Our
Service Plan and Strategies.

Why do we Produce a Community Risk Management Plan?

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The National Framework for England (2018) outlines five priorities for every fire and rescue authority. These are to:

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• make appropriate provision for fire prevention and protection activities and response to fire and rescue related incidents;

• identify and asses the full range of foreseeable fire and rescue related risks their areas face;

• collaborate with emergency services and other local and national partners to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the service they provide;

• be accountable to communities for the service they provide; and

• develop and maintain a workforce that is professional, resilient, skilled, flexible, and diverse.

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We are required to capture all of this in a plan, which we will share with our communities. This plan was formerly known as a Fire and Rescue (or Integrated Risk Management) Plan - we now call this our Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP). We feel this is more inclusive, and greater reflects changing risks such as Northumberland's increasingly ageing and vulnerable population, climate change and significant weather events, and exceptional incidents such as pandemics which may occur infrequently but can have devastating impacts. 

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