Chief fire officer ( CFO ), formerly often just chief officer or county fire officer , is the highest rank in the fire and rescue services of the United Kingdom . There are currently 50 chief fire officers serving in the United Kingdom in charge of the local authority fire services. There is also a chief fire officer responsible for the Ministry of Defence Fire Services , which includes the Defence Fire and Rescue Service and the RAF Fire Service. Some UK airport fire services also designate their seniors officers as CFOs, though these officers rarely wear the same rank insignia as a local authority chief fire officer.
26-471: Other titles for this office can include county fire officer and chief executive, neither of which are in common use. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service does, however, use the title of county fire officer and chief executive'. Kent Fire and Rescue Service 's chief executive is in charge of maintaining the service; however, they are not a trained firefighter and cannot carry out frontline firefighting or incident command, and those roles are passed down to
52-618: A transmitting station on the hill, was also responded to by both the Greater Manchester and Lancashire services. Every fire and rescue service in England and Wales is periodically subjected to a statutory inspection by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS). The inspections investigate how well the service performs in each of three areas. On a scale of outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service
78-805: A chief fire officer in the New Zealand Fire Service commands a single fire district. This may be a volunteer fire brigade, with a single fire station, in an outer-urban or rural area, or it may consist of several fire stations in a metropolitan area, staffed by career firefighters. Auckland and Wellington , with their geographic sprawl, have their career stations divided into multiple districts - two in Wellington and five in Auckland. The other fourteen cities in New Zealand that have career firefighters are sufficiently compact geographically to allow each one to be
104-451: A request from assistant chief fire officer Dave Keelan, military assistance came to help extinguish the wildfire, of which it eventually was declared three weeks later on 18 July. A similar fire on Winter Hill , north of Bolton in Lancashire , breaking out on 28 June and being declared under control on 16 July, a merger of two previous wildfires that directly threatened, but never affected
130-406: A single fire district. The rank badge for chief fire officers is an impeller between two ferns below two impellers. They wear white helmets with two blue stripes. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service ( GMFRS ) is the statutory emergency fire and rescue service for the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester , England . It
156-708: Is also used to refer to an International treaty that establishes an institution , such as the Statute of the European Central Bank , a protocol to the international courts as well, such as the Statute of the International Court of Justice and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court . Statute is also another word for law. The term was adapted from England in about the 18th century. In
182-427: Is decided by courts , regulations issued by government agencies , and oral or customary law . Statutes may originate with the legislative body of a country, state or province, county, or municipality . The word "statute" is derived from the late Latin word "statutum", which means 'law', 'decree'. In virtually all countries, newly enacted statutes are published and distributed so that everyone can look up
208-616: Is directly answerable to someone who represents the interests of the general public. Historically, many CFOs went on to join Her Majesty's Fire Service Inspectorate (HMFSI), formerly Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Fire Services, a government agency directly under the control of the Department for Communities and Local Government . Her Majesty's Inspectors are uniformed and considered to be superior to chief fire officers, although they have no power to directly command frontline fire crews. In 2007,
234-416: Is how to organize published statutes. Such publications have a habit of starting small but growing rapidly over time, as new statutes are enacted in response to the exigencies of the moment. Eventually, persons trying to find the law are forced to sort through an enormous number of statutes enacted at various points in time to determine which portions are still in effect. The solution adopted in many countries
260-507: Is part of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority . GMFRS covers an area of approximately 496 square miles (1,280 km ). The service has 41 fire stations which until 2006 were organised into three territorial Area Commands (South, East and West), each one with an Area Command Headquarters, based at Stretford , Rochdale and Bolton respectively. When the brigade altered the command area's structure they divided
286-454: Is responsible for the day-to-day command of the fire service in all areas. Ultimately however major policies and procedures have to be agreed and passed by the fire authority to whom the CFO reports. The fire authority is a committee of locally elected councillors. The committee's prime responsibility is to ensure that the fire service is run properly and responsibly. In simple terms, the chief officer
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#1732852834125312-473: Is to organize existing statutory law in topical arrangements (or "codified" ) within publications called codes , then ensure that new statutes are consistently drafted so that they add, amend, repeal or move various code sections. In turn, in theory, the code will thenceforth reflect the current cumulative state of the statutory law in that jurisdiction. In many nations statutory law is distinguished from and subordinate to constitutional law . The term statute
338-540: The Manchester Arena bombing due to arriving two hours later than the police after the bombing. A report by Lord Bob Kerslake found that GMFRS deployed units only at 00:15 after conversation was overheard of armed police being sent in to scout the area one-and-a-half hours earlier. Then-Chief Fire Officer Peter O'Reilly apologised for the delay in response, although blaming the Greater Manchester Police for
364-460: The autonomous communities of Spain , an autonomy statute is a legal document similar to the constitution of a federated state , save that it is enacted by the national legislature, rather than the autonomous community it governs. The autonomy statutes in Spain have the rank of ley orgánica (organic law), a category of special legislation reserved only for the main institutions and issues and mentioned in
390-521: The heatwave starving the land of rain and thus drying the peat , the fire reignited on the next day, soon burning out of control, and following a declaration of a major incident the day after that, requiring the evacuation of 50 houses nearby. With the service having never fought a moorland fire on the scale of this fire, mutual aid was sought out from seven other fire services across the north of England, including Cumbria , Tyne and Wear , Nottinghamshire , Humberside and Warwickshire , and following
416-577: The HMFSI was replaced by the office of the Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser whose responsibilities extend to England and Wales. The Chief Fire and Rescue Advisor also retains the title as the de jure and de facto HM Chief Inspector of Fire Services. His Majesty's Fire Service Inspectorate for Scotland , however, continues its role and functions. According to the New Zealand Fire Service Act 1975,
442-513: The county of Greater Manchester came into being in 1974. Changing the name, from the previous Manchester Fire Brigade , into Greater Manchester County Fire Service . Around the late 70s to early 80s though, Greater Manchester County Fire Service turned into Greater Manchester Fire Service . the change in 1974 would happen to many other fire services across the united kingdom. with many brigades merging/dissolving. The name change in 2004, to Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service , reflected
468-472: The delay, citing an "information vacuum" from the force and for not correctly liaising with the ambulance and fire services following the bombing. The service, alongside the Lancashire fire service , were among the first responders to the Saddleworth Moor fire on 24 June 2018, managing to extinguish the fire on the same day, a normal event said to happen on the moor on a hot summer's day, but because of
494-713: The director of operations. In the London Fire Brigade , the CFO is now known as the commissioner for fire and emergency planning. Chief fire officers in the United Kingdom are represented by the National Fire Chiefs Council (formerly the Chief Fire Officers Association ); it has a separate section representing principal officers in fire and rescue services in Scotland. In Scotland , the CFO
520-534: The growing number of roles the service now has. Many services across the United Kingdom would change to Fire & Rescue Service . This change was inspired by new primary legislation for England and Wales, The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004. The service was originally administered by the Greater Manchester County Council , but when this was abolished in 1986, administration of the service
546-408: The ranks. A few brigades have, however, employed chief fire officers with other career backgrounds. A chief fire officer is assisted by one deputy chief fire officer and a number of assistant chief fire officers , each of whom is delegated with commanding one or multiple areas of fire and rescue operations, such as training, vehicles and equipment, information technology, or human resources. A CFO
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#1732852834125572-408: The statutory law. This can be done in the form of a government gazette which may include other kinds of legal notices released by the government, or in the form of a series of books whose content is limited to legislative acts. In either form, statutes are traditionally published in chronological order based on date of enactment. A universal problem encountered by lawmakers throughout human history
598-506: The three area commands from South, East and West to 11 Borough Commands, aligned to the 10 local authorities in the county: Bolton, Bury, Manchester (North/South), Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan. The service employs 2,200 personnel, of which 1,200 are frontline firefighters, and 403 non-uniformed support staff. The service's headquarters is located in Pendlebury , Salford . The service would be created when
624-509: Was rated as follows: ∗ For 2023/24 the judgement criteria were more granular, breaking into 11 categories: all rated "Good" except "Responding to major and multi‑agency incidents", rated "Adequate". Statute A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative body, a stage in the process of legislation . Typically, statutes command or prohibit something, or declare policy . Statutes are laws made by legislative bodies; they are distinguished from case law or precedent , which
650-407: Was taken over by a joint authority of the ten Metropolitan Boroughs of Greater Manchester, known as the "Fire and Rescue Authority". Five members are appointed by Manchester City Council , two each by Bury and Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Councils, and three each by the other seven borough councils of Greater Manchester. In 2017, the service came under considerable controversy on the night of
676-615: Was traditionally referred to as the firemaster , although this title was replaced by chief fire officer in Scottish brigades in 2006 when the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 came into force. Under proposed changes, chief fire officers were to be renamed brigade managers in line with modernisation directives issued by the Department for Communities and Local Government . However, the title is unpopular and has so far not been used. Most chief fire officers are former frontline firefighters who have risen through
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