Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room B in Somerset House, Service Headquarters

Contact: Sam Sharman 01392 872393  Email: ssharman@dsfire.gov.uk

Items
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CSCPC/1

Election of Chair

Minutes:

RESOLVED that Councillor Redman be elected Chair of the Committee until the Annual General Meeting of the Authority in 2018.

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CSCPC/2

Minutes pdf icon PDF 204 KB

of the previous meeting held on 21 April 2017 attached.

Minutes:

RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting held on 21 April 2017 be signed as a correct record.

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CSCPC/3

Election of Vice Chair

Minutes:

RESOLVED that Councillor Eastman be elected Vice Chair of the Committee until the Annual General Meeting of the Authority in 2018

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CSCPC/4

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service Performance Report: April 2016 to March 2017 pdf icon PDF 106 KB

Report of the Chief Fire (CSCPC/17/6) attached.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee received for information a report of the Chief Fire Officer (CSCPC/17/6) that set out the performance of the Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Authority for the period April 2016 to March 2017 (with a focus on Quarter 4 of 2016/17) as measured against the indicators in the current Strategic Plan “Our Plan: 2015 to 2020).

 

The Assistant Chief Fire Officer (Service Improvement) advised the Committee that this report would normally have been considered by the Audit & Performance review Committee but due to timescales and the additional workload for the Data Hub emanating from the Grenfell Towers fire, this had not been possible.

 

The key measures set out within the report were given a green, amber or red rating according to whether performance was normal, needed monitoring or required investigation. A more rounded analysis of data was carried out to assess performance which included looking at the latest 3 months of the reporting period, the latest 12 months of the reporting period, trend analysis and performance against calculated thresholds.

 

The performance against the measures was:

 

Measure 1 – fire related deaths where people lived - there had been 6 fire related deaths where people live in 2016/17 which was a reduction on the number in 2015/16 when there had been 8 fire deaths.  The Service was not complacent, however, and a lot of work was being undertaken to mitigate against the risks, particularly with the age 85 plus group where there was a lot of work being carried out with partners to address this vulnerable group of people;

 

Measure 2 – injuries as a result of fires where people lived – there had been 64 injuries in 2016/17 as compared with 83 in 2015/16, although the figure had risen slightly in the last quarter pushing the figure up.  This was on amber rating presently and was being monitored. It was noted that most of the fires were kitchen and/or cooking related so more work was being undertaken on education;

 

Measure 3 – fire where people lived – there had been 1004 fires in the 12 months from April 2016 to March 2017 as compared with 966 in the previous year.  The long term trend was downwards, however;

 

Measure 4 – fire related deaths where people worked, visited and in vehicles – there had been 5 deaths in 2016/17 as compared with 4 in 2015/16.  3 of these were as a result of road traffic collisions, 1 due to a suicide and 1 at a hospice;

 

Measure 5 – injuries as a result of fires where people worked, visited and in vehicles – there had been an improvement in this measure with 21 fire related injuries in 2016/17 as opposed to 36 in 2015/16;

 

Measure 6 – fires where people worked, visited or in vehicles – there had been a total of 1321 fires in 2016/17 as compared to 1251 in 2015/16;

 

Measures 7 & 8 – Emergency Response Standards (ERS) for attendance at fires where people lived and at road traffic  ...  view the full minutes text for item CSCPC/4

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CSCPC/5

Draft Integrated Risk Management Plan pdf icon PDF 108 KB

Report of the Assistant Chief Fire Officer – Service Improvement (CSCPC/17/7) TO FOLLOW.

Minutes:

The Committee received for information a report (CSCPC/17/7) that set out an overview of the progress made to date with the new Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP).

 

The Area Manager (Strategy & Business Change) gave a presentation at the meeting in respect of the work that had been undertaken to date on the 6 key risks that had been identified and reported to this Committee previously.  There had been a lot of consultation undertaken with staff, the business community and partners and a document was circulated at the meeting setting out the progress made with the identification of key areas of work to be undertaken emanating from the risks that had been set out.

 

Reference was made in particular to the roadshow that had been undertaken already in Torbay with the business community to raise awareness of heritage buildings and fire safety issues.  This had been a very successful initiative and it was suggested that this should be rolled out to other areas.

 

Attention was also drawn to the fishing industry and the need for fire protection to be considered in this context.  The Area Manager (Strategy & Business Change) indicated that he would recognise this as a risk for consideration and inclusion within the Local Plans.

 

The Assistant Chief Fire Officer (Service Improvement) advised that there was still more work to be undertaken on the draft Integrated Risk Management Plan but a revised document would be submitted to the Committee prior to approval by the Fire & Rescue Authority.  The Chairman requested that a specific meeting be set up to enable the Committee to engage with and consider the proposed Integrated Risk Management Plan in depth.

 

Councillor Ellery MOVED (seconded by Councillor Eastman):

 

           that an additional meeting of the Committee be set up on a date to be agreed        in September 2017 to consider the draft Integrated Risk Management Plan in         detail prior to its submission to the Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue             Authority”.

 

Upon a vote, this was CARRIED unanimously.

 

RESOLVED

 

(a)         that an additional meeting of the Committee be set up on a date to be          agreed in September 2017 to consider the draft Integrated Risk         Management Plan in detail prior to its submission ot the Devon &       Somerset Fire & Rescue Authority”; and

(b)         Subject to (a) above, the report be noted.