abstract:In England and Wales a fire authority or fire and rescue authority is a statutory body made up of a committee of local councillors which oversees the policy and service delivery of a fire and rescue service.Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, Part One (accessed 19 Feb 07) Prior to the Fire Services Act 2004 many Fire and Rescue Authorities were known as Fire and Civil Defence Authorities; this designation is no longer used.
Theauthor suggested that a divisionalcentralizedfirewatersystemdirectly under the jurisdiction ofthefire authority might be established to earn better results.