Committee details

The Council administers meetings of the Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire and Rescue Authority.  The Authority is responsible for ensuring its Fire and Rescue Service has the people, equipment and training needed to carry out its duties in relation to fire prevention, fire safety, firefighting and rescue, road traffic collision extrication and rescue and other emergency rescue activities e.g. responding to flooding or terrorism.

The Authority is known as a ‘Combined Fire Authority’ (CFA) as it comprises 6 councillors from Nottingham City Council and 12 councillors from Nottinghamshire County Council.

The Authority makes decisions on key matters such as strategy, policy and the budget.  There are several sub-committees reporting to the full Fire Authority:

·  Appointments Committee

·  Community Safety Committee

·  Finance and Resources Committee

·  Human Resources Committee

·  Personnel Committee

·  Policy and Strategy Committee.

Meetings of the Personnel Committee are held as required and are open to the public.

If you would like British Sign Language interpretation at the meeting, please contact the Service at least two weeks in advance to book this, either by emailing enquiries@notts-fire.gov.uk or by text on SMS: 0115 824 0400.