HC Deb 07 November 1997 vol 300 c375W
Mr. Horam

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 30 October,Official Report, column 842, concerning Fire Service attendance times, from what point attendance times are calculated. [14924]

Mr. George Howarth

Guidance issued by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Fire Services requests brigades to start measuring attendance times from the time of assignment of fire appliances by the brigade's control (the point at which the send button is pressed by the control operator).