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Ensuring our people are well led: Middle Leadership Programmes (Update since contract termination)

This report offers an update on the controls offered in the People Risk Register as mitigations to the risk around leadership development. It complements the initial report (attached as appendix 1) submitted to People board on 27 May 2021.This update discusses options for moving forward to ensure the delivery of the three-year programme across our middle leaders’ cohort. People Board (26 August 2021) approved option 3 to utilise the Babcock training contract, the three-year contract as set ou

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Licence to Operate – Incident Command

This report introduces the concept of a Licence to Operate (hereafter Licence or L2O). It is proposed that a Licence will address the risk of London Fire Commissioner (LFC) operational staff not being trained and assessed to meet the standards required to ensure they can carry out their operational activities competently and safely. A number of reports have identified this as a risk, namely, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS), ‘Fire and Rescue Servic

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Procurement of Mobile Telephony

he report seeks authorisation to defer the procurement of a replacement mobile telephony service by 12 months, to allow time for the LFC to explore entering into a shared procurement with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). The current mobile telephony contract that the LFC has with Vodafone will expire on 28 March 2022 . An extension of 12 months to this contract will allow the LFC sufficient time to either enter into a new joint procurement with the MPS, or initiate a separate procurement

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Assault on Emergency Workers (Operation Hampshire)

This report notes the current position for the London Fire Brigade (LFB) when staff are subjected to either physical or mental assault whilst carrying out the function of an emergency worker. There has been a notable increase of physical and verbal abuse in recent years against emergency workers. It will also note the underpinning legislation that imposes a duty of care under health and safety legislation The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) have adopted a procedure known as Operation Hampshir

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Director of Communication: Creation of Permanent Post

The LFB communications function has been subject to a formal review since January 2021, led by two consecutive external interim appointments. The interim appointments have concluded and agreed with the Commissioner and Directors that the Assistant Director of Communications post is to be deleted, and a permanent Director of Communications is to be created.

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Network Security Licencing and Support Renewal

Over the past seven years, in response to ever increasing cybersecurity and viral threats including ransomware, the network security infrastructure has grown significantly to include a number of specialist products to detect and prevent malicious activity. The LFB network security environment now includes a variety of components designed to secure and protect the LFB network. These products combined, protect the various solutions LFB rely on, including LFB infrastructure, wired and wireless net

Agreed Commissioner decision

Appointment of Director for Corporate Services

Following the resignation of the Director for Corporate Services earlier this year, recruitment for a permanent replacement has taken place.

Agreed Commissioner decision

Personal Injury Settlements

General Counsel seeks authority to settle all personal injury claims up to ( for the balance of the financial year 2021/22 which exceeds General Counsel's delegation to settle claims, as permitted by the London Fire Commissioner’s Scheme of Governance.

Agreed Commissioner decision

Award of Contract for Smoke Alarm Provision

Award of Contract for Smoke Alarm Provision

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Contract Extension – Vision Mobilising System

A ten-year contract for the supply of a replacement mobilising system (Vision), integrated communication control system and station end equipment, was awarded to Capita Business Services Ltd, on the 1 August 2012. The initial term is due to expire on 31 July 2022, however the contract contains options to extend incrementally up to July 2026. A project to replace the current mobilising solution is under way.

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Airwave – Procurement of Direct Communications Server (DCS)

All emergency services have been using the Airwave digital radio system for all its critical operational communications since its introduction as part of the national project in 2009. At LFB, Airwave is used as the primary communications bearer for all LFB fire appliances, officer radios and all centralised 999 equipment installed in the LFB control at the Merton (LOC) and at LFB fall-back facility in Stratford. In December 2022, the interfaces that provide the communication between control

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People Services Strategy: Proposal for Organisational Change

The People Services Department (HR and Organisational Development function) plays a fundamental role in the delivery of LFC’s ambitious transformation agenda but requires a change in its operating model as a function to achieve this. This paper sets out a proposed target operating model for People Services, built around the introduction of an HR Business Partnering function. This widely used model delivers more efficient core HR services and partners HR with the business to drive transformat

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