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Click here for the 2009-2010 IRMP Targets (1 page)
19 January 2009
Each year, as part of our integrated risk management planning process, we set targets for improving the safety of the communities we serve.
These are designed to help us focus on the things that we need to do to achieve the objectives of our Integrated Risk Management Plan and to assess our progress in relation to these. These objectives are to:
Make People Safer
- In their homes
- At work and in public places
- On the roads
- In their communities
- In an emergency
For the coming year we propose to change the way that we set our targets. In recent years we have tended to determine the amount of improvement to be achieved relative to the average performance over the preceding three financial years. For example, this would mean that targets for 2010-11 would be based on the three years to the end of March 2009.
However, over the last two years there have been substantial reductions in incident numbers in many of the areas targeted for improvement, leaving the three-year average very high relative to our current performance.
Therefore, in many cases we now propose to set targets based on the last two years together with, where possible, the forecast for this year. We believe that this will provide a more realistic basis for determining the scope for further improvement in the future.
In setting the proposed targets we have also considered the likely implications of factors such as the current recession on incident types and numbers. For example, we expect to see a rising trend in fire-related crime (arson) and also in accidental dwelling fires where people are unable to afford to continue to live in their current homes and end up in higher-risk types of housing, such as houses in multiple occupation. A house in multiple occupation is a home shared by non-family members.
You can view our proposed IRMP Improvement Targets for 2010-2011 here. The document shows the target for this year (2010-2011), information on past and current performance and the proposed target for 2010-2011 together with an explanation of the reasons for any change on the current year. You can also see a more detailed report on our performance over the last year (2008-2009) here.
We would welcome feedback on our proposed targets for 2010-2011. If you want to comment on them you can do so by emailing us at irmp@bucksfire.gov.uk or by writing to:
Stuart Gowanlock
Policy and Planning Manager
Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service
Brigade HQ
Stocklake
AYLESBURY
HP20 1BD
The consultation will close on Friday 12 February.