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integrated risk ManageMent pLanning consuLtation docuMent 2013 – 2014

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Welcome to Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue’s annual consultation. This year we are consulting on our priorities for 2013/14 and seeking your views on our Integrated Risk Management Planning Baseline Document 2013 – 2016. The latter identifies our key risks for the next three years and outlines the key strategies for mitigating those risks, so that we can continue to make Lincolnshire a safer place to live, work and visit. We have also provided an update on progress against last year’s proposals.

Your feedback really does matter, with all comments and suggestions being carefully considered. Last year we consulted on the proposal to reduce the number of hydraulic platforms from three to two, and whilst this proposal was supported, the consultation feedback suggested that one of the hydraulic platforms should be shared between Boston and Skegness, to provide greater resilience during the holiday season. So this is what we will do. More information about our progress against last year’s priorities and proposals is included within this document.

I would like to thank you for taking the time to read this consultation document and submitting your feedback. Further information about Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue is on our website www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/lfr and if you have any other enquiries, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Kind regards

Dave RamscarChief Fire Officer

This Consultation Document forms part of our overall Integrated Risk Management Planning (IRMP) process. It describes the progress we have made against the proposals included in last year’s consultation document. It also provides an opportunity to comment on a number of new proposals which impact on the way in which we deliver the service. The Document is in 4 parts as follows:

Part 1 Welcome and IntroductionPart 2 Progress against last year’s proposalsPart 3 Areas for consultation for this year Part 4 Feedback

We welcome any feedback on our proposals for 2013/14 which will be used to help prioritise our plans and improve the service we deliver to the communities of Lincolnshire.

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Dave Ramscar, Chief Fire Officer

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service priorities 2012/13

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As part of last year’s consultation we sought views on our Service priorities for 2012/13 as well as a number of proposed changes to the way in which we deliver the Service. All the areas on which we consulted were supported by the majority of respondents, subsequently endorsed by the Fire Authority and adopted by the Service with effect from April 2012. Progress against each of the proposals is described below:

Our Service priorities are divided into operational and improvement priorities as follows:

Operational Priorities

• Reduce deaths and injuries from fire, road traffic collisions and circulatory diseases. Between April and September 2012 we have seen a reduction in the number of fire injuries and fatalities compared to the same period last year. The number of killed and seriously injured from road traffic collisions has fallen and we have continued to have a positive effect through our co-responder scheme at incidents arising from circulatory disease issues1.

• Reduce arson and antisocial behaviour in the community. So far this year we have seen a significant reduction in the number of fires started deliberately compared to the same period last year. We have seen a slight increase in the number of malicious false alarm calls received by the Service over the same period1.

Improvement Priorities

• Implement the recommendations from the Service Delivery Project. The aim of our Service Delivery Project was to review the way in which we deliver our response capability to ensure we can continue to provide a robust, sustainable and efficient level of fire and rescue cover across the County in the future. The key recommendations from the project, which we consulted on last year, and progress against each is described in the ‘Changes to Service Delivery’ section to the right.

• Enhance our capability to deal with major emergencies. We continue to work with our partners in the Local Resilience Forum ensuring we are prepared for major emergencies. To help mitigate the risk of East coast flooding, we have taken receipt of 10 additional water rescue boats which became operational in June this year. We are looking to complement this with additional rafting capability, funded through DEFRA2, by the end of the year.

The key recommendations from our Service Delivery Project and progress against each are as follows:

• Increasing the training time from an average of 2 to 3 hours per week for all Retained Duty System (RDS) staff. The increase in training time was introduced on 1 April 2012 in conjunction with our new 3-year training plan. While the transition has been relatively smooth it is recognised the content and structure of the programme needs some fine tuning to ensure it continues to meet the needs of the Service. This will be undertaken as part of the project review process.

• Increasing from 2 to 9 the number of fire engines across the County crewed by wholetime firefighters 24 hours a day. Our proposal was for the 2 Lincoln stations to remain staffed by wholetime firefighters around the clock and have wholetime firefighters based at 7 of the other stations3 during the day, providing on-call cover at night from these locations (day crewing system). The intention was to implement these changes in a phased approach over the next 3 years and we are currently on track to do so. We now have 6 fire engines crewed 24 hours a day by wholetime firefighters; the remaining changes will be completed by 2015.

• Reducing the number of hydraulic platform vehicles in the County from 3 to 2. The plan to reduce the number of hydraulic platforms was endorsed by the Fire Authority with the caveat that one of the remaining appliances will be located in Lincoln with the other located in Boston during the winter and Skegness during the summer. These changes will take effect from June 2013; this will coincide with the replacement of the remaining hydraulic platforms with 2 new aerial ladder platform vehicles.

1 The figures for this priority for the full year (ending March 2013) will be included in our Service Plan 2013/14 which will be available on our website.2 DEFRA – Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

3 Boston, Skegness, Grantham, Gainsborough, Spalding, Sleaford and Louth.

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Based on our key service drivers and our assessment of community risks, we believe our Service priorities for 2013/14 should be as follows:

Operational Priorities

• Reduce fires and their consequences• Reduce road traffic collisions and their consequences• Improve health and wellbeing

Improvement Priorities

• Continue to implement the recommendations from the Service Delivery Project• Develop our Information Communications Technology capability to ensure it meets the needs of the

Service Our proposal is to adopt these Service priorities from 1 April 2013.

Our IRMP Baseline Document identifies those risks to the community that we, as a fire and rescue service, can do something about. It also outlines the key strategies we will adopt over the next 3 years to reduce those risks.

Our draft IRMP Baseline Document 2013-16 is available on our website at http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/lfr. It forms part of our overall IRMP process and provides the foundation on which to develop further detailed plans.

A pictorial summary of the document, highlighting the risks and our proposed strategies to deal with them, is shown overleaf.

If you would like to comment on the document please do so using one of the methods described in the feedback section.

register your vieWs in the Feedback section

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suMMary oF key risks & strategies

Reduce fires and their consequences

Reduce RTCs and their consequences

Reduce ASB

Improve health and wellbeing

Protect the community and environment from

the impact of major emergencies

Manage our people effectively

Manage our resources effectively

Govern the business effectively

service objectives core strategies

• Risk-Based Approach• Working With Partners• Setting Priorities• Business Continuity Planning• Evaluating Outcomes• Engaging The Community

• Home Safety• Arson Reduction• Youth Engagement• Road Safety

• Support to the Business Community• Unwanted Fire Signals• Fire Protection Systems• Safe Systems of Work• Environmental Protection• Business Continuity Management

• Call Management and Incident Support• Response Standards• Weight of Attack• Scale and Concurrency• Resilience• Operational Risk Information• Operational Assurance• Operational Doctrine

• Financial Planning• Asset Management• People Planning

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1 Includes major industrial and transport accidents.2 Severe weather includes: storms and gales, low temperatures and heavy snow, heat waves and drought.3 Resulting from staff shortage, loss of premises, technology failure, loss of information or loss of suppliers and partners.

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Fires

Road traffic collisions (RTCs)

Anti-social behaviour (ASB)

Cardio vascular emergencies

East coast flooding

Inland flooding

Environmental pollution and major accidents1

Severe weather2

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and terrorist related incidents

Failure to maintain and develop the competencies and skills of the workforce

Failure to maintain adequate Equality and Diversity policies ensuring a representative workforce and that services are delivered effectively and

equally to the community

Failure to maintain an appropriately structured workforce

Failure to ensure effective financial and performance management in the planning and delivery of Service activities

Failure to respond to a major disruption of service3

Failure to manage and discharge health and safety responsibilities effectively

Failure to communicate and consult with all internal and external stakeholders

Failure to identify and engage with partners, both locally and nationally, to deliver efficiencies and ensure

effective inter-Service and inter-agency operations

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Feedback – We Want to hear What you think

If you are reading this electronically, please complete the feedback form here – http://microsites.lincolnshire.gov.uk/lfr/IRMPConsultation.

If you are reading this in hard copy format, please complete and return the feedback form enclosed.

This consultation ends on Friday 1 March 2013.

provide your Feedback on the draFt irMp baseLine docuMent in the Feedback section

Fire saFety in the hoMe

The easiest way to protect your home and family from fire is to fit a smoke alarm. They save lives by alerting you and your family to a fire situation, and allowing you time to escape.Fit smoke alarms on every level of your house and test them every week. A good way to remember is to test them when you put out your bins. You are more at risk from fire when asleep. It is a good idea to check your home before you go to bed, namely;

Close interior doors at night to stop a fire from spreading

Turn off and unplug electrical appliances unless they are designed to be left on – like your freezer

Check your cooker is turned off

Do not leave the washing machine on

Turn heaters off and put up fireguards

Extinguish candles and cigarettes properly

Make sure exits are kept clear

Keep windows and door keys where everyone can find them

Ensure you and your family have an escape plan Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue offers a free home fire safety check. A fire officer will visit your home and provide advice on all the above issues, and install smoke alarms including specialist alarms for people with hearing difficulties.

to request a hoMe Fire saFety check contact 01522 582222 or eMaiL hFsc@LincoLn.Fire-uk.org

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