Have Your Say Tell us your views on our plans for the Fire and Rescue Service Have Your Say • From 13th December 2019 to 6th March 2020 you can take part in our consultation • We want to know what you think • We will be gathering views about our plans from our communities • Look out for upcoming consultation events on our Facebook and Twitter Have Your Say

What is an Integrated Risk Management Plan?

How do we know what risks our communities face?

How will we manage these risks to keep you safe? Why do we consult? Have Your Say We plan how to tackle the risks our communities face every • We want to know year. what you think Our plans include deciding about our plans where and how to use our resources. It is important to us to take into account what you think about the impact of any changes. Our Finances Have Your The Medium Term Financial Plan Say

2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 £m £m £m £m

Net Expenditure 28,409 28,851 29,520 30,223

Total Government 9,024 8,573 8,144 7,737 Funding Local Business Rates 1,409 1,409 1,409 1,409 Council Tax 17,865 18,409 18,969 19.546 Surplus on Collection 0,111 0 0 0 Fund Total Funding 28,409 28,391 28,522 28,692

Shortfall 0 -0,460 -0.998 -1.531 Integrated Risk You can read the full Plan and our Management Community Risk Profile Plan at: https://www.ddfire.gov. Have Your Say uk/service-plans Question 1

Do you have any comments or suggested amendments to our three-year Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP) document? Following our trial, do you Emergency support our proposal to Response implement the crewing arrangements at Durham and on a permanent basis from April Have Your Say 2020? Question 2 & 3

Following our trial, do you support our proposal to implement the day crewing arrangements at and on a permanent basis from April 2020? 2019/20 Emergency Response Trial Have Your Say Pre Trial Arrangements Durham Fire Station 2 x Full time Firefighter Appliances 1 x On Call Firefighter Appliance

Spennymoor Fire Station 1 x Full time Firefighter Appliance using Day Crewing Shift System (8am-5pm, Mon-Fri) 1 x On Call Firefighter Appliance during the day 2 x On Call Firefighter Appliance at night (when Day Crews are off)

Seaham and Newton Aycliffe Fire Stations 1 x Full time Firefighter Appliance using Day Crewing Plus Shift System (24 Hours a Day cover) 1 x On Call Firefighter Appliance 24 hours a day 2019/20 Emergency Response Trial Have Your Say During the Trial arrangements Durham 1 x Full time Firefighter Appliance 1 x Full time Firefighter Targeted Response Vehicle Appliance 1 x On Call Firefighter Appliance

Spennymoor 1 x Fulltime Firefighter Appliance 1 x On Call Firefighter Appliance

Seaham and Newton Aycliffe

1 x Fulltime Firefighter Appliance using Day Crewing Shift System (7am-7pm, 7 days a week) 1 x On Call Firefighter Appliance 24 hours a day 2019/20 Emergency Response Trial Outcomes Have Your Service Area Say 2019/20 Emergency Response Trial Have Your Outcomes Say Predicted Outcomes 2019/20 Emergency Response Trial Outcomes Have Your Actual Impact Say Response Standards

Have Your Say Question 4

We have maintained our response standards based on our historical approach to responding to incidents. Do you support our approach to maintain these standards or do you think we should carry out a review? Arson Reduction

Have Your Say Question 5

Given the increase in arson that we have experienced over the last few years do you support our intention to reallocate some resources into arson reduction initiatives? Our initiatives Have Your Say Safe and Well Being Visits

Have Your Say Question 6

Do you support our approach to continue to focus our safe and wellbeing visits on those people who are at greatest risk from fire? False Alarms (Unwanted Fire Signals) Have Your Say Question 7

Following our trial, do you support our proposal to introduce a charging system for certain businesses when we attend multiple unwanted fire signals to their premises? Have Your Say

Our business charging scheme, which was trialled in April – September 2019, has shown a 14% reduction in Unwanted Fire Signals • Visit our website and fill in our online survey www.cddfrs.gov.uk Have Your Say • Check out our twitter feed @CDDFRS and look for our survey How do I share link my views? • Take a look at our Facebook page @ and Fire and Rescue Service and follow the link to our survey

• Fill in the form and return to us at HQ Thank You

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