Culture and identity in the Fire and Rescue Service: What's changed in the last ten years?

摘要

Taking the above analysis into account it can be concluded that resistance to change in the organisational culture of the Fire and Rescue Service continues at the time of writing. Certainly, it would seem that, even though HMCIFRS found some improvements in some areas, little seems to have changed in the past ten years, as far as the culture of the Fire and Rescue Service is concerned. However, it is still possible to change the culture of the Service, and some of the recommendations for Fire Service leaders contained in Culture Identity and Change may still be relevant. Even though the evidence indicates that changing the culture of the Fire and Rescue Service will be difficult, the inappropriate, culturally formed values, beliefs and behaviours that may result from the existing culture, can and should be challenged and changed.