Agenda and minutes

of the previous meeting held on 11 July 2017 attached.

RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting held on 11 July 2017 be signed as a correct record.

Report of the Assistant Chief Fire Officer – Service Improvement (CSCPC/17/8) attached.

The Committee considered a report of the Assistant Chief Fire Officer – Service Improvement (CSCPC/17/8) that set out details of the legal requirement for every Fire & Rescue Service to develop an Integrated Risk Management Plan.  Also included as an Appendix was a proposed draft Integrated Risk Management Plan.

The report provided an overview of:

·        the process that had been followed in Devon & Somerset in terms of the analysis of the risks faced;

·        the internal engagement that had been carried out with staff and Authority Members to date;

·        the feedback that had been received together with information on how the outcomes had been fed into the proposed Integrated Risk Management Plan.

The Assistant Chief Fire Officer – Service Improvement – advised that this was the first formal draft of the Plan to be submitted to the Committee for consideration.  Reference was made to the process for approval of the Plan.  It was noted that, once the draft Plan had been approved by the Fire & Rescue Authority, there would be a public consultation exercise lasting for about 10 weeks to include as many stakeholders as possible such as local authorities.  Once the public consultation exercise was concluded, the feedback would be considered and fed into the Integrated Risk Management Plan as appropriate before it was submitted for final approval by the Fire & Rescue Authority at its meeting on 19 February 2018.

The Committee then considered the draft Integrated Risk Management Plan in detail.  Following a lengthy discussion, the Committee expressed the view that, in view of the number of changes proposed and the point that the final document would be in a different format, its preference would be to see the revised draft of the Plan prior to its submission to the Authority for approval.  It was suggested that a slightly different process may be appropriate in view of the point that there was not a further meeting of the Committee scheduled.

Councillor Ellery MOVED (seconded by Councillor Leaves):

“ that the Chief Fire Officer, in conjunction with the Chair and Vice Chair of the  Community Safety & Corporate Planning Committee be delegated authority to make the amendments to the draft Integrated Risk Management plan as indicated at the meeting, with a view to the final Plan being submitted to the Fire & Rescue Authority on 20 October 2017 for approval as the basis for public consultation”.

Upon a vote, the motion was CARRIED unanimously.

RESOLVED

(a)            that the Chief Fire Officer, in consultation with the Chair and Vice     Chair of the Community Safety & Corporate Planning Committee, be delegated authority to make the amendments to the draft Integrated Risk Management Plan as indicated at the meeting, with a view to the final Plan being submitted to the Fire & Rescue Authority on 20 October 2017 for approval as the basis for public consultation;

(b)            subject to (a) above, the draft Plan be accepted in principle.