Special Safer and Stronger Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Date Thursday 13 November 2014 Time 10.00 am Venue County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Authority Headquarters, Belmont Business Park, DH1 1TW
Business
Part A
Items during which the Press and Public are welcome to attend. Members of the Public can ask questions with the Chairman's agreement.
1. Apologies for Absence 2. Substitute Members 3. Declarations of Interest, if any 4. Any items from Co-opted Members or Interested Parties 5. Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP) 2015/16 to 2017/18 - Consultation: (Pages 1 - 36) (i) Report of the Deputy Chief Fire Officer, County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Authority. (ii) Presentation by the Deputy Chief Fire Officer, County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Authority (iii) Tour of the County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Authority Headquarters. 6. Such other business as, in the opinion of the Chairman of the meeting, is of sufficient urgency to warrant consideration
Colette Longbottom Head of Legal and Democratic Services
County Hall Durham 5 November 2014
To: The Members of the Safer and Stronger Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Councillor D Boyes (Chairman) Councillor T Nearney (Vice-Chairman)
Councillors J Armstrong, J Charlton, P Conway, J Cordon, S Forster, J Gray, D Hall, C Hampson, B Harrison, M Hodgson, G Holland, J Maitland, N Martin, J Measor, K Shaw, W Stelling, P Stradling, J Turnbull and C Wilson
Co -opted Members: Mr A J Cooke and Mr J Welch
Co -opted Employees/Officers: S Errington and Chief Superintendent G Hall
Contact: Martin Tindle Tel : 03000 269 713
Agenda Item 5
Safer and Stronger Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee
13 November 2014
Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP) 2015/16 to 2017/18 Consultation
Report of Stuart Errington, Deputy Chief Fire Officer, County Durham & Darlington Fire & Rescue Authority
Purpose of the Report
1. To provide the Safer Stronger Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee with background to the Fire Authority’s IRMP consultation for 2015/16 – 2017/18. The Committee will be provided with a presentation setting out details of the consultation and key issues for the Fire Authority going forward.
Background
2. The Fire and Rescue Service National Framework for England (published in July 2012 by the Department of Communities and local Government) places a statutory responsibility on all Fire and Rescue Authorities to produce an IRMP.
3. The IRMP must be publicly available (currently on the County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service website, attached at Appendix 2) and cover at least a three year timescale. The Framework requires that an IRMP must also:
° Be regularly reviewed and reflect up to date risk information and evaluation of the outcomes of delivering our service; ° Identify and assess all foreseeable fire and rescue related risks that could affect the community; ° Have regard to existing analyses of risk to communities completed by partners such as Local and Regional Resilience Forums; ° Reflect effective consultation during its development and at all review stages with representatives of all sections of the community and those who have a stake in the local area; ° Demonstrate how prevention, protection and response activities will be best used to reduce the impact of risk on communities in a cost effective way; ° Provide details of how Fire and Rescue Authorities deliver their objectives and meet the needs of communities through working with partners.
4. The IRMP will be equality impact assessed to ensure County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service’s activities and proposals satisfy the requirements of equality legislation.
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5. The Fire Authority has a statutory duty to consult on the contents of its IRMP. The views of all relevant stakeholders will be considered by the Authority before it finalises the IRMP for the three year period. .
6. The consultation on the IRMP will include Area Action Partnerships, Parish and Town Councils, Service Personnel and Social Media as in previous years. The Authority is also holding a number of specific consultation events in the areas most impacted by the potential changes.
7. The consultation period commenced on 28 July and ends on 01 December 2014.
The 2015/16 – 2017/18 IRMP
8. The format and content of the IRMP reflects the requirements of the Fire and Rescue Service National Framework and is focused on the public as the main recipient of the information it contains. This IRMP consultation covers the Authority’s second phase of Service Transformation.
9. The IRMP will set out how the Authority will implement a number of cost saving measures whilst mininimsing the impact on the local communities, including:
• Sharing fire stations with our partners; • Responding to specific medical emergencies with trained firefighters in support of the North East Ambulance Service; • Changing the crewing arrangements for the Arial Ladder Platform at Darlington; • Reviewing the number of emergency response fire officers we employ; • Reviewing the staffing model at Spennymoor Fire Station.
FUTURE IRMP’s
10. In addition to setting out the options covering the period 2015/16 – 2017/18 the Authority will also publish an annual action plan providing details of the individual options being taken forward each year throughout the three year period.
Recommendations
11. Members are requested to
(i) Consider and note the content of the IRMP consultation for 2015/16 – 2017/18which will be presented at the meeting. (ii) Provide feedback on the IRMP for 2015/16 – 2017/18.
Contact: Michael Pearson, Organisational Development , County Durham & Darlington Fire and Rescue Authority Tel: 0191 375 5661 E-mail: [email protected]
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Appendix 1: Implications
Finance – None
Staffing – None
Risk - None
Equality and Diversity / Public Sector Equality Duty – None
Accommodation - None
Crime and Disorder – None
Human Rights – None
Consultation – Outcomes from this report and presentation will raise Members awareness of the Fire Authority’s consultation on its Integrated Risk Management Plan.
Procurement – None
Disability Issues – None
Legal Implications – None
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