members of staff. His tenure at Queen's was also notable for a successful fundraising campaign for the Seamus Heaney Poetry Centre and for a new Library building. Independent Review of the Fire Service Bain was asked to chair a government-funded Independent Review of the Fire Service in 2002, it was wide-ranging and placed fire and rescue services in the UK under close scrutiny – it led to strike action by firefighters, shortly before the report's publication, although the FBU and fire and rescue services had been in tense negotiations for a year before. Sir Anthony Young and Sir Michael Lyons co-authored the review. The Bain Review was presented to the Deputy Prime Minister on 16 December 2002, but a position paper was delivered earlier. Bain said "Taking into account the very generous pension entitlement, the holiday arrangements, the good job security, firemen are actually not badly rewarded. The recruitment and retention figures back this up. There's about 40 applications for every vacancy in the fire service." See also Fire services in the United Kingdom References External links Catalogue of Bain's papers, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick 1939 births Living people Academics of Queen's University Belfast Academics of the University of Warwick Academics of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology Academics of London Business School University of Manitoba faculty Knights Bachelor People from Winnipeg University of Manitoba alumni Alumni of Nuffield College, Oxford Fellows of Nuffield College, Oxford Vice-Chancellors of Queen's University Belfast Canadian Knights Bachelor Canadian emigrants to the United Kingdom