The thin red line: Maintaining equitable delivery of service in turbulent times

摘要

The enduring disaster that is Covid-19 has had a number of effects on the Fire and Rescue Service, not all of them bad. The number of fires in the home were initially reduced as occupation increased due to home working, furlough and lockdown. The number of road accidents did decrease also but then re-emerged as the lack of traffic encouraged some drivers to race at excessive speed with predictable outcomes.