Decisions

Following agreement on Surrey Fire and Rescue Service’s business case for transformation, the service are preparing to consult on a new Integrated Risk Management Plan. As set out by the Fire and Rescue Service National Framework, the plan sets out our priorities to keep the public safe, this will amend our current response cover and provide a greater emphasis on community and business safety activity, and it will also provide further proposals focused around our cultural transformation.

In order to transform, we need to realign resources and the culture of the service. We need to shift our focus to prevent emergencies happening by investing in business and community safety. We also need to create a new operating model that ensures we are available to response when emergencies do occur. We also need to address the issues raised as part of the HMICFRS inspection and our local risks. 

This plan sets out our proposals to:

• Do more to prevent emergencies from happening and make Surrey safer
• Make sure we have the right resources in the right place at the right time to respond when you need us in an emergency
• Continuously look at ways that we can improve what we do so we are as effective and as efficient as we can be
• Continue to strengthen our approach to collaboration with our partners
• Invest in our people to make sure they have the best training and are as motivated as possible
• Create a culture that is collaborative, inclusive and diverse

It was AGREED to commence public consultation on the proposal outlined.

Reasons for Decision:

The responses to the consultation will be presented to Cabinet so that they can be taken into account by it in  any future decision on the proposal.