Terms and Conditions
Read our information, which sets out our limits, boundaries and responsibilities regarding the information on this site, and other sites, you can link to from ours.
Disclaimer
The West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority does not in any circumstances accept responsibility for the accuracy or suitability or otherwise of any information or data published on this site (nor is any kind of warranty expressed or implied by such publication), or sites we have listed on our site, and the West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority specifically disclaims all and any liability for loss or damage of any nature whatsoever and however arising, whether due to inaccuracy, error or omission or any other cause.
Information Management
Any information that you submit will be treated confidentially and processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and other relevant legislation.
Your details will only be used internally by West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority and will not be disclosed to any other third parties without your permission.
Requests for information will be treated in line with the legislation detailed above. Further details about information held by this authority can be found within our Publication Scheme located under Freedom of Information on this site.
The registered Data Controller is:
Data Protection Officer,
West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority,
West Midlands Fire Service Headquarters,
Lancaster Circus Queensway,
Birmingham, B4 7DE.
Tel No: 0121 380 6535
e-mail: datamanager@wmfs.net
Copyright
All West Midlands Fire Service material is the copyright of the West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority unless stated otherwise.
Applications for permission to reproduce material should be made as follows:
For materials covered by our Publication Scheme click here
For materials for commercial purposes, please request via our Customer Care service. Please note that permission will be granted in line with the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005. Please raise a request via the service above.
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
The following relates to the official corporate website of the West Midlands Fire Service and to its responsible body, the West Midlands Fire & Rescue Authority (referred to as WMFRA), and branded as www.wmfs.net.
All rights, including copyright and database right, in the WMFRA's website and its contents, are owned by or licensed to the WMFRA, or otherwise used by the WMFRA as permitted by applicable law.
In accessing the WMFRA's webpages, you agree that you will access the contents solely for your own private use but not for any commercial or public use. You can download and use the service on a single computer at a time and you can print out a hard copy of any part of the content on the WMFRA's website for your own personal use.
Except as permitted above, you undertake not to copy, store in any medium (including in any other website), distribute, transmit, re-transmit, broadcast, modify, or show in public any part of the WMFRA's website without the prior written permission of the WMFRA or in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Use of material by educational establishments for educational purposes in the UK is in general, free of charge, however enquiries can be made by contacting contact@wmfs.net
Terms and Conditions in regard to Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Access to, and use of, this site is provided by the WMFRA subject to the following Terms and Conditions:
Use of this site constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions, which take effect immediately on your first use of the site. The WMFRA reserves the right to change these terms and conditions at any time by posting changes online, on this page.
You are responsible for reviewing regularly the information posted here to obtain timely notice of such changes, and are bound by the terms set within this page.
Material may not be copied, reproduced, republished, downloaded, posted, broadcast or transmitted in any way except for your own personal, non-commercial home use. Any other use requires the prior written permission of the WMFRA. You agree not to adapt, alter or create a derivative work from any of the material contained in this site or use it for any purpose other than your personal non-commercial use. You agree to use this site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of this site by any third party. Such restriction or inhibition includes, without limitation, conduct which is unlawful, or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person and the transmission of obscene or offensive content or disruption of normal flow of dialogue within this site.
This site and the information, names, images, pictures, logos and icons regarding or relating to the WMFRA, its products and services (or to third party products and services), is provided "AS IS" and on an "IS AVAILABLE" basis without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy. In no event will the WMFRA be liable for any damages including, without limitation, indirect or consequential damages, or any damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of use, data, or profits, whether in action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising out of or in connection with the use of the site. The WMFRA does not warrant that the functions contained in the material contained in this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs or represents the full functionality, accuracy, and reliability of the materials. The names, images and logos identifying the WMFRA or third parties and their products and services are proprietary marks of WMFRA and/or third parties. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise any licence or right under any trademark or patent of the WMFRA, or any other third party.
If there is any conflict between these Terms and Conditions and/or specific terms appearing elsewhere on this site relating to specific material then the latter shall prevail.
If any of these Terms and Conditions should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any state or country in which these Terms and Conditions are intended to be effective, then to the extent and within the jurisdiction which that Term or Condition is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted from this clause and the remaining terms and conditions shall survive, remain in full force and effect, and continue to be binding and enforceable.
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Disputes arising here from shall be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
If these Terms and Conditions are not accepted in full, you do not have permission to access the contents of this website and therefore should cease using this website immediately.
