Lancashire Combined Fire Authority

Community Safety Champion – Role Description

(Approved at CFA meeting held 22 February 2021)

· Promote and take an active interest in community safety and related fire and rescue service work.

· Ensure community safety issues are taken into account in the preparation of key plans, for the organisations they have influence with.

· Ensure community safety issues are taken into account during decision making processes, in the organisations they have influence with.

· Advocate good practice within the Fire Authority on community safety issues.

· Engage with other Fire Authority Members to promote awareness of issues affecting older people and older people issues and to seek their views.

· Engage with relevant community groups on community safety issues regarding the Fire Authority.

· Engage with relevant partners on community safety issues regarding the Fire Authority.

· Work with relevant LFRS officers to promote better understanding of community safety issues including regular briefings with the Lead Officer as appropriate.

· Provide challenge, internally and externally, on community safety issues.

· Following approval from the Chairman and in line with the Members’ Allowance Scheme attend conferences, seminars and events etc to represent the Fire Authority where this is appropriate to the community safety subject area.

· Undertake awareness training, as necessary, in respect of community safety issues.

· In conjunction with the designated LFRS officer lead, allocate member champion funding to community safety subject areas.

· To be regularly made aware of safeguarding issues and risks affecting the Service and to demonstrate a commitment to safeguarding and can hold the Service to account regarding their safeguarding responsibilities.

· Compile a quarterly report on the work of the member champion for community safety and present to the full Combined Fire Authority.

· Where relevant and possible to work with other emergency services including the Police and Ambulance Services in creating, developing and delivering initiatives relevant to the designated subject area.