For the last X years FRS did not enforce it in resicare, even with the workplace regs. fire authorities have worked with CSCI ( or what ever they were called that month) and not enforced it, they have advised CSCI who have for political reasons have left things to drift. Most CSCI inspectors are shall we say delicate, and moved on from responsibility for a home, to another home usually for personal child care reasons.
The CLG told FRS to prioritise resicare and hospitals, so if they have not audited in the last 12 months they are failing.
The consultants are all telling them different things, except they all say you should have me back in 12 months ( yum yum).
Where the FRS have audited , some are making it up on the hoof, some are stating it is satisfactory, even when it has not even heard of the green guide, little red fire engine guide or a girls guide !
There are a lot of responsible owners who have tried to take charge of their fire precautions in their homes but have been told one thing by consultants another by FRS, and they do not know if they are on their a**e or their elbow, yes there is also bad ones who will employ the poor consultants who tell them what they want, and the consultants take the money and run. Or even owners who do not bother at all and still can get a satisfactory audit from either group. And FRS who are then the villains ( in some cases deservedly) for trying to sort something out.
As to the comment on the pay rise for FRS ! What planet are you on ? that was engineered to destroy the fire service
( standards of fire cover, attendance times etc.) and bring in the IRMP, if you do not believe that, read the guides and legislation. Which now means if we target resicare , hospitals, which are high political and community loss ( see paragraph 2) we can, with onerous dodgy 2.5 minute etc. guidance, we can get suppression by stealth and close fire stations.
It has always been the case that deaths in domestics are not a political problem, deaths in commercial under 6 in number do not create a political outcry. But multi deaths in a care home that have a minister involved or lose an hospital and bu**er up target times for operations, dear oh dear, then it needs sorting !
Stop pointing fingers, ( not that I have ! ) and with a combined voice of 'concientous' professionals, we could get things uniform and fair, but the more I read these forums, I realise there is 60% in it for their bank accounts only, and 20% in it for politcal reasons only and 20% ( generous) actually want it right.
Sorry for last section on getting it right , still in dream world !
