Chairs of WMRMB, from left to right: Cllr Brigadier Peter Jones CBE, Cllr Richard Hobbs, Cllr Peter Howard, Cllr Derek Davis & Cllr Stuart West

On behalf of West Midlands Regional Management Board (WMRMB) it gives us great pleasure to welcome you to our region's homepage. WMRMB was formed in April 2004 with the aim of delivering the United Kingdom Government's agenda of reform and modernisation of the fire and rescue services of the West Midlands Region in central England.

It is an honour and privilege for us to lead what has been officially recognised through Government's Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) process as being England's best performing region of Fire and Rescue Services. Achieving a 100% 'Good' rating at a regional level is a tribute to the successful collaborative project working arrangements of WMRMB and a dedicated workforce. This is a great achievement for the Fire and Rescue Authorities in the West Midlands region and we are justly proud of it.

WMRMB comprises of:

WMRMB's mission is to deliver a proactive partnership to the region's communities that satisfies the needs of the present, prepares for the future and insures against the unpredictable. WMRMB has a collective vision to realise the full potential of Service collaboration, thereby resulting in the delivery of improved efficiencies and secure enhanced operational resilience across the West Midlands Region. In delivering this vision the region aims to deliver the co-ordinated organisation, direction and implementation of a portfolio of projects and activities that together achieve the outcomes and realise the benefits of a modernised and reformed fire and rescue service.