FAQs

The Fire Authority has a statutory responsibility, under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, to produce a CRMP. The plan must cover at least a three year period, be reviewed regularly and outline how GFRS will tackle and mitigate the risks our communities face. The CRMP is informed by our Community Risk Profile (CRP), a document which assesses in detail the risks in our local areas, how likely they are to occur, how extensive the impact might be and also takes into account national risks.

Each plan must:

• reflect up to date risk analyses including an assessment of all foreseeable fire and rescue related risks that could affect the area of the authority; 
• demonstrate how prevention, protection and response activities will best be used to prevent fires and other incidents and mitigate the impact of identified risks on its communities, through authorities working either individually or collectively, in a way that makes best use of available resources;
• outline required service delivery outcomes including the allocation of resources for the mitigation of risks;
• set out its management strategy and risk-based programme for enforcing the provisions of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in accordance with the principles of better regulation set out in the Statutory Code of Compliance for Regulators, and the Enforcement Concordat;
• cover at least a three-year time span and be reviewed and revised as often as it is necessary to ensure that the authority is able to deliver the requirements set out in this Framework; 
• reflect effective consultation throughout its development and at all review stages with the community, its workforce and representative bodies and partners; and be easily accessible and publicly available.

When we develop a CRMP we engage with multiple partners and use a variety of sources to review existing risks and identify new ones. We conduct a thorough risk analysis of previous incidents, fire safety audits, safe and well visits, and future risks that could lead to emergency incidents in the future. All of this information is used to create our Community Risk Profiles (CRPs). The CRP’s inform our decision making regarding the most suitable prevention, protection and emergency response arrangements to manage risk to an acceptable level.