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Supporting Documents
Det Norske Veritas Risk Review Report (Word, 401Kb)
Operational Assesment Peer Review Report (IDeA) (Word, 202Kb)
Cabinet Report - Chief Fire Officer (Word, 124Kb)
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Why we need to change
- The risk profile and range of incidents we attend has changed considerably from when our current response arrangements were designed.
- We need to improve our current level of operational training to reflect the ‘skills decline’ caused by the overall reduction in fire incidents.
- On an average day up to 43% of retained fire engines may not be available due to insufficient crewing.
- We have new responsibilities as a category one responder and as part of the Critical National Resilience infrastructure.
- There is a very clear relationship between Home Fire Safety Checks and smoke alarm ownership and reducing public risk. Our limited ability to resource this would mean we carry out significantly less of this work than many other Services.
- Incidents on the roads are our fastest growing area of work, we need to manage our response more flexibly.
- We need to improve protection to our firefighters to deal with the risks associated with widespread flooding and with water related incidents.
- We must make a step change in the way we use our resources in order to drive out efficiencies to build capacity elsewhere.
- We need to rise to meet the demands of a range of Government and Audit reports highlighting some of the weaknesses in Fire and Rescue Service improvement.
- We need to create more time during the working shift to spend on training and community safety activity.
- Our Health and Safety procedures are continually under the spotlight and we must ensure that risk information is available to our crews.
- We need to develop the capacity to respond more reliably and quickly when the public need us. This requires innovation in the resources we use to respond with as well as flexibility in crewing which allows us to maximise our availability.
- We must identify and eliminate activity which wastes our time and resources such as false alarms and malicious calls.
- We need to reduce sickness absence which compromises availability, safety and performance.
- We need a framework which engages all of our staff and stakeholders in innovative ways to provide our range of services.
- The Service has delayed the recruitment for wholetime firefighters to allow opportunity for any migration of Retained Duty System firefighters following consultation.
- We need to ensure that our physical resources are used most effectively to the benefit of the communities they belong to.
- The Audit Commission have already raised concern that without significant change we are unlikely to realise the potential efficiencies and performance improvement.
- We can be better, we can save and protect more lives, and knowing that have a moral obligation to do so.
- Growing pressure on the Retained Service can be reduced by increased support from wholetime colleagues through more resilient working practices.
- We need to consider the impact of our activities on the environment. Using a wider range of smaller vehicles to reduce CO2 emissions and fuel consumption.
- The eight steps in this consultation document are key projects in improving our capacity by identifying the things we need to do more of and the things we can do less of in order to do them.
- The improvement proposals do not require an increase in the Fire and Rescue Service revenue budget.
- The individual key elements of this plan will be subject to trial and continual refinement.
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Vision and Mission
Our vision for the future
We recently updated our vision, mission and values to reflect our continually changing circumstances, which set out our aspirations for the future of the Service. Our values acknowledge all of our internal and external stakeholders and how we will engage with them to deliver an excellent service.
Vision
Working together to make Warwickshire safer Mission To Save Life, Protect Property and the Environment and Reduce the Risk to Warwickshire Communities
Our Values – We value...
Service to the community
People
Diversity
Improvement
Service to the Community
We value service to the community by...
Working with all groups to reduce risk
Treating everyone fairly and with respect
Being answerable to those we serve
Striving for excellence in all we do
People
We value all our employees by practising and promoting...
Fairness and respect
Recognition of merit
Honesty, integrity and mutual trust
Personal development
Co–operative and inclusive working
Diversity
We value diversity in the Service and the community by...
Treating everyone fairly and with respect
Providing varying solutions for different needs and expectations
Promoting equal opportunities in employment and progression within the service
Challenging prejudice and discrimination
Improvement
We value improvement at all levels of the Service by...
Accepting responsibility for our performance
Being open–minded
Considering criticism thoughtfully
Learning from our experience
Consulting others |
