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5 tips to help on-call firefighters embrace FireServiceRota

Find a couple of different ways you can use to encourage your on-call firefighters to start using FireServiceRota.

Her Majesty's Inspectors are coming… are you ready?

HMICFRS started inspections of England's Fire & Rescue Services to assess how well they prevent, protect against and respond to fires.

Could over-trusting your personnel drive efficiency?

Trust, autonomy and empowerment are essentials to match the demands of the current landscape for Fire and Rescue Services.

The retained duty system isn't flexible enough

United Kingdom's retained duty system lacks flexibility in terms of availability of on-call firefighters.

From Whole-time to On-call Firefighters, is it even possible?

Fire Services need to evolve to address the challenges of modern, dynamic and hectic life. Learn how flexible planning and scheduling software can help.

How to make the RDS more flexible by “Going Dutch”

The Dutch Fire Services show that by giving on-call firefighters more flexibility in terms of availability, appliance availability problems can be reduced.

Stop relying on 'spooks' - use geofencing instead

Forgetting to book off when leaving town can take the pump off the run. Geofencing can avoid this by warning firefighters when they're on call but too far away.

Moving the Retained Duty System into the 21st century

FireServiceRota is helping Retained Duty Fire Stations to implement technology and bring the fire and rescue services to the 21st century.

The longest four minutes

When an emergency call comes in, fire chiefs only have an average period of four minutes to respond. How can they be confident about the ability to crew?

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