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Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

Venue: Main Conference Room, Service Headquarters, Fulwood

Contact: Diane Brooks,  Principal Member Services Officer

Items
No. Item

14/16

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from:  County Councillor M Green and Councillor F Jackson.

15/16

DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY AND NON-PECUNIARY INTERESTS

Members are asked to consider any pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests they may have to disclose to the meeting in relation to matters under consideration on the agenda.

Minutes:

None received.

16/16

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING pdf icon PDF 64 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED: - That the Minutes of the last meeting held on the 21 November 2016 to be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

17/16

IRMP - 2017 TO 2022 - CONSULTATION OUTCOMES pdf icon PDF 98 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Deputy Chief Fire Officer introduced Area Manager Norman who presented the draft IRMP document in detail.

 

At the Combined Fire Authority meeting on 21 November 2016, Members endorsed the publication of the draft Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP) 2017-22 for consultation over a six-week period from 28 November 2016 to 8 January 2017.

 

During this time a consultation exercise was undertaken with staff, partners and service users, full details of which were contained in the body of the report. In addition, the report detailed the consultation process requirements and any resulting amendments that had been included in the proposed final version of the IRMP.

 

INFORMATION AND BACKGROUND

 

Integrated Risk Management Planning (IRMP) brought with it a consultation requirement. The Fire and Rescue National Framework for England highlighted the government’s expectations that each Fire and Rescue Authority’s IRMP must ‘reflect effective consultation throughout its development and at all review stages with the community, its workforce, representative bodies and partners.

 

The guiding principle in deciding the extent of consultation was that any person or organisation that might have a legitimate interest in the proposals under consideration, or who might be affected by those proposals, should have the opportunity to express their views.  Government also recommended that the scale and scope of the consultation should be proportionate to the nature and extent of any changes whilst consultation from a public perspective was typically dependent on changes to Service provision and possible perceived changes to public safety.

 

Taking into consideration these principles the approach in using countywide forums for in-depth public consultation, which had been undertaken with previous IRMP documents, had not been adopted.  Nor was there a detailed staff consultation approach in the form of working groups / presentations this was because this IRMP was not linked to an Emergency Cover Review and there were no specific items as such for consultation.

 

In addition the Authority’s consultation strategy had been in place since the new IRMP arrangements were introduced in 2003.  The strategy, which was reviewed on an annual basis, is in place to ensure consultation activities met statutory requirements; incorporated good practice and provided the public and stakeholders with timely opportunity to influence development of LFRS documents. The consultation exercise for the draft IRMP 2017-22 was duly conducted in accordance with this strategy. 

 

THE CONSULTATION PROCESS

 

The timetable of activity is shown below: -

 

DRAFT INTEGRATED RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN (IRMP) 2017-22 

TIMETABLE

 

Draft publication approved and proposed consultation process endorsed.

CFA meeting

21 November 2016

Consultation with the community, staff and other interested parties.

28 November 2016 –

8 January 2017

Consultation report and final recommendations to Planning Committee.

CFA Planning Committee 30 January 2017

Publication presented for final approval and publication

Full CFA meeting

20 February 2017

Feedback on outcomes.

 

March 2017

 

Consultation commenced on 28 November 2016 and ran for a six-week period ending on 8 January 2017.  Opinion on the content and format of the draft IRMP 2017-22 was sought from a wide range of stakeholders. The following  ...  view the full minutes text for item 17/16

18/16

DATE OF NEXT MEETING

The next scheduled meeting of the Committee has been agreed for 10:00 hours on 20 March 2017 in the Main Conference Room, at Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service Headquarters, Fulwood.

 

Further meetings are scheduled for 17 July 2017 and 27 November 2017.

Minutes:

The next meeting of the Committee would be held on Monday, 20 March 2017 at 10:00 hours in the main Conference Room at Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters, Fulwood.

 

Further meeting dates were noted for 17 July 2017 and 27 November 2017.