Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) is consulting on behalf of the Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority.

We are seeking feedback from stakeholders on our draft Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP) 2025 – 2030.

 

Our stakeholders include:

· Our public - our communities who live, work, visit and travel in Essex

· Our partners - our businesses and local partner organisations including our emergency services partners, our political stakeholders and our neighbouring fire and rescue services


· Our people – all our staff including our volunteers and our representative bodies

 

Under the Fire and Rescue National Framework for England, a CRMP should identify risks facing the community and describe how a fire and rescue authority will address those risks and prevent and respond to fires and other emergencies. When finished, it will serve as our organisation’s plan.

 

To develop the Community Risk Management Plan, we have used information from the risk profile for Essex and a variety of sources and data.

 

This consultation will allow us to gather and consider feedback and make any appropriate changes to the final CRMP document.


The consultation is asking for feedback against the draft Community Risk Management Plan 2025-2030, specifically against the five strategic goals.

Our five strategic goals reflect our mission and values and will mean we will continue to reduce risk in our communities and provide a service our public deserves.

Preventing fires and other emergencies


Our aim is to together to help people stay safe from fires and other emergencies.

 
We will work with our partners and communities to target our prevention, protection, resilience and preparedness activities to reduce community risk and enhance societal resilience.

How much do you agree or disagree with this strategic goal and its aims and focus?