Our public consultation on the blueprint for how Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service (BFRS) will work over the next five years is now underway and will run until October 2024.
The new BFRS Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP) sets out our draft strategy for the provision of fire and rescue services, across Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes, from April 2025 to March 2030.
The document reflects on progress we have made over the past five years and looks ahead to the future, considering the local and global changes that we believe to be on our horizon. It identifies the key challenges that we will face and reflects what our community has told us is important.
In preparing the plan we have balanced factors such as climate and weather, pandemic and partnership support, and local and national budgets alongside a greater emphasis on the value of fire prevention in homes and businesses, and our focus on culture change to support a more modern, forward-thinking approach to our workforce recruitment, retention and resourcing.
CFO Louise Harrison said:
“We’ve recently made a promise to the public, committing to new values, and setting core behaviours for our staff. We want to make sure that these are reflected in everything we do and through this plan we aim to provide the best, most professional, modern, and agile, service possible to our community.
“I am really pleased to be able to share this draft with our community and partners, and to launch this consultation process, which will enable them to join our staff in helping shape our fire and rescue service. I believe we are ready to face the challenges ahead and to be ambitious in striving for excellence as we serve our community.”
You can read our new plan here and take part in the consultation using the online questionnaire (there is also a link in the plan).
A pack containing our evidence base is available here.
If you require a hard copy print version of the CRMP, or the questionnaire, or our evidence base, please send an email to: Cteam@bucksfire.gov.uk.
or write to:
Community Risk Management Plan Consultation, c/o BFRS Communication Team,
Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service Headquarters,
Stocklake, Aylesbury, HP20 1BD.
Please remember to include a return name and address with your request, and outline if you wish to receive a copy of the document or the questionnaire, or both.
The consultation will remain open until of 11.59pm on Sunday 13 October 2024.
A summary of all responses to the consultation will be reported to Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire Authority (BMKFA) and fully considered before any final decisions are taken. The CRMP, together with any changes recommended as a result of the outcomes of the consultation, will be presented back to BMKFA for final approval in December 2024.
