DRAFT “Working Together for a Safer Gloucestershire” Integrated Risk Management Plan 2018-2021 www.glosfire.gov.uk/irmp Contents Introduction ....................................................................................................... 1 Emergency Service Collaboration................................................................... 3 Our Mission ....................................................................................................... 5 Our Values ......................................................................................................... 6 Statutory Duties and Responsibilities ............................................................ 7 What is an Integrated Risk Management Plan? .............................................. 8 What did we achieve through our last IRMP? ................................................ 9 Gloucestershire’s Risk Profile ....................................................................... 13 Risks in Gloucestershire ................................................................................ 15 Our Approach .................................................................................................. 16 Our Strategic Aims .......................................................................................... 17 Performance Overview ................................................................................... 26 How we continue to improve our Risk Management .................................. 35 Key Objectives 2018 - 21 ................................................................................ 37 Introduction The Fire Authority I remain confident that with the unstinting support of the Welcome to Gloucestershire County Council’s county council, Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Fire and Rescue Integrated Risk Management Service will continue to deliver a high class prevention Plan (IRMP) covering the 2018-21 period. and response service to the communities of As the Fire and Rescue Authority and governing Gloucestershire for the foreseeable future. body for the county, Gloucestershire County It is only by working in partnership with others that the Council has a legal duty to ensure that we provide Service has been able to utilise existing equipment and a highly effective and efficient fire and rescue skills in unique ways that provide support not only to the service that is also value for money. County Council, but also to other partners and This Integrated Risk Management Plan is the vision organisations delivering true ‘social value’ to the of how we aim to address the challenges faced by communities of Gloucestershire and helping to protect your fire and rescue service over the coming years. the most vulnerable among us. The Service continues to face wide ranging The drive and ambition to innovate and work with others challenges from a continually evolving risk picture, will continue unabated. Across the next three years it is new legislation and national drivers through to calls hoped that existing relationships will flourish and new to ‘reform’. ones come to fruition; in doing so we will be able to truly live up to the Service’s mission statement: Cllr Nigel Moor I hope that this plan demonstrates to the people of Cabinet Member for Fire, Gloucestershire the dedication and commitment “Working together we will provide the highest Planning & Infrastructure made to ensuring their ongoing safety and standard of community safety and emergency provides reassurance that ‘come what may’, response services to the communities of Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service is Gloucestershire”. prepared for every eventuality and able to react accordingly. Lead Cabinet Member Fire, Planning and Infrastructure Gloucestershire County Council 1 The Fire and Rescue Service I am confident that in this County we are already making significant progress and have a clear plan Following on from a successful IRMP covering for the future. With the dedication and 2015-18, I am pleased to say that following commitment of our highly professional staff, we excellent progress over the course of the last can ensure that your Fire and Rescue Service is three years, your Fire and Rescue Service as efficient and effective as possible. remains at the forefront of delivering a safe environment in which to live and work for the The previous plan, which was published in 2015, people and communities of Gloucestershire. set out the blueprint for a revised delivery model which placed greater emphasis on prevention However, there is still much to do and I firmly believe work thereby reducing risk and helping people to that we can deliver further improvements to make lead safer lives, reducing risk and demand on our your Service truly first class and something of which Service whilst helping to drive down costs. we can all be extremely proud. This approach allowed us to maintain our Alongside the tough financial picture that the public position as one of the highest performing and sector continues to face, we have now also been set lowest cost-per-head Services in the whole additional challenges by HM Government. The reform country, whilst at the same time allowing us to agenda led by the Home Office is now accelerating introduce innovative solutions to help protect the requirement for the fire sector to make significant the most vulnerable in our communities. Stewart Edgar QFSM improvements incorporating greater collaboration, Chief Fire Officer efficiency and workforce diversity. and Operations Director Chief Fire Officer and Operations Director Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service 2 Emergency Services Collaboration Collaboration is not a new concept; it is something Background Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service has been The Prime Minister’s announcement on 5 January successfully delivering on over the past four years. We are engaged in a vast range of successful 2016 that responsibility for fire and rescue policy has transferred from the Department for Communities collaborative arrangements, some of which have and Local Government to the Home Office been nationally recognised and applauded. Much has already been achieved to increase effectiveness demonstrates the Government’s commitment for and efficiency through excellent joint working closer collaboration between police and fire and rescue services. Bringing together responsibility for between Gloucestershire Constabulary, fire and police in the same d epartment will provide Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service and SWASFT. the same clear leadership in central Government that their proposals on emergency services collaboration Current collaboration ranges from estate seek to deliver locally. It provides an excellent management through to upstream prevention. opportunity for sharing good practice to drive reform Estate sharing and to deliver better outcomes for the public. Headquarters; shared by GFRS and Gloucestershire Constabulary. Other teams The Policing and Crime Act 2017 further reforms co-located include Trading Standards, Road policing and enables important changes that aim to Camera Safety Team, Road Safety Team, build capacity, improve efficiency and increase public Civil Protection, Social Care Emergency “The Policing and Crime confidence. One of the main provisions places a duty Teams (including mental health crisis team), Act has formalised on police, fire and ambulance services to work Police and Fire mobilising control rooms. together. existing working Tri-Service workshop; shared by the 3 blue arrangements already light services and also maintains the County Emergency services play an essential part in serving Council’s fleet established in our communities and keeping them safe. Whilst the Lydney Fire Station; provides a Police Point Gloucestershire” police, fire and rescue service and ambulance with designated areas for police to meet and service all have distinct frontline roles, it is clear that interview people close collaboration between them can provide real benefits for the public and help each Service better Gloucester South Fire Station; provides shared facilities with SWASFT, British Red meet the demands and challenges they face. The Cross and Severn Area Rescue Association Policing and Crime Act potentially offers us increased opportunities to improve operational and preventative Dursley Fire Station; SWASFT ambulance co- effectiveness to ensure we are working together for a located and permanently based with full facilities for staff safer Gloucestershire. 3 Upstream prevention and early interventions. Anti-Slavery (Modern Slavery) referrals Collaboration has already produced positive results following Fire Safety Inspections and forged strong links between partners. All collaboration activities have the same overarching Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements objectives; to drive efficiencies, reduce unnecessary (MAPPA); partnership working between Fire, Police, Probation and other agencies to demand for services and improve outcomes for the manage risk around arsonists community of Gloucestershire. Established workstreams include: Co-responder Scheme; firefighters in rural areas provide ‘first person on scene’ ‘Concerns for Safety’; GFRS responds to 300 emergency medical assistance to life- incidents a year at the request of SWASFT in threatening incidents on behalf of SWASFT order to gain entry into properties when there is a concern for someone’s welfare. This was Cardiac Care; firefighters in urban areas previously carried out by Police. GFRS has responding