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Priority four - looking forward

Over the next 12-month period, areas for progression and movement towards sustainable 
delivery are centred around the training strategy, delivery of live-fire training facilities, training hubs, the workshop/ fleet strategy and progression of a sustainable workshop model for the Service. Also, continuation of the electric vehicle charging infrastructure estate-wide.

Our Business Continuity team has been busy testing our plans to ensure that essential services can be delivered during adverse conditions.

Our medium-term financial planning shows we still have considerable financial challenges ahead if our share of central funding, council tax and business rates does not improve. We forecast a gap of £1.8m for 2025-2026 ramping up to £3.9m in 2026-2027.

Through a review of the shift patterns, payment methods, unnecessary attendance at automatic fire alarms, and reviewing our pre-determined attendance to incidents, coupled with thorough financial management, we are working hard to deal with these challenges so we can deliver on our priorities within this plan.

Our capital investment (building and vehicles) for 2024-2025 is £8.1m. This includes spending £4.3m on property and £3.8m on vehicles. New buildings and upgrades will be designed with the environmental and sustainability agenda in mind to match our ambition to be carbon neutral by 2030.

The Service’s new digital and technology strategy will be published at the beginning of 2025 and will be in alignment with the NFCC’s Digital Data and Technology (DDaT) function. The strategy will provide a framework for our data collection to support operational response, improve the performance of our services to the community, and promote sustainability.

We are committed to ensuring we fully adopt and align to the Fire Standards. The Service will be focusing on the following areas.

  • Delivering outcomes through alignment with national standards and guidance.
  • Creating a strategic approach by embedding three lines of assurance.
  • Supporting improvement by bringing national recommendations into the Service.

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