Shropshire fire service accepts critical inspection findings and pledges improvements
The county's fire service says it "accepts" the findings of a critical inspection and recognises it needs to improve.
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His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has today published its report following an inspection of the Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
The report highlighted a number of areas of concern, with His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Fire and Rescue Services Andy Cooke saying he was disappointed at the lack of progress since 2021 - adding that 'many areas have deteriorated'.
The report saw the service receive one ‘good’ rating, three ‘adequate’, six ‘requires improvement’ and one ‘inadequate’.
It comes on the back of a turbulent few months for the service, when its chief, Simon Hardiman and his deputy Adam Matthews were absent due to sickness during a misconduct investigation relating to accusations over sexist WhatsApp messages.
