Death-crash firefighter unlikely to face hearing

Paul Rogers is a firefighter with South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service and has remained on normal duties since the incident, on Attercliffe Common in Sheffield in June 2008, although he no longer drives fire appliances.

It is understood that the service will not be taking action against Mr Rogers, who has not been prosecuted over the crash.

Mr Rogers was driving the fire engine to Rotherham in response to a hoax call when he collided with a blue Subaru Impreza at the junction of Weedon Street and Attercliffe Common.

Nicola Jayne Stacey, who was driving the car, suffered multiple injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Her daughter Lauren, then 10, suffered brain damage. Following an inquest into the 36-year-old's death, which concluded in Sheffield on Friday, Lynne Stacey – Ms Stacey's mother – said Lauren was never the same since.

At the inquest, a jury found Mr Rogers went through a red light at the Attercliffe Road and Weedon Street junction without his sirens on – against brigade blue light driving regulations.

The jury also found that he was travelling at at least 18mph; the recommended speed when driving through a red light is 5mph.

Coroner Christopher Dorries is to write the South Yorkshire's chief fire officer asking him to look again at the brigade's policy on blue light driving.