Flooding - a statutory duty

Conference welcomes the Labour Party’s commitment that they will prioritise a
statutory duty for Fire and Rescue Authorities/Services to respond to flood incidents.
However, currently Fire and Rescue Service and Fire Authorities are still paying for the
cost of training, equipment and responding to the ever increasing threat of flooding.
Conference instructs the Executive Council to urgently raise this issue with both the
employers and the Government to make progress in this vital area of a statutory duty
for flooding and other related water rescue incidents.