Edna Murphy

Chair of the Fire Authority, Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue Service

Edna Murphy is the Chair of the Fire Authority at Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue Service. She completed her BA/MA, Law at University of Cambridge, LLM, Law at New York University School of Law and MBA from The Open University.

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Cambridgeshire's Fire Chief Set To Retire

Cambridgeshire’s chief fire officer has announced his intention to retire. Chris Strickland, who has held the position for the past eight years, will step down from the role in September....

Cambridgeshire Fire And Rescue Service Asking For £2.34 Annual Increase In Council Tax

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service plans to increase its share of council tax by 2.99% from April 2024. For a Band D property, this is an annual increase of £2.34, totaling £82.26...

The Princess Royal Opens The New Huntingdon Fire Station And Service Training Center

Over 100 colleagues, contractors and local civic dignitaries warmly welcomed Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal to the new Huntingdon Fire Station and Service training center for a tour and to off...

Cambridgeshire Fire Service Gets An ‘Outstanding’ Rating For How It Manages Resources

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service has been assessed as 'Outstanding' in one of eleven categories inspected earlier this year by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescu...

Fire And Rescue Service Disappointed By Control Collaboration End

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service and its Fire Authority councilors have been left surprised and concerned after being given notice that Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service is withdrawing from its hi...

CFRS Asks For Council Tax Increase To Prevent Station Closures And Redundancies

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority are proposing to increase their share of the council tax for 2023/2024 by 6.6 percent, which for a Band D property equates to an additional £4.95 a...

Fire Chief Warns Of Reductions To County’s Fire Service's Funding, Reports CFRS

The Chief Fire Officer for Cambridgeshire is warning there will have to be reductions to the county’s fire and rescue service unless the way in which it is funded changes. Recently, as part of...

Cambridgeshire Asks Residents To Have A Say On Council Tax For 2022/23

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority are asking residents to have their say on proposals to increase the fire service’s share of council tax for 2022/23. The service is looking for a b...

CFRS Authority Asks For Public's Views On Council Tax

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority is asking residents to have their say on proposals to increase the fire service’s share of council tax for 2022/23. The Service is looking for a be...

Construction Of Cambridgeshire's New Training Facility And Fire Station Commences In Huntingdon

Building work has commenced on the new training facility and fire station in Huntingdon. The ground was broken on the multi-million-pound project, which involves building a modern, purpose-built train...

CFRS Fire Service Retains Its Position Among The Best Following Second Inspection

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) has come out with one of the best scores from 13 other fire and rescue services in the first tranche of the Government’s second round of inspections...

CFRS Appoints First Woman Chair In Diverse Leadership Shift

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority appointed a new chair and vice chair at their first meeting since the latest round of council elections. Councillor Edna Murphy has been appointed the n...