Safer communities
Strategic Priority 1
We will have sustainable and scalable interventions in place to mitigate the risks likely to affect our communities.
Actions:
- Deliver Home Safety Interventions aligned to the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) person centred framework in a targeted, risk-based approach.
- Embed performance management and quality assurance processes for prevention and protection activities.
- Deliver and embed activities in the children and young people strategy.
- Ensure robust safeguarding mechanisms and protect those identified as vulnerable.
- Review and develop digital resources to enhance delivery of prevention and protection activities.
- Develop and embed fire and rescue volunteer network.
- Refine our approach to risk modelling by using intuitive systems capable of providing real time data sets in line with changes in our communities.
We recognise LFR has a critical role to play in keeping our communities safe. We will continue to develop our understanding of risk, analysing and utilising partner data. Integrated delivery plans will ensure we target and offer support to those who most need it.
Our identified community risks will be the focus for planning and prevention work. We will plan and deliver activities in line with our partners, considering new and emerging risks. LFR is at the heart of Lincolnshire’s communities and ideally placed to support people who need our help.
With an ageing population, and an ever-changing demographic across the county, we will train our workforce to ensure we provide timely, accurate and relevant safety information. With an agile workforce, whilst focusing on identified core risks, we will flex to support and integrate our community services.
Strategic Priority 2
We will optimise the use of data to prioritise and target people who may be at greater risk of fire and other emergencies.
Actions:
- Develop and embed risk profiling methodology for prevention and protection activities to better understand risks within our communities to support targeted activities.
- Identify partners to collaborate with and promote sharing of data to further enhance our understanding of risk.
- Embed the use of Power BI across all levels of the Service to drive service delivery and performance.
Data sets drive much of LFR’s decision making. We draw on all types of data collected internally though CFS/CFP activity, incidents we have attended, and risk visits undertaken by our staff.
We also source data externally from our partners, to identify those most vulnerable in our communities.
Strategic Priority 3
We will ensure we have skilled Deliver community protection activities to manage community safety in the non-
professionals in place to monitor (and enforce non-compliance) relevant fire safety legislation in the built environment.
Actions:
- Deliver community protection activities to manage community safety in the non-domestic setting in an effective and efficient way.
- Take formal enforcement action against those who fail to comply with fire safety legislation. Review all activities.
- Engage with local businesses and organisations in relation to compliance with fire safety regulations.
- Take positive action to reduce the impact of Unwanted Fire Signals (UFS).
- Implement training plan to upskill workforce and consider future needs for delivery of protection activities.
- Develop and implement a robust evaluation methodology to measure the impact of protection activities.
Fire safety in the built environment is recognised as an effective method of keeping people safe, with LFR committed to educating and enforcing safety standards where required.
It is important we understand those buildings that present the highest level of risk; housing those who are most vulnerable and with the greatest societal risk.
Our competent and highly skilled workforce will have the most up to date training and be equipped to deliver protection activities. We will work closely with our partners to share and understand risk in the built environment. We will explore the use of technology to streamline our processes and allow work to be carried out effectively and efficiently.
Appropriate action will be taken on those who disregard the need for compliance with fire protection requirements. Our culture will always be one of support and education, but where required we will enforce against legislation to ensure the safety of our communities and infrastructure.
Strategic Priority 4
We will monitor, support and carry out duties as required under the Civil Contingencies Act.
Actions:
- Make our communities resilient through increased whole of society resilience.
- Support Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) to ensure compliance with its duties under CCA 2004 as a Category 1 Responder.
- Support the delivery of statutory business continuity on behalf of LCC.
- Develop a robust and resilient command structure within LCC to support business continuity management development and response to business continuity events.
The Civil Contingencies Act is designed to improve emergency preparedness and response. The framework provides a structure to deal with major emergencies.
The first part of the Act considers local preparedness specifically, and requires local authorities, emergency services and key organisations to identify risks, plan responses and share information to ensure public safety.
Activities carried out will support actions taken at a local level to effectively prevent, respond and recover from emergencies whilst balancing the need for government intervention with individual rights.