Secondary Employment within Services Area

WMFS OFFICIAL – NEW – FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST – FOI23005 

Ref: FOI/23005 

RE: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 REQUEST 

I am writing to confirm that the West Midlands Fire Service has now completed its search for the information you requested further to your freedom of information request. 

Please find below a summary of our findings. 

Request 

Do you allow secondary employment in your service? 

Reply 

Yes 

Request 

If yes, do you allow secondary employment to carry out fire safety work such as fire risk assessment, fire training or any other fire consultancy work? 

Reply 

Yes 

Request 

If yes, do you allow you staff to carry out this work within the Services area or not? 

Reply 

Employees who work within service secondary employment are usually not supported due to conflict of interest, but we would need to look at every request and case  

If you have any queries about this Freedom of Information request, please contact us. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.  

For service complaints, issues or comments regarding this request please contact The Public Relations Department, West Midlands Fire Service, 99 Vauxhall Road, Birmingham, B7 4HW 

Further information concerning Freedom of Information requests can be found on the Information Commissioner website at either the following link: https://ico.org.uk/ or at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 5AF.