Links to other sites

At the meeting of the KFRS Information Management Group on 22 March 2005 the following list of groups of companies and organisations which we would allow to have links on our web site was approved.  Any link would be subject to a check on potential public interest and a reasonable quality standard:

Government-sponsored sites, especially relating to public safety (eg The Department for Communities and Local Government (formerly ODPM) ‘Protect Yourself and your Home' – currently linked as Community Fire Safety and Prevention, firekills.gov.uk, Home Office, Cabinet Office, the Information Commissioner and speedkills.gov.uk);

Local Partnership organisations in the public sector (for the duration of our partnership arrangement with them), including Kent Connects, Kent Police, Kent Ambulance and the Primary Health Care Trusts;

Community Liaison Groups and other organisations in the voluntary sector with whom we are associated (eg Help the Aged, the Red Cross);

Professional trade associations in the fire safety business (eg the Fire Protection Association, the Arson Prevention Bureau and the Fire Sprinkler Association);

Charitable organisations concerned with public safety (eg the National Fire Safety Charity for Children (‘Welephant'));

Commercial companies which whom we have a sponsorship arrangement (eg provision of smoke detectors), for the duration of the sponsorship, and where this is part of the agreement;

Local Councils in Kent;

CFOA, other Fire and Rescue Services in the UK and any future Fire Service national portal;

Recognised Trade Unions associated with KFRS;

The Firefighters' Memorial Charitable Trust;

The Fire Services' National Benevolent Fund.