Issue - meetings

Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP) Fire & Rescue - Project

Meeting: 14/02/2012 - Cabinet (Item 26)

26 Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP) Fire & Rescue - Project PDF 91 KB

Cabinet Member: Safer & Stronger Communities

Forward Plan Ref: 2011/175

Contact: David Etheridge, Chief Fire Officer Tel: (01865) 855206; Colin Thomas, Acting Deputy Chief Fire Officer Tel: (01865) 855206

Report by Chief Fire Officer (CA8).

The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 requires the Secretary of State to prepare a Fire and Rescue National Framework to which Fire Authorities must have regard when discharging their functions. The 2008-11 Framework requires each Fire and Rescue Authority to produce a publicly available IRMP. The report proposes a number of projects to be included within the Fire Authority’s IRMP for the fiscal year 2012-13.

The proposals in the report were agreed in their entirety by the Delegated Cabinet Member for Safer and Stronger Communities, Councillor Judith Heathcoat, on 17th October 2011.

The proposals were also presented to the Safer & Stronger Communities Scrutiny Committee on 7th November 2011 and are to be considered on 13th February 2012.

The agreed proposals within this Action Plan 2012-13 have been subjected to full internal & external consultation for a period of 12 weeks. Cabinet is therefore invited to comment on the proposed Action Plan, consultation responses & management responses to the consultation responses.

The proposals for the 2012 - 2013 Action Plan are as follows:

Project 1: Business Continuity Review

Responsible Manager: Area Manager – Business & Improvement

Project 2: Recruitment & Advancement Review

Responsible Manager: Area Manager – Service Support

Project 3: Road Traffic Casualty Reduction

Responsible Manager: Area Manager - Safety

Project 4: Olympics 2012 Pre-Planning

Responsible Manager: Area Manager – Operations & Resilience

Project 5: Retained Duty System (RDS) Availability Review

Responsible Manager: Area Manager – Operations & Resilience

Project 6: Operational Assurance Framework

Responsible Manager: Area Manager – Projects

Project 7: Data Sharing to Improve the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults & Children

Responsible Manager: Area Manager – Safety

Project 8: Review of Incident Command, Baseline Worst Case Operational Scenario Planning Assumptions.

Responsible Manager: Area Manager – Operations and Resilience

Project 9: Improving Fire Control Resilience

Responsible Manager; Deputy Chief Fire Officer

Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to agree that all of the project proposals within this report are accepted by Cabinet and adopted in the final version of the IRMP Action Plan 2012-13.

Minutes:

The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 requires the Secretary of State to prepare a Fire and Rescue National Framework to which Fire Authorities must have regard when discharging their functions. The 2008-11 Framework requires each Fire and Rescue Authority to produce a publicly available IRMP. The report considered by Cabinet proposed a number of projects to be included within the Fire Authority’s IRMP for the fiscal year 2012-13 and Cabinet commented on the proposed Action Plan, consultation responses & management responses to the consultation responses.

The Cabinet Member for Safer & Stronger Communities in introducing the contents of the report drew attention to a consultation response received after the deadline for responses. The response expressed concerns at the levels of retained duty fire fighters and over the future of the Carterton fire station. Referring to the report itself she noted that many of the projects were interconnected such as projects 2 and 5. She highlighted projects 3 and 7 that reflected the fully corporate and integrated nature of the Service. The Chief Fire Officer added that the large majority of the responses had been supportive. The consultation had been extensive and they would provide a public response to all consultation responses received.

RESOLVED: to agree that all of the project proposals detailed within the report and listed below are accepted by Cabinet and adopted in the final version of the IRMP Action Plan 2012-13: