Committee details
Combined Fire Authority for County Durham and Darlington
Purpose of committee
County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Authority is a combined authority created by the Durham Fire Services (Combination Scheme) Order 1996.
Membership comprises of 21 elected councillors from Durham County Council and 4 from Darlington Borough Council. The Authority has statutory duty to enforce fire safety legislation and to reduce the risk of fire causing death, serious injury and property related losses to the community.
The Authority must also make provision for rescuing people in the event of road traffic collisions and for protecting people from serious harm in the event of road traffic collisions.
The Authority has a number of broad roles and functions which includes the determination of policy and strategy relating to the objectives of the authority and its priorities. They also approve the authority’s revenue and capital budget strategy, budgets, approve the statement of accounts and agree the level of precept.
You can more information about the Combined Fire Authority here
Membership
- Councillor Brian Avery
- Councillor Alison Batey
- Councillor David Bell
- Councillor Jennifer Bell
- Councillor Richard Bell
- Councillor Peter Brookes
- Councillor Colin Carr
- Councillor Helen Crumbie
- Councillor David Freeman
- Councillor Derek Hicks
- Councillor Brian Jones
- Councillor Audrey Laing
- Councillor Gerald Lee
- Councillor Liz Maddison
- Councillor Richard Manchester
- Councillor Linda Marshall
- Councillor Christine Potts
- Councillor George Richardson
- Councillor John Robinson
- Councillor Andrew Scott
- Councillor Elizabeth Scott
- Councillor John Shuttleworth
- Councillor David Stoker
- Councillor Fraser Tinsley
- Councillor John Turnbull
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