1. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service The Proposed Assessment Regime for the Fire and Rescue Service Nick Collins CFOA Director of Corporate Services

2. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Timetable 1100hrs –Introduction and scene setting –John Bonney – The citizen’s agenda –Susan Johnson – The tips and traps of local working –1300hrs Lunch 1445hrs Debate –Nick Collins – The key questions 1515hrs Wrap Up & Finish

3. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Objectives Information Sharing Confirmation of direction

4. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service The Government Agenda Services for citizens, not organisations The ‘place’ is the focus

5. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service …but

6. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Does this fit the Fire & Rescue Service Context? National/Regional resilience Fire Authority –Integrated Risk Management Plan Local –Local Area Agreements & other local interaction

7. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Assessment as a tool

8. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service John Bonney The Citizen’s Agenda

9. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Susan Johnson Our role in shaping “place”

10. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service CAA/LAA Timetable LAA Development Negotiations to be concluded by June ‘08 198 indicators CAA Introduced First set of results – October 2009 Direction of Travel Use of Resources Comprehensive Area Assessment

11. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service The Audit Commission Concept

12. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Self/Peer assessment Self assessment Operational assessment of service delivery Annual Use of Resources assessment Performance tool Annual Direction of Travel assessment Continually updated Area Risk Assessment All non-county council and unitary FRA's will contribute to two or more Area Risk Assessments Improvement notices/ intervention CLG promoted improvement Referral to SoS Risk based inspection Peer review/ challenge Sector self support Local improvement activity Hierarchy of Improvement Support Draft proposed model of assessing FRA's within CAA (copyright Audit Commission 2007)

13. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service The Opportunities to Engage Steering Group Reference Group Authority consultation

14. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service What is Assessment For?

15. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service What should the Service want? Thorough scrutiny Comparison Effective and efficient use of resources

16. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Operational Assessment of Service Delivery KLOEs Prioritisation Cyclical

17. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Issues Year on year differences Different KLOEs in different authorities

18. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Peer/Self Assessment Service maturity –Independence –Quality of Assessors –Quality Control –Are we up for constructive criticism?

19. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Performance Indicators 198 Indicators 2 specifically related to fire Over 50 that the FRS can assist partners to benefit the local community

20. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Arson Incidents - NI 33 Forms part of the Assessments of Policing and Community Safety (APACS) The indicator is similar to BV indicator 206 which was in four parts (primary and secondary deliberate fires, in and out of vehicles) which would total to NI 33

21. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Primary fires & related fatal/non- fatal casualties - NI 49 Indicator in three parts: –Total number of primary fires –Total number of fatalities due to primary fires –Total number of non-fatal casualties (all per 100,000 population) Part 1 is similar to existing BV 142ii Part 2 of the indicator is for all fire deaths regardless of building type & includes both accidental & deliberate

22. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Performance Indicators Comparison Benchmarking Status

23. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Use of Resources The Audit Commission will improve the assessment through the better incorporation of contributory work from all inspectorates and other bodies such as the Standards Board for England, and by putting more emphasis on how bodies work in partnership. This will reduce duplication; improve the quality and relevance of the assessment; promote a common understanding of the issues; and so make a significant contribution to the risk assessment

24. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Use of Resources General Approach to continue Broaden to reflect current concerns and priorities –Procurement –Resources Sustainability

25. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Direction of Travel The direction of travel assessment will reflect the effectiveness of each…fire and rescue authority in driving continuous improvement…[and its]…rate of improvement and the likelihood that improvement will continue. This assessment will make a significant contribution to the area risk assessment

26. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Direction of Travel Focus on progress on the modernisation programme set out in the FRS National Framework Current methodology broadly appropriate Changes include providing FRA’s with scored judgement

27. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service The CAA element Locally based Different Indicators in LAA's How do you quantify performance internally? How do we compare FRS performance

28. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Self/Peer assessment Self assessment Operational assessment of service delivery Annual Use of Resources assessment Performance tool Annual Direction of Travel assessment Continually updated Area Risk Assessment All non-county council and unitary FRA's will contribute to two or more Area Risk Assessments Improvement notices/ intervention CLG promoted improvement Referral to SoS Risk based inspection Peer review/ challenge Sector self support Local improvement activity Hierarchy of Improvement Support Draft proposed model of assessing FRA's within CAA (copyright Audit Commission 2007)

29. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Lunch

30. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Debating Questions Service maturity – how far are we up for criticism?

31. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Debating Questions Is there a conflict between assessment being meaningful and rigorous and the resources that it consumes?

32. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Debating Questions With the removal of best value indicators and reduction to 2 indicators for the service, should we develop a “best practice” suite of indicators? If so, how should these be developed/promoted/used?

33. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Debating Questions How could local performance (including within LAA's) be meaningfully played into assessment?

34. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Debating Questions Can smaller Authorities deal with the assessment burden (DOT expansion)? If not, should assessment be tailored?

35. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Debating Questions How far should (and can) CFOA push its role to be involved in the assessment process.

36. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Debating Questions How do we see the role of Members changing in the context of the new regime? How should officers support this role?

37. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service The CFOA Position We need to be mature – self critical We need to engage at every level We need to compare with each other & outside the service

38. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service The CFOA Position We need to include independent external scrutiny We need to invest in assessment to get the benefits…but not excessively or wastefully

39. The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Thank you…and go home! If you require the presentation: Julian Pinhey julian.pinhey@london-fire.gov.uk (W) 020 8555 1200 ext. 30072