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This accessibility statement applies to the website www.bucksfire.gov.uk, which is run by Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service.
We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. You should be able to:
We also make the website text as simple as possible to understand.
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
Parts of this website are not fully accessible. For example:
We have an accessibility roadmap – a list of tasks we are working through to improve accessibility.
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, you can contact us in a number of ways:
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
You can contact us:
Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons:
Most older PDF documents (up until September 2024) are not fully accessible to screen reader software.
PDFs and Documents
Many documents are in non-HTML formats, such as PDFs, and are not accessible in several ways. For example:
This fails WCAG 2.1 success criteria:
You can report any problems or request documents in an alternative format using our online contact us form.
The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services. For example, we do not plan to fix Fire Authority papers for meetings which took place before 23 September 2018.
We have compiled an accessibility roadmap which shows how and when we plan to improve accessibility on this website.
We are committed to balancing our legal obligations to make data publicly available with the need to improve accessibility for all users, focusing on long-term solutions. After assessing the resources required to make all existing PDFs accessible or to produce fully accessible HTML alternatives, and the costs of attempting to do so to Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service compared to the benefits to us and to users of our website, we have determined that addressing the entire volume of documents would impose a disproportionate burden on us due to our size and current technical capacity.
Many of our PDFs are essential for providing information about our services, such as meeting papers and financial reports. To enhance accessibility, we are implementing the following actions:
In the meantime, if you need a specific document in an accessible format, please contact us, and we will make every effort to provide the content in a suitable alternative format.
This statement was prepared on 13 September 2024 following an audit in July 2024 by Government Digital Services, and a subsequent assessment by our website development company, Weaving Webs ltd.
This website was last tested on 13 September 2024. The test was carried out on our behalf by Weaving Webs ltd.
This statement was last reviewed on 20 December 2024.
You can read the full accessibility test report and issues identified during alongside our roadmap for fixing them, within our accessibility roadmap.
