Cheshire Fire Authority 2024-2028 Draft Community Risk Management Plan
Cheshire Fire Authority has now launched a consultation on its draft 2024-2028 Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP), which is the Authority’s blueprint for the next four years and seeks to address and mitigate the key fire and rescue risks facing Cheshire.
Within the draft CRMP we have outlined a range of proposals which aim to improve the service we provide to the communities of Cheshire through our Prevention, Protection and Emergency Response functions. Our proposals include:
• Changing how we staff our second fire engines at Macclesfield, Northwich, Runcorn and Winsford to provide more guaranteed fire engines across Cheshire during weekday daytimes.
• Changing how we crew the fire engine at Knutsford to provide guaranteed fire cover.
• Reorganising our daytime fire cover in the Warrington area.
• Reviewing our on-call duty system.
• Strengthening our prevention and protection work in the community.
We believe that these proposals will help us deliver more prevention, more protection and a better emergency response, keeping the communities of Cheshire even safer. We are keen to hear the views of residents, staff and partners as the Authority develops its final CRMP.
Further information on our CRMP, including the full document and supporting information, can be found on our website – www.cheshirefire.gov.uk. The consultation process runs until 2 January 2024. After this, the Authority will consider the feedback received before deciding on the final CRMP which will take effect from April 2024.