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Fire and Rescue Authority Risk Reduction Plan: Wales a Safer Country

Fire and Rescue Authority Risk Reduction Plan: Wales a Safer Country
This guidance directs Fire and Rescue Authorities (FRAs) to manage risk in a comprehensive, transparent and robust manner.

The Fire and Rescue National Framework for Wales commits the Welsh Assembly Government to introduce guidance on a risk reduction strategy during 2006 for implementation in time for the 2007-08 planning period. The development of Risk Reduction Plan guidance (RRP) is intrinsically linked to the development of Service Standards, which the Welsh Assembly Government has committed to develop to set the speed of response to fires in the home.

The primary purpose of an Authority’s RRP is to reduce risk. The RRP allows FRAs to assess their whole operating environment, both community and corporate.  It is the fundamental assessment on how each Authority intend to manage risk, whilst integrating their service within the wider social justice agenda. It presents a risk management framework to develop RRP, allowing for a consistent, systematic and repeatable approach to be adopted across Wales.

In December 2005, the Assembly Government commenced two consultations on Service Standards and Risk Reduction Planning Guidance. The consultations ended on the 31 January 2006. Forty eight responses were collated for the Risk Reduction Plan consultation and twelve for the Service Standards consultation. The majority of responses were supportive of both plans.

Fire and Rescue Authority Risk Reduction Plan: Wales a Safer Country guidance directs Fire and Rescue Authorities (FRAs) to manage risk in a comprehensive, transparent and robust manner.