Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Deputy Leader

Forward Plan Ref: 2014/165

Contact: Nathan Travis, 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 2012 Framework requires each Fire and Rescue Authority to produce a publicly available Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP). Within Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service (OFRS) we have called this our Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP) to make it more meaningful to the public. This report proposes a number of projects to be included within the Fire Authority’s CRMP for the fiscal year 2015-16.

The proposals in this report were presented to the Performance Scrutiny Committee on 25 September 2014.

The agreed proposals within this Action Plan 2015-16 have been subjected to full internal and external consultation for a period of 12 weeks. Cabinet is therefore invited to comment on the proposed Action Plan, consultation responses and management responses to the consultation responses.

Our medium term financial plan and supporting business strategy underpin the proposals within our CRMP action plan.

Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to agree that all of the project proposals within this report are accepted and adopted in the final version of the CRMP Action Plan 2015-16.

Recommendation agreed.

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 2012 Framework requires each Fire and Rescue Authority to produce a publicly available Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP). Within Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service (OFRS) this is our Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP).

Cabinet had before them for approval the Action Plan 2015-16 which had been subjected to full internal and external consultation for a period of 12 weeks. Cabinet is therefore invited to comment on the proposed Action Plan, consultation responses and management responses to the consultation responses.

Nathan Travis, Deputy Chief Fire Officer detailed the projects outlined in the report.

During discussion Cabinet welcomed the 4 projects and emphasised that in respect to Project 1 that the Fire and Rescue Service not be seen as a substitute for the ambulance service they were working alongside. Nathan Travis confirmed that it was clear to all involved that they provided a support service and not a replacement service.

Cabinet congratulated the Fire and Rescue Service on their work on the community safety hub, which would allow them to benefit the local community and to further enhance their already excellent reputation.

RESOLVED:           to agree that all of the project proposals within this report are accepted and adopted in the final version of the CRMP Action Plan 2015-16.