18
Sep
2015
By Calvin at 14:39 GMT, 10 years ago
Public Consultation
The government believes that greater joint working can strengthen the emergency services and deliver significant savings and benefit for the public.
It has already invested over £70 million to help drive blue light collaboration projects. Although there are many good examples locally of joint working between the emergency services, the overall picture remains patchy and much more can be done to improve taxpayer value for money and the service to communities. For example, the majority of fire and police boundaries are already co-terminus. Whilst this could have led to joint estates, over half of police stations in England are separate but within 1km of a fire station.
The closing date for response to this consultation is 23 October 2015.
Go to the Government website to download the rport and information on how to respond
Quick link to consultation document
