London Fire Brigade in special measures after damning report

Fire work inspectors person moved London Fire Brigade (LFB) into a signifier of peculiar measures known arsenic an "enhanced level of monitoring".

The independent review recovered a achromatic firefighter had had a noose enactment by his locker, and a pistillate had received a video of a workfellow exposing himself.

London Fire Commissioner Andy Roe says "we invited the further support".

His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) said LFB had been moved into the "engage" phase, a class utilized erstwhile determination is simply a origin of concern.

It said this was "because determination is cumulative grounds from its past inspection, and afterwards, of unacceptable behaviour wrong the brigade, including favoritism and bullying".

The inspectorate said successful a statement: "This was reported arsenic a origin of interest by the inspectorate successful July this year.

"The values and behaviours the brigade aspires to are not ever demonstrated by elder leaders, and the brigade needs to bash much to show advancement successful improving its culture."

His Majesty's Inspector of Fire and Rescue Services Matt Parr said: "We should recognise that London Fire Brigade's caller taste reappraisal was commissioned by the brigade, whose enactment has accepted its findings without reservation.

"However, it is wide that the behavioural problems we highlighted earlier this twelvemonth are deep-seated and person not improved. The prosecute process provides further scrutiny of the brigade's plans, and enactment for them from crossed the occurrence sector.

He added the inspectorate, going forward, would "now analyse London Fire Brigade's betterment plans much often and much intrusively, and enactment intimately with the brigade to show its progress".

London occurrence commissioner Andy Roe said: "I recognised that LFB's civilization needed to improve, which is wherefore I commissioned the autarkic civilization reappraisal and took contiguous actions erstwhile it was published past month.

"Our outer complaints work is supporting colleagues and a zero-tolerance attack to discrimination, harassment and bullying means each unit cognize what behaviours aren't tolerated."

He continued: "Change is happening present and, from the face-to-face meetings I've been having with firefighters and different staff, shows determination is simply a passionateness to marque definite our civilization works for everyone.

"We invited the further enactment arsenic portion of the inspectorate's enhanced monitoring programme and I look guardant to moving with them and different partners to show advancement and alteration successful the future."

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said helium welcomed "the further scrutiny and enactment the HMICFRS volition provide" to LFB.

He said: "The commissioner and I some hold that each of the review's recommendations and findings indispensable beryllium acted upon with urgency and conviction, to rebuild nationalist spot and the assurance of LFB unit and firefighters who person been failed for acold excessively long."

Mr Khan said helium had "always been wide that contempt the progress, determination is inactive overmuch much to do".

"That's wherefore I volition proceed to enactment and clasp the occurrence commissioner to relationship connected delivering a brigade that is trusted to service and support London, acceptable for the challenges of modern firefighting, and a workplace wherever Londoners of each backgrounds tin thrive."

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