Station command structure

During a recent review of the way that Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service organise station based personnel and resources, we looked if there was a better way of doing things. We looked at how our firefighters;

Respond to calls for help from the public;
train together;
maintain professional standards of service delivery;
prevent fires and other types of incidents;
clean and maintain their personal equipment, vehicles, rescue equipment and Fire Stations;
provide administrative support processes;
collect and assess risks in the community and commercial premises.

One of the results of the review was a change to the Station Management Structure and associated responsibilities.

Previously we had 5 area risk teams who organised the work in the list above. We now have 6 Station Commanders who manage Station based personnel across 3 or 4 individual Stations arranged into clusters. We have created a Group Command support team who will provide support to each one of the Station Commanders.