Staffing and employment

Requests relating to staff numbers, structure charts, staff training, health and safety of staff, terms and conditions.

Disciplinary Hearing

Received: 

Tuesday, 13 April, 2021

Responded: 

Tuesday, 4 May, 2021

Request detail: 

The information I request that requires no personal data is the following:

From the disciplinary hearings over the last 10 years (or as far back as possible up to 10 years prior), can the service provide the headline of the proven allegations and the sanction awarded (if any).

Headcount

Received: 

Thursday, 1 April, 2021

Responded: 

Thursday, 29 April, 2021

Request detail: 

Below is the information we would like to obtain from you under the Freedom of Information Act.

Specifically, we would like to know how many (a) wholetime firefighter, (b) retained firefighter, (c) fire control room, (d) support staff and (e) total staff there were employed in your Fire and Rescue Service, measured by headcount, on 31 March 2020 and 31 March 2021.

Whistleblowers

Received: 

Wednesday, 17 March, 2021

Responded: 

Wednesday, 14 April, 2021

Request detail: 

Dear FOI Team,

Can you assist with the following please?

1. How many reports did you receive from whistleblowers in 2019 and in 2020?

2. How many people do you have in your organisation that are trained/permitted to take reports from whistleblowers?

3. What training have the people in question number 2 received in whistleblowing?

4. What cost, if any, was there for this training?

5. Which organisation delivered each course?

6. What is the name of the person that arranged this training and what is their email address?

Employment Tribunal Claims

Received: 

Monday, 15 March, 2021

Responded: 

Thursday, 8 April, 2021

Request detail: 

I have previously asked in a FOI Request if your fire and rescue service received any racism complaints made against it and its staff since 2015. 
Now, please can you tell me if over the stated period there have been any employment tribunal claims brought against your service where discrimination on the grounds of race has been cited for the requested period (2015-2020).

Racism Complaints

Received: 

Friday, 12 February, 2021

Responded: 

Thursday, 25 February, 2021

Request detail: 

Dear Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service,

I am writing in connection to the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 

Please could you endeavour to answer the following questions within 20 working days, as specified under its clauses:

Please could you tell me how many racism complaints have been made against your fire and rescue service and its staff since 2015.
Please break this down by each calendar year between 2015 and 2020 in terms of: complaints from members of the public, complaints from staff members, and whether the complaint was upheld by the organisation.

Drug and Alcohol Testing

Received: 

Thursday, 11 February, 2021

Responded: 

Thursday, 4 March, 2021

Request detail: 

I am contacting you under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000 to request the following information regarding whether you have a tender and contract for hair, blood, urine and oral fluid drug and alcohol testing.

The information we require includes both instant and samples submitted to a laboratory (not roadside testing).

Your tender may also be known as toxicology testing, drug and alcohol testing or substance misuse testing service. To help you, I am outlining my request as specifically as possible for the following:

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