Service’s YouTube page and will also be available to watch later.

This will be the second Policy and Strategy committee that has sat remotely since the country went into ‘lockdown’ in March this year. As part of its response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Government has temporarily removed the legal requirement for local authorities – including fire and rescue authorities (FRAs) - to hold public meetings in person. This means that councils and FRAs have new powers to hold public meetings virtually by using video or telephone conferencing technology.

At their meeting on Friday the committee will receive updates on a number of NFRS projects and programmes, including Service Delivery Performance, Collaboration and the Service’s response to its recent HMICFRS inspection.

You can access the NFRS YouTube site here. Committee papers are available on the Nottingham City Council website prior to the meeting.