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fire brigade in England suffer from a "toxic" culture, with some of the firefighters who told of the treatment of colleagues, "enough of humanity", a watchdog-in-chief.

inspectors discovered cases of bullying and harassment at some services, while some staff said were the poor treatment of other "amusing".

It is The First annual report from Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Constabulary, fire and rescue services.

the Chief Inspector , Sir Thomas Winsor, called for a new ethics.

He demanded to remove from the builders, to avoid the panel similar to the one on Grenfell Tower to another blaze.

'left in tears'

Sir Thomas said in his report, an employee survey found that 24% reported feeling bullied or harassed at work in the last 12 months, with The Number rising to 46% in the case of a service.

He said the inspectors had heard of allegations of discrimination, and that some services missing values given for the people to follow and use to challenge unacceptable behaviour.

"The Fire sector, describes himself as a humanitarian aid, however, the firefighters in some services do not treat their colleagues with enough humanity," he wrote in his report.

During the inspection said in a briefing with reporters that the problems found in "isolated pockets" of services, he said, it is spoken, with female firefighters left "in tears" in the discussion about intimidation by colleagues and a "lack of Integration".

in his report, Sir Thomas said it was "alarming" that More Than two years after the passage of fire in which 72 people died, More Than 300 buildings are still the same cladding as The Tower .

"work remediation to remove, similar to the wall cladding systems, including rain screens with polyethylene cores, which should be done, the said of the client as quickly as possible," Sir Thomas.

"should have No Other fire to a flame of such severity, because these unsafe materials. "

the, published in October, found Grenfell Tower , the cladding of The Building regulations to adhere to, and was the "most important" reason for The Fire is rapidly spreading.

'interference in operational matters'

elsewhere, Sir Thomas, The Fire threw brigades Union, to put The Public in danger.

He gave the example of employees in Greater Manchester are refusing to serve, in a team formed to respond to terrorist gun attacks, because of the pay dispute.

Sir Thomas said the FBU had been calling for his "considerable industrial muscle" more money for The Fire Department is required to have medical help in addition to the rescue workers.

"The Union should not interfere in operational matters," he said. "They are there to protect the interests of its members, to ensure that they are properly paid, their working conditions. "

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In a statement, the FBU, said: "We refute absolutely any suggestion that we have put The Public in danger. Operational fire service matters are inextricably linked with the health and safety of the firefighters and of The Core are, therefore, of our work as a union. "

He added: "the firefighters know best about your service and have a strong voice in who should Run , how it. "

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Source of news: bbc.com