Home Office written question – answered at on 4 June 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that firefighters have adequate resources to fight fires in high-rise tower blocks.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the readiness of fire departments in England and Wales to tackle fires similar to the fire in Grenfell Tower.
Fire and Rescue Authorities are required by the Fire and Rescue National Framework to have in place and maintain an Integrated Risk Management Plan, which is developed in consultation with local communities. A fire and rescue authority will evaluate where fire and rescue related risk is greatest and determine its priorities in relation to prevention, protection and response accordingly.
In addition, each fire and rescue authority has a statutory requirement to have mutual assistance arrangements in place to provide additional support including during major fires and other emergencies, and to review and test their arrangements.
Local mutual assistance arrangements are augmented by national resilience capabilities available from across the country.
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