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Fire service launches community risk management plan
21/03/2022
The four-year plan details the services priorities until 2026
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service has launched a four-year community risk management plan with the aim of reducing the danger from fires and other emergencies.
The plan details the services priorities until 2026 including, becoming a more diverse workforce, targeting residents most at risk from fires and accidents and reducing risks in commercial buildings. The service will also aim to maximise resources to provide the quickest responses to emergency calls.
Councillor Neil Fawcett, Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Community Services and Safety, said: “I very much support the vision and priorities in this community risk management plan. Reducing risks and assisting those who are most vulnerable reflect my ambitions to make Oxfordshire a safe place to live and work.
“I also applaud the ongoing determination to make our fire service a more diverse workplace, building on recent and forthcoming recruitment and awareness campaigns.”
The plan was put together following a three-month consultation in the county, which received over 230 responses.
Rob MacDougall, Chief Fire Officer for Oxfordshire County Council’s Fire and Rescue Service, said: “I am proud to be launching this community risk management plan. It clearly sets out what we need to achieve over the next four years.
“We have been involved with the National Fire Chiefs Council in developing processes for creating community risk plans and this has helped us to develop our plans. I see it as a blueprint for excellence, a clear statement that everyone in the fire service is determined to make Oxfordshire even safer in the coming months and years.”
You can see the community risk management plan here.
Published: by Banbury FM Newsteam