Addressed to: Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service
Cause of concern: Prevention activity isn’t a sufficiently high priority for the service. The service should implement a robust and consistent method of identifying risk and vulnerability. It should detail how it will prioritise home fire safety checks to those most at risk and make sure the checks are completed in a timely manner.
Recommendation: Create a robust system to effectively and consistently define the levels of risk in the community
Addressed to: Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service
Cause of concern: Prevention activity isn’t a sufficiently high priority for the service. The service should implement a robust and consistent method of identifying risk and vulnerability. It should detail how it will prioritise home fire safety checks to those most at risk and make sure the checks are completed in a timely manner.
Recommendation: Create and maintain clear timeframes relative to risk
Addressed to: Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service
Cause of concern: Prevention activity isn’t a sufficiently high priority for the service. The service should implement a robust and consistent method of identifying risk and vulnerability. It should detail how it will prioritise home fire safety checks to those most at risk and make sure the checks are completed in a timely manner.
Recommendation: Develop and implements a prevention strategy that prioritises people most at risk of fire and that any work it carries out to reduce risk is proportionate
Addressed to: Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service
Cause of concern: Prevention activity isn’t a sufficiently high priority for the service. The service should implement a robust and consistent method of identifying risk and vulnerability. It should detail how it will prioritise home fire safety checks to those most at risk and make sure the checks are completed in a timely manner.
Recommendation: Ensure prevention department has enough resources to carry out all its prevention activity and it reviews whether wholetime and on-call firefighters can offer more capacity to prevention
Addressed to: Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service
Cause of concern: Prevention activity isn’t a sufficiently high priority for the service. The service should implement a robust and consistent method of identifying risk and vulnerability. It should detail how it will prioritise home fire safety checks to those most at risk and make sure the checks are completed in a timely manner.
Recommendation: Provide training to staff and raises their awareness so they fully understand their role in prevention