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The East Midlands
Regional Management Board

Joint Partnership Forum

The Joint Partnership Forum, as stated within its constitution, is a forum to advise the Regional Management Board on Human Resource matters and the potential implications for Employee Relations on any decisions that the Board may make.

The Forum can, and has reached, agreement on policies through a consultation process. Negotiation can also take place within the Forum, but only if all parties agree.

Membership of the Forum

• Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service
• Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service
• Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service
• Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service
• Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service
• The Fire Brigades Union
• The Retained Firefighters Union
• The Fire Officers’ Association
• UNISON
• The Association of Principal Fire Officers
• LACC - East Midlands Regional Control Centre

Policies Agreed by the Joint Partnership Forum

The policies below have been agreed through consultation by members of the Joint Partnership Forum, and signed by the Joint Secretaries.

Advisory Information for Services: Grab Bag Facility for New Dimensions Deployments for East Midlands Region (03/07/2008) (.pdf 31kb)

Framework and Procedures for Migration between Operational Duty Systems (15/01/2009) (.pdf 32kb)

Regional Equality and Diversity Strategy (10/01/2008) (.pdf 36kb)

Regional Recruitment and Selection Policy and Procedure for Firefighters on the Wholetime Duty System (17/05/2007) (.pdf 40kb)

Transfer-Relocation and Additional Support Policy (21/05/2009) (.pdf 49kb)

LACC Policies - these evolved through consultation between LACC and representative bodies, and were signed off through the JPF process

Employee Involvement Group Policy – East Midland Fire Control (03/07/2008) (.pdf 62kb)

Reasonableness Criteria Policy (.pdf 54kb)

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