Councillors sitting on joint fire and rescue boards, it added, had not provided a strong lead in scrutinising performance or in helping to drive change, engagement with local communities was "patchy".

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No-one was injured during the incident on Sunday but the fire crews had to pull down ceiling and wall boards because the fire was burning within the cavities.

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The report also suggested the map of service delivery should be re-configured, across councils, police and fire authorities, health boards and other agencies.

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After Parise feathered a dump-in toward the L.A. goal, Quick tried to fire the puck around the boards behind his net.

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The movement to strengthen boards has gone too far, so far that the boards too easily fire CEOs and reject bold decisions like investments in U.S. manufacturing that have a long-term payoff.

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German boards are also under fire in Brussels.

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The consultation, to get under way next month, will outline three options for fire and police services - eight services with enhanced collaboration between them, a regional structure with fewer boards, or a single service for fire and a single force for police.

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Although practices vary from state to state, most boards of education are locally elected to hire and fire superintendents and teachers, decide curriculums, propose budgets, and even choose textbooks.

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That fire has burned nearly 2 square miles, and fire managers said it has the potential to grow much more in an area where logs are drier than pine boards from a lumber yard.

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