Summary of activities managing risks Potential activities identified with indicative timescales
Managing Community Risk
ActivityYear 1Year 2Year 3Year 4
Breathing Apparatus replacement to improve firefighter safety
Decontamination following a fire
Develop a more flexible use of wholetime resources
Embed new software to enhance prevention activities
Enhanced tactical ventilation capability to improve safety and shorten incident duration
Fire cover optimisation to improve cover in line with risk
Full replacement of PPE
Increase tailored prevention work in areas outside of target attendance times
Increase the recruitment area for on-call firefighters
Increased ability to deal with new fire threats: battery storage systems, building materials
Establish resource deployment software
Review and update firefighting tactics
Review fire response targets
Training facilities project
Wholetime shift adjustment: establishment
Boat replacement
Boats, trailers, vehicles project
Enhance our rural prevention activities: flooding
Enhanced casualty location (drones and thermal imaging) and responder safety equipment
Establish a HVP tactical advisor role
Flood response capability: increased number firefighters trained
Improve the management of the command and control
Increase our prevention work in ‘rapid catchment areas’
Towing vehicles
Water incident manager training
Enhance HAZMAT skills and knowledge: radiation advisor role and training
EPU refresh
Improve HAZMAT advisor coverage per resilience group
Identification of BESS in homes and businesses
Improve working with partners to reduce and respond to chemical suicides
Improved notification at and inspection of relevant sites regarding hazardous substances
Specialist PPE project
Dwelling fires
Flooding and water rescue
Hazardous materials incident