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There are 47 sub-regional fire and rescue (F & R) authorities in England of which five are in the West Midlands: Hereford and Worcester, Shropshire and Wrekin, Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and West Midlands (covering Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Dudley, Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton). In 2004-5, these together had a revenue budget of around £205m (52% accounted for by West Midlands F & R Authority) and around £7m capital budget (58% West Midlands). Under the Act, a non-metropolitan county council is the fire and rescue authority for that county and with the exception of Warwickshire (where the County Council is also the Warwickshire Fire Authority), there are ‘combined’ F & R authorities with members from each of the constituent local authorities, generally proportionate to the number of local government electors in each area. In Warwickshire, the F & R Service is one of County Council’s service departments. In the rest of the West Midlands, the F & R authorities are run as partnerships of local authorities, some with support services provided in part by one of the constituent local authorities. In addition to operational firefighters (full-time and retained), F & R authorities employ control room and other support staff, including those responsible for advising and implementing policy and for analysing data. Regional F & R functions are carried out by a Regional Management Board which covers six areas of work. They are expected to work towards integrating common and specialist services, eg, fire investigation, put in place effective resilience plans for large scale emergencies, introduce regional HR functions, develop a regional approach to training, establish regional control centres, and introduce regional procurement.
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