1. Highlands & Islands Fire & Rescue Service Helping make the Highlands & Islands a Safer and Better Place to Live, Work and Visit Outer Hebrides Community Planning Partnership

2. Highlands & Islands Fire & Rescue Service Helping make the Highlands & Islands a Safer and Better Place to Live, Work and Visit Most northerly Service in the UK Covers geographical area the size of Belgium Fire & Rescue Service provision for approx. 290,000 people Headquarters and only Wholetime Station in Inverness 4 Service Delivery Districts 10 District Offices across the Service area Service acts on behalf of the Fire Board, which is a Joint Fire & Rescue Board consisting of 24 Members Key Facts

3. Highlands & Islands Fire & Rescue Service Helping make the Highlands & Islands a Safer and Better Place to Live, Work and Visit Stations 1 Wholetime Station 95 Retained Stations 13 Community Response Units (operational) 6 Community Response Units (CFS only) Budget for 2012/13 Revenue£22.9m Capital£1.9m Staff Wholetime161 (including Control) Retained 1254 CRU 250 Support staff 86 Stations, Budget and Staff

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5. Helping make the Highlands & Islands a Safer and Better Place to Live, Work and Visit Western Isles Stations 14 Retained Duty Staff 147 RDS 2 Wholetime 1 CSA Operational Incidents 560 for year 2011/12 Fire Safety 1126 Relevant Premises 117 High Risk Sleeping premises

6. Highlands & Islands Fire & Rescue Service Making Highlands & Islands a Safer and Better Place to Live

7. Highlands & Islands Fire & Rescue Service Helping make the Highlands & Islands a Safer and Better Place to Live, Work and Visit Audit of Best Value Safer Firefighters and Communities Fire Service Reform Current Drivers

8. Highlands & Islands Fire & Rescue Service Single Scottish Fire Service Due to be established April 2013 Chief Officer and Chair of the Board have been appointed All staff automatically transfer across Local Senior Fire Officer (Local Authority Area) Local Plan based on National Assessment Local scrutiny by each Authority Significant planning underway, all Services involved Unlikely to have any immediate impact Helping make the Highlands & Islands a Safer and Better Place to Live, Work and Visit

9. Highlands & Islands Fire & Rescue Service Helping make the Highlands & Islands a Safer and Better Place to Live, Work and Visit Station Sustainability Criteria Personnel- Sufficient to have four available at all time Medical and Fitness Standards- Meet National Standards Commitment to Training- Individual and Service Meets Best value and/or Wellbeing- Analysis and Engagement

10. Highlands & Islands Fire & Rescue Service Helping make the Highlands & Islands a Safer and Better Place to Live, Work and Visit Safer Firefighter Programme (SFP)

11. Highlands & Islands Fire & Rescue Service Safer Firefighter Programme Immediate issues for HIFRS :- Ensure statutory requirements for firefighter safety are adequately met Delivering a sustainable model for the future Helping make the Highlands & Islands a Safer and Better Place to Live, Work and Visit

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13. Highlands & Islands Fire & Rescue Service Key Core Skills Breathing Apparatus Fire Behaviour Training Dealing with Road Traffic Collisions First Aid / Trauma Driver Competence (if applicable) Incident Command Competence (if applicable) Helping make the Highlands & Islands a Safer and Better Place to Live, Work and Visit

14. Highlands & Islands Fire & Rescue Service Recording of Training Events Current analysis and review ICT Infrastructure PDR Pro & LCMS –Acquisition of skills and knowledge –Application of skills and knowledge –Assessment of skills and knowledge Demonstrate Competence Auditable National Standard - Firefighter Helping make the Highlands & Islands a Safer and Better Place to Live, Work and Visit

15. Highlands & Islands Fire & Rescue Service Legislative Fire Safety Audits Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 Part 3 Chapter 1(as amended), the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006 and the Fire Safety (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010 Highland & Islands Fire Board is the enforcing authority for relevant premises Enforcement regime performing planned audits of relevant premises to determine compliance with the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 Helping make the Highlands & Islands a Safer and Better Place to Live, Work and Visit

16. Highlands & Islands Fire & Rescue Service Legislative Fire Safety Audit Programme 2012/2013 Deliver 1373 audits in high risk premises providing sleeping accommodation Blended model utilising HIFRS auditing staff in partnership with Strathclyde and Tayside FRS auditing staff Build a robust auditing model for year 2013 and beyond to support legislative obligation Helping make the Highlands & Islands a Safer and Better Place to Live, Work and Visit

17. Highlands & Islands Fire & Rescue Service Community Engagement Home Fire Safety Checks HI-FiReS courses Driving Ambition – road safety Firesetters Future Events Risk Identification Training for Agency staff Falls Prevention referrals Making Highlands & Islands a Safer and Better Place to Live

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