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The Min­istry of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty and the Fire Ser­vice As­so­ci­a­tion have re­sumed high-lev­el talks aimed at tack­ling long-stand­ing is­sues af­fect­ing fire­fight­ers across the coun­try.

At a meet­ing to­day, Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der met with As­so­ci­a­tion Pres­i­dent Keone Guy and oth­er rep­re­sen­ta­tives to dis­cuss key mat­ters, in­clud­ing fund­ing, equip­ment, safe­ty, and pen­sions. Among the top pri­or­i­ties was the long-de­layed Mor­ris-Ju­lian Re­port.

The As­so­ci­a­tion has re­quest­ed that a redact­ed ver­sion of the re­port—which con­tains find­ings and rec­om­men­da­tions re­lat­ed to the Fire Ser­vice—be re­leased to the pub­lic. Guy said its pub­li­ca­tion would help re­store trans­paren­cy and im­prove morale among fire­fight­ers.