Firefighter Safety

EDM number 2440 in 2007-08, proposed by Andrew Dismore on 06/11/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Fire services.

That this House notes the recent increased number of firefighter deaths highlighted in the Fire Brigades Union report In the Line of Duty; further notes the lack of safety-critical operational guidance for fire authorities highlighted in that report, and the absence of a properly resourced national body with overall responsibility for recording and investigating firefighter deaths and other serious incidents; and therefore calls for work to be commenced with stakeholders to see through the creation of such a body with responsibility for developing and agreeing safety-critical operational guidance arising from those investigations.

This motion has been signed by a total of 151 MPs.