Fire and Rescue Adviser

Firefighters 'fury' at Devon and Somerset fire chief's part-time appointment

Lee Howell, Chief Fire Officer of Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service has been appointed as the Welsh Government’s Fire and Rescue Adviser with Her Majesty’s Inspector status. He will be seconded from his Fire and Rescue Service on a part-time basis. He will take up his post on 12 August 2013.

The appointment has been met with fury by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), angry at what...