London Fire Brigade has removed 13 firefighters in response to a damning report last year, which found the organisation to be “institutionally racist and misogynist”.
Commissioner Andy Roe said he wanted to see the law change to enable the creation of a ‘barred list’ for UK fire officers, which would ensure dismissed staff are not re-employed within the sector.
Roe was questioned by the London Assembly one year after the publication of an independent culture review within the brigade.
Mr Roe said a third investigation had been launched following the death of firefighter Jaden Matthew Francois-Esprit who took his own life in August 2020.
Roe told the assembly’s fire, resilience and emergency planning committee that 13 people had so far been “exited” from the organisation.
“I expect, speaking frankly, a number to follow that will grow that number,” he said, adding that there has also been “a very large number of sanctions at lower levels - that includes demotion, that includes final written warning”.
Of those 13 staff members, the commissioner said that six “have been exited with no opportunity to be re-employed”.
He added: “More importantly if we get a legislative change - which I hope we do and it becomes a regulated profession - I hope those people end up on a barred list.
“So I would hope all 13 end up on a barred list, if [the] government can support us for another step in legislation, around the regulation of the profession.”
Негізгі бет London Fire Brigade: 13 Firefighters “Removed” After Racism & Mysogyny Report
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