FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES: EMBRACING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY JULIAN CLARKE AND PETER MURPHY

EQUALITY IMPROVEMENT Have FRS established effective equality improvement management processes? Effective: producing/contributing to improved outcomes How do they compare to other public services or sectors

PLANNING FOR EQUALITY IMPROVEMENT Determination of service relevant population groups/categories Equal and appropriate risk assessment and planning equal/appropriate service delivery for different groups/categories of population Engagement/consultation with different sections of the population Equality in employment for different sections of the population Management structure and accountability in relation to the above The role of positive discrimination

LEGISLATIVE UNDERPINNINGS 1976 to Lawrence Inquiry: Acts and Equality Commissions The Human Rights Act 2000 Amendment Act Broad spectrum of new legislation and Public Duties 2010 Act and Beyond Scotland and Wales?

FRS FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE? FRS in the mid-1990s: a white male preserve Research after 1997 Bain/Lyons/Young 2004 Act: refocusing risk National Equality Policy Making Post 2005 Equality in National Regulation CPA, CAA and KLOEs

CULTURE CHANGE IN FRS Stories Symbols Rituals & Routines Paradigm Power Structures Control System Organisational Structures

MANAGEMENT STANDARDS AND FRAMEWORKS CRE Standard Equality Standard for LG Frameworks for Equality Assessment against frameworks

FRS SPECIFIC EQUALITY FRAMEWORK FRS framework Specifics Peer Assessment Nasreem Kalheem Doug Feery and Greater Manchester FRS

WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED? Methods of assessment/measurement Service Engagement Employment What is the appetite within the service is for this?