Successes, Challenges and the future of partnership working from a fire perspective

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Successes, Challenges and the future of
partnership working from a fire perspective

• Mick Smith
• Vince Macklam
• Gayle Elvidge

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Early Successes

• Exceeded District target for HFSCs
• Deaths and injuries caused by accidental dwelling
  fires are down
• Arson Task Force now
• mainstreamed
• Fire Setters and Youth
• engagement Programme
• Young Firefighters Programme

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Success to Date

• WYFRS seen as a credible and proactive partner
  within and beyond CDRPs
• Consistent and active presence at
• Children and Young Peoples Board
• Healthier Communities and Older Peoples Boards
• Adults and Childrens Safeguarding Board
• Safer Communities Board
• Neighbourhood Management Structure at a local
  level
• MARAC (Multi-agency risk assessment conference)
• Developing appropriate documentation

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Success to Date

• Young Firefighters Programme
• Seatbelt-On campaign
• Initiatives within the Leeds District that have
  made a real impact include
• - Leeds Telecare and Care Ring, supporting
  vulnerable people
• - Hotspots Scheme (Affordable Warmth)
• - Refugee and Asylum Support
• - East North East Leeds Homes
• Achievement of named partner status in all the
  five District LAAs

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Key Challenges

• Developing robust and lasting partnership
  arrangements
• Capturing Data
• Cultural Change
• Evidence Based Policy
• Risk Management
• Robust evaluation mechanisms
• Legal duty to respond to non-fire emergencies

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Ongoing Challenges

• Effective Performance Management
• Sustaining capacity in communities
• Commitment and support of key leaders in
  understanding the bigger picture
• Measuring effectiveness

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New Opportunities

• CAA opportunity to look at what we deliver in a
  completely new way
• Resource sharing/pooling
• Economic Slowdown challenge to continue
  reducing deliberate and accidental fires
• Improving partnership governance helping build
  shared vision and joint priorities
• Developing long term working relationships with
  further education establishments
• Review of the Hotspots Scheme and the benefits

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What is Safety Central?
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• A major new development

• The centre of excellence for the development and
  delivery of safety awareness and education
• Led by West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
  working in partnership with local agencies,
  organisations and communities
• A hub of activity based in Bramley in Leeds
  serving the whole of West Yorkshire
• Building work now complete and planning for
  official opening in Autumn 2009

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What are the key priorities?

• Focus will be on 8 work streams
• Road safety
• Alcohol abuse
• Deliberate anti-social fire prevention
• Safety awareness for older people
• Working with minority ethnic communities and
  migrant communities to increase safety in the
  home
• Accident prevention for vulnerable groups
• Safety for young people
• Financial inclusion

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How will we deliver the key priorities?

• Facilities at the centre include
• A state of the art training facility
• Flexible conference facilities
• Accessible meeting rooms
• Space for exhibitions, events and activities

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How will we deliver the key priorities?

• Beyond the Centre
• Flexible resources
• Outreach in communities
• Dedicated website to share best practice and
  resources

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How will we deliver the key priorities?

• Examples of projects under
• development
• Road Safety Road Show
• Safe and Healthy Cooking
• Targeted Safety Talks
• Safe and Healthy Homes
• Vulnerable Peoples Project
• Financial Inclusion

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How will we deliver the key priorities?

• Examples of established initiatives
• Young Firefighters Scheme
• Fire Setters Program
• Youth Offending Interventions
• Year 5 Talk
• Safety Rangers

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What is Safety Centrals wider contribution?

• National Indicators and CAA
• 18 NIs exist to which Safety Central directly
  contributes
• WYFRS is signed up to contribute to delivery of a
  number of these in each of the five district LAAs

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Summary

• We are already working with key partners and
  sharing and learning from each other.
• We are regularly developing successful
  partnership arrangements however the challenge
  comes from embedding sustainable change.
• Safety Central aims to pull together partners to
  freely share best practice and expertise, pool
  resources and join up messages.