Written Question·Home Office·UIN 13705
Fire and Rescue Services: Floods
Tabled: 11 November 2024
Answered: 18 November 2024
Question
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour — Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce a national capability for flood rescue (a) led by Fire and Rescue Authorities and (b) underpinned by a statutory duty.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonDefra is the lead government department for flooding in England, they hold the Flood Rescue National Asset Register, a list of teams or assets that voluntarily join the register and maintain availability for national deployment in England.This is coordina...
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