Addressed to: Avon Fire & Rescue Service
Cause of concern: Avon FRS isn’t looking after the wellbeing and mental health of its staff effectively. It hasn’t clearly communicated to staff the new values and how to demonstrate these values in the workplace.
Recommendation: By 30 June 2019, the service should assure itself that its policy, procedures and support for mental health and wellbeing are well-understood and effective.
Addressed to: Avon Fire & Rescue Service
Cause of concern: We acknowledge Avon FRS has recently carried out a cultural review and has a plan in place to improve its organisational culture. But it should act immediately to change staff behaviours. It should also make sure all staff understand equality, diversity and inclusion principles and that this a routine part of behaviour across the whole organisation.
Recommendation: By 31 March 2019, the service should implement the improvements identified from the cultural review.
Addressed to: Avon Fire & Rescue Service
Cause of concern: We acknowledge Avon FRS has recently carried out a cultural review and has a plan in place to improve its organisational culture. But it should act immediately to change staff behaviours. It should also make sure all staff understand equality, diversity and inclusion principles and that this a routine part of behaviour across the whole organisation.
Recommendation: By 31 March 2019, the service should make more staff support networks available.
Addressed to: Avon Fire & Rescue Service
Cause of concern: We acknowledge Avon FRS has recently carried out a cultural review and has a plan in place to improve its organisational culture. But it should act immediately to change staff behaviours. It should also make sure all staff understand equality, diversity and inclusion principles and that this a routine part of behaviour across the whole organisation.
Recommendation: By 31 March 2019, the service should train all staff in equality, diversity and inclusion.
Addressed to: Avon Fire & Rescue Service
Cause of concern: Avon FRS isn’t looking after the wellbeing and mental health of its staff effectively. It hasn’t clearly communicated to staff the new values and how to demonstrate these values in the workplace.
Recommendation: The service should assure itself that it communicates the revised values to staff effectively, ensuring that they understand and can demonstrate the new values
Addressed to: Avon Fire & Rescue Service
Cause of concern: Avon FRS isn’t doing enough to keep the public safe through regulation of fire safety. Its risk-based inspection programme is entirely reactive, as its inspection department doesn’t have enough staff.
Recommendation: The service should make sure it has allocated enough resources to a risk-based inspection programme. This allocation must be informed by local risk and enable the service to fulfil its statutory obligations relating to technical fire safety.