name: National Fire Chiefs Council Limited
notes: This body was previously called The Chief Fire Officers Association, it became National Fire Chiefs Council Limited on 02 Mar 2022. 
  
  
  
  The body offers National Operational Guidance for Fire and Rescue Services This organisation made the following statement about FOI requests:
  
  “"CFOA is a private company and the Freedom of Information Act does not apply to the Association, since Schedule 1 of the Act does not include a definition which covers CFOA. Nonetheless, CFOA is very willing to place some information in the public domain. This information is published on the web site, mainly as Position Statements.
  
  What CFOA is unable to do is to respond to requests for information under the Act. The organisation is too small and there are too few members of staff to be able to conduct the necessary research and to compile the responses. Accordingly, CFOA is adopting a policy of responding to requests for information only if it is readily available and can be swiftly transmitted to the inquirer. Other requests for information will be politely refused.
  
  Members of the public who are considering making a request for information from a fire and rescue service should contact that service."”