direct to your inboxFirefighters in Greater Manchester were delayed by three months in helping with the Test and Trace system because of a row over health and safety, a report states.Crews were tasked with knocking on the doors of people who the Test and Trace programme was struggling to contact in Manchester.But they were delayed by a health and safety agreement - designed to enable unions to determine extra jobs firefighters would carry out during the pandemic - a Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) report has revealed.The National Fire Chief’s Council (NFCC) said the national ‘tripartite agreement’ had become “too prescriptive” and “too slow to react to local requests for assistance”, slowing.