Fire Authority
The West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority (WMFRA) has been in existence since 1st April 1986.
It is made up of Councillors from seven Councils; Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton.
The WMFRA is headed by a Chair and Vice Chair, and has a total of 27 Elected Members. Please visit our Commitee Management Information System for more detailed information relating to the Councillors and meetings of the Fire Authority. This link will also give you access to all agendas, minutes and public reports since the Fire Authority's Annual General Meeting on 26th July 2004.
New Ethical Framework for Members
The West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority has complied with the following requirements under Part III of the Local Government Act 2000. It has:
- set up a Standards Committee
- appointed an Independent Chair
- sent the Standards Committee terms of reference to the Standards Board for England
- adopted a Model Code of Conduct, effective from 1st May, 2002
- sent a copy of the Code to the Standards Board for England
- established a Register of Members Interests
- ensured that Members have given a written undertaking that they will be bound by the Code of Conduct.
Both the Register of Interests and the Code of Conduct are now available for public inspection during office hours at Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Council House, Freeth Street, Oldbury. Please report to the main reception on arrival. Alternatively, please ring Democratic Services at Sandwell MBC, telephone number 0121 569 3791.
Anyone wishing to raise any matter regarding the conduct of any Member of the Fire Authority should contact:
Mrs Sue Phelps
Clerk to the West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority
C/o Sandwell Council House
Oldbury
Warley
West Midlands
B69 3DE
Telephone: 0121 569 3000
To view the West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority Members Allowances Scheme, Click the link below.
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