PART I - NON-CONFIDENTIAL ITEMS

1. APOLOGIES

2. MINUTES (Copy herewith)

To confirm the Minutes of the meeting held on 6 June, 2002.

3. HFRA MEMBERSHIP

To note that Councillor Mrs. P.G.E. Holden-Brown has replaced Councillor B.D. Dash as a Member of the Authority.

4. DEPUTATION

To receive a deputation from Mr. W. Parsons, Firefighter's Pay Campaign Co-ordinator about the firefighter's pay claim.

5. FIREFIGHTERS' PAY DISPUTE (Report herewith)

To receive a report by the Chief Fire Officer on the latest developments and the position in relation to his delegated powers during times of dispute.

6. PRESENTATION "INTERACTIVE FIRE SAFETY" CD-ROM FOR CHILDREN (Report herewith)

To receive a report and presentation by the Chief Fire Officer on this matter.



7. CHAIRMAN'S COMMUNICATIONS AND INCIDENTS OF INTEREST
(Copy herewith)

To receive any communications from the Chairman and a note of incidents of interest from May to 16 September, 2002.

8. BUDGET 2003/04 (Report herewith)

To consider the report of the Treasurer and the Chief Fire Officer.

9. REVENUE GRANT DISTRIBUTION PROPOSALS FOR CONSULTATION
(Report herewith)

To consider the report of the Treasurer and Chief Fire Officer.

10. DRAFT STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS 2001/02 (Report herewith)

To consider the report of the Treasurer seeking approval to the statement of accounts for 2001/02.

11. RESPONSE TO HM FIRE SERVICE INSPECTION (Report herewith)

To consider the report of the Chief Fire Officer seeking approval to the responses and actions arising out of Her Majesty Inspector of Fire Service's Inspection Report of the Authority.

12. OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY 2001/2002 : ANNUAL STATISTICS
(Report herewith)

To consider the report of the Chief Fire Officer on the statistics for operational activity for 2001/2002.

13. THE PROMOTION OF DOMESTIC AND RESIDENTIAL SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (Report herewith)

To consider the report of the Chief Fire Officer seeking approval to the service policy to promote the use of sprinkler systems.

14. FIRE SERVICE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS AND NATIONAL RADIO STRATEGY (Report herewith)

To consider the report of the Chief Fire Officer about the new national procurement strategy for the replacement of fire service radio communications.

15. INTEGRATED PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM (Report herewith)

To consider the report of the Chief Fire Officer seeking approval to the appointment of a small working group of three HFRA Members to be involved in the development of IPDS in the Service.

16. SERVICE ORDER ON SUBSTANCE MISUSE (Report herewith)

To consider the report of the Chief Fire Officer seeking approval to the approach being taken by the Service on this matter.

17. MINUTES OF BEST VALUE COMMITTEE - 19.6.02 (Copy herewith)

To confirm the Minutes of the Best Value Committee held on 19 June, 2002.

18. MINUTES OF PERSONNEL COMMITTEE - 19.6.02 AND 18.9.02

To confirm the Minutes of the Personnel Committee held on 19 June (copy herewith) and 18 September, 2002 (copy to follow).

19. MINUTES OF FINANCE AND GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE - 10.7.02
(Copy of Minutes and, for Members, relevant reports enclosed)

To confirm the Minutes of the Finance and General Purposes Committee held on 10 July, 2002 and to adopt the recommendations referred to in Minutes 27, 28 and 31.

20. MINUTES OF STANDARDS COMMITTEE - 10.9.02 (Copy herewith)

To confirm the Minutes of the Standards Committee held on 10 September, 2002.

21. NOTES OF FAIRNESS AND DIGNITY - 18.7.02 (Copy herewith)

To receive the notes of the Fairness and Dignity meeting held on 18 July, 2002.

22. NOTES OF COMMUNITY FIRE SAFETY - 14.5.02 AND 12.8.02
(Copies herewith)

To receive the notes of the Community Fire Safety meetings held on 14 May and 12 August, 2002.

23. COURSES AND CONFERENCES - FIRE 2002 ON 3-5 SEPTEMBER, 2002 AND CFA SEMINAR 18-19 SEPTEMBER, 2002

To seek retrospective approval to Members' attendances at these events.

24. LGA GENERAL ASSEMBLY - 17 DECEMBER, 2002

To seek approval to the Chairman, together with a Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat Member to attend this event.

25. PROGRAMME OF FUTURE MEETINGS (Copy herewith)

To receive a programme of future HFRA and Committee meetings.

26. EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

RESOLVED:

That, by virtue of paragraph 8 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for Item 27 below.

PART II - CONFIDENTIAL ITEM

27. VARIATIONS TO VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAMME
(Report herewith)

To consider the confidential report of the Chief Fire Officer on this matter.

Please note

At the conclusion of the Authority meeting there will be an opportunity for those Members, who have not already done so, to see a HFRS video about the changes made so far as part of the restructure of the Service and the principles involved in the next stages.

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County Councillors attending as appointed Members of this Committee/Sub-Committee/Panel or by virtue of Standing Order 17.5; or with the concurrence of the Chairman in connection with their duties as members of the Council or as a local County Councillor qualify for travelling expenses.