The Chair invited Nick Collins and Cllr Nick Chard to introduce the update.

Nick Chard said that the Board had got off to a relatively slow start but was now starting to make progress. The extra resources that the Home Office had put into the Board was helping in that regard. Nick highlighted the draft Code of Ethics Standard which was shortly going out to consultation as an example of the Board’s recent work and he urged members to look at all the detail in the report.

Decision

Members of the Fire Commission noted the Fire Standards Board update.