Area for improvement A1
Status: Open
Area for improvement (HMICFRS's words)The service should make sure it carries out home safety visits in a timely manner.
HMICFRS
Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2023–2025: East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service
Published 18 June 2025
Fire & Rescue Inspection
15 areas for improvement
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Areas for improvement 15
Area for improvement A2
Status: Open
Area for improvement (HMICFRS's words)The service should make sure it puts effective measures in place to address the backlog of safe and well visits.
Area for improvement A3
Status: Open
Area for improvement (HMICFRS's words)The service should make sure its staff can target and deal with high risk more effectively when carrying out home safety visits.
Area for improvement A4
Status: Open
Area for improvement (HMICFRS's words)The service needs to make sure it can effectively carry out all the home safety visits on its system, in a timely manner
Area for improvement A5
Status: Open
Area for improvement (HMICFRS's words)The service should improve the availability of its on-call crewed fire engines to respond to incidents in line with its integrated risk management plan.
Area for improvement A6
Status: Open
Area for improvement (HMICFRS's words)The service should make sure it has an effective system for learning from operational incidents.
Area for improvement A7
Status: Open
Area for improvement (HMICFRS's words)The service should make sure it has the appropriate resources in place to achieve its plan with regard to the adoption and implementation of national operational guidance in a timely manner.
Area for improvement A8
Status: Open
Area for improvement (HMICFRS's words)The service should implement national operational guidance promptly
Area for improvement A9
Status: Open
Area for improvement (HMICFRS's words)The service should make sure it evaluates operational performance and shares learning effectively
Area for improvement A10
Status: Open
Area for improvement (HMICFRS's words)The service should make sure it has an effective method for sharing fire survival guidance information with multiple callers and has a dedicated communication link in place.
Area for improvement A11
Status: Open
Area for improvement (HMICFRS's words)The service should make sure it has a plan to consistently carry out internal (including tall buildings), cross-border and multi-agency exercises, with learning from them recorded and shared.
Area for improvement A12
Status: Open
Area for improvement (HMICFRS's words)The service should have an effective exercise plan
Area for improvement A13
Status: Open
Area for improvement (HMICFRS's words)The service should continue to compare its costs with those of other services
Area for improvement A14
Status: Open
Area for improvement (HMICFRS's words)The service should make sure it has effective arrangements in place to support all staff in a consistent and timely manner following a traumatic incident.
Area for improvement A15
Status: Open
Area for improvement (HMICFRS's words)The service should make sure that staff are confident using its feedback systems.