Strategic Assessment and Action Plan

Starting in summer 2020, we held a number of internal workshops and seminars, along with seeking feedback from our partners, including other fire and rescue services and police forces nationally, which has led to the creation of our 2021-2025 strategy.

Our Response and Resilience Strategy is supported by an assessment which brings together all of the insight, evidence and data we’ve used to develop this blueprint.

We have developed an action plan which is a ‘live’ document and will be updated regularly by the Response and Resilience Board. The action plan outlines the activities we need to complete to implement the strategy.

This includes:

The ten year forward assessment of risks and challenges presented in the Customer Safety Plan
An analysis conducted by the Response and Resilience team of the current environment they are operating in
A strengths and weaknesses analysis conducted by the Response and Resilience team
Engagement across the organisation, capturing what everyone that works for us thinks the future holds
National and international research on the impact of climate change and impacts on the natural environment
Operational debriefs of incidents we have attended
Feedback received from completed projects
Completed people impact assessments and equality of access case studies
The outcome of research on exposure to, and mitigating the impacts of, contaminants in the workplace
The requirements contained within the Fire and Rescue National framework
National Operational Guidance
Best practice defined within the national fire standards
Assessments contained within the National Risk Register and Community Risk Register
Future planning proposals contained within the local Growth and Infrastructure Framework