found the service was institutionally racist and misogynist. andy roe said he would take a zero tolerance approach to bullying and harassment. the review was conducted following the suicide of a black trainee firefighter. louisa pilbeam reports. as wildfires broke out in london this summer, firefighters were praised for protecting the public. but they haven t protected their own, according to a report into london fire brigade, which found it is institutionally racist, misogynistic and has a bullying culture. i sat with a very senior female officer who said to me in tears that whenever she goes into a dangerous incident, she s almost thinking, will the men around me protect me, given how much they have treated me as dirt back at the station? that was not one person, that was many, many people. the report found example after
now, andy roe, the london fire brigade s commisioner who had asked for the review after a trainee firefighter took his own life in august 2020 spoke to the bbc earlier this morning he said he hoped it would enable change. the thing that strikes home to me with this report is that 2000, 2000 of our staff effectively wrote this report. it s not nazia s report, it is not my report, it is the report of 2000 people in the london fire brigade who have told their story and therefore it cannot be ignored, it cannotjust be put down to a few bad apples. we have got to look at the systems and the leadership that have enabled those most terrible examples to happen and not be dealt with, i don t think, in the way they should have been. i have seen the courage of firefighters again and again on the incident ground. i now expect this as an organisation to face up to it with that same courage. you know, to look in the mirror, to reflect on all of our own actions that make the changes necessary
after a trainee firefighter took his own life in august 2020 spoke to the bbc earlier this morning he said he hoped it would enable change. this is the voices of 2000 of our staff. i accept the report in full. i accept the recommendations in full. this is the voice of our own people. we have to face it head on. i have been a firefighter for over 20 years. i have seen acts of incredible courage. i have huge pride in this organisation and what it means to london. i know thousands of my colleagues do. to hear those stories, which so grossly undermine all we stand for, is genuinely heartbreaking. i know so many of my people will be appalled by what they have heard, and therefore we must face it head on with the same courage to resolve these issues. we haven t had areas identified to us, but i expect individuals and locations to be revealed.
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. good afternoon. a damning report on the culture of the london fire brigade has found that it is institutionally misogynist and racist . the independent review was carried out after a black trainee firefighter took his own life. the report was carried out by the former chief crown prosecutor for north west england, nazir afzal, who says he has no doubt similar problems exist in otherfire brigades across the country. the london fire brigade is promising immediate changes to its disciplinary processes. helena wilkinson reports. misogyny, racism, bullying. a shocking culture which has been uncovered at the london fire brigade. example after example of abuse and poor behaviour at almost all levels of the organisation. i sat with a very senior female officer who said to me, through tears, that wherever
illegally built over the years, unstable and vulnerable. now an anxious wait for the weather to lift to see the extent of the damage wreaked, turning ischia from island idyll into rivers of mud. mark lowen, bbc news, southern italy. a damning report on the culture of london fire brigade has found that it s institutionally misogynist and racist . the independent review was carried out after a black trainee firefighter took his own life. the author of the report says he has no doubt similar problems exist in other fire brigades across the country. london fire brigade is promising immediate changes to its disciplinary processes. louisa pilbeam reports. as wildfires broke out in london this summer, firefighters were praised for protecting the public. but they haven t protected their own, according to a report into london fire brigade, which found it is institutionally racist, misogynistic and has a bullying culture.