Feeling the Heat? Management Reform and Workforce Diversity in the English Fire Service

Identifying the attributes of a profession in the practice and regulation of fire safety engineering

“…It is important to note that this is not the case with the fire and rescue services where 'failureconcern-response' cycle focuses on staff. For example, recent reforms of the fire service in the UK was undertaken by introducing an Integrated Personal Development System to ensure career progression was linked to ability rather than rank and hierarchical position [18].…”