7. HOW WILL YOUR SERVICE CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS ACHIEVEMENT OF THE FOLLOWING CORPORATE PRIORITIES IN 2005/06?

a) E Government :

· The Fire and Rescue Service is assessed independently against e-Government targets,

· however we are liaising closely with the Council e-Government Manager.

· A Fire and Rescue Service IEG3 Statement has been submitted to the ODPM and is awaiting review. Although this attracts a small amount of funding to assist in achieving our targets, the FRS depends on corporate ICT for infrastructure and support.

· A project to install an information management system has been approved and scheduled for completion by the end of the year.

· A project to install an IPDS/HR Database has been started and approved by the Project Board

b) Diversity :

· The Fire and Rescue Service is committed to ensuring all personnel enjoy a fair working environment by promoting equality of opportunity in employment, recruitment, training, promotion and service delivery. We are an organisation that embraces diversity, where everyone is valued for the contribution they make.

· The FRS encourages a diverse range of suitable applicants from women and people from ethnic minority groups for training as firefighters. By 2009 the Government target for uniformed and support members of staff equates to 3 personnel.

· The RRS is committed to providing equal opportunity in the workplace by integrating and implementing legislation such as Part II of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995.

c) People Management :

· Maximise use of Corporate HR capacity.

· Ensure that the Integrated Personal Development Scheme (IPDS) is embedded into succession planning within the Service.

10. BUDGET BIDS FOR 2005/06

a) Revenue Bids

Reference Number	Description – max 20 words	Financial Implications
		2005/6 £000	2006/7 £000	20078 £000
1	Payment (Other work rate) for carrying work on Home fire safety checks.	11	11	11
2	1/2 post (FTE) for educationalist in Community Safety	12	12	12
3	Rank to Role - as a result of the modernisation agenda the Fire and Rescue Service must undertake an assessment of the role of managers within the organisation, this assessment will then be matched against the National Occupational Standards (NOS) contained within the rolemaps which may result in a requirement to upgrade certain personnel	70	28	28
4	ICT to complete requirements for FAIRMaP.
	Operational GIS (including in-cab GPS)	100	20	20
	MIS Reporting system	40	6	6
	Retained attendance/payroll system	50	8	8
	Replacement Hardware Programme	32	24	16
	Support charges for current systems	24	24	25
5	The Integrated Personal Development System provides a structural learning path to enable every member of staff to train and develop throughout their career, at present the majority of the training will take place at the Fire Service College	470	475	475
6	PPV			50
7	Individual loss cover as result of Terrorist Attack	?	?	?
8	Regional Management Board
	Regional Control Centre	?	?	?
	Common Services	?	?	?
	Human Resources	?	?	?
	Training	?	?	?
	Procurement	?	?	?
	Resilience	?	?	?
9	Firelink	?	?	?
10	Young Firefighters – support for this successful scheme following cessation of SRB Funding.	16	16	16
	Roll-out to Cowes Fire Station	20	16	16
11	Co-responders	40	40	40
12	Implementation of Retained Review Team
13	Overtime	15	15	15
14	Healthy Workforce	20	20	20
15	National Framework eg
16	Pensions – Retained
17	Health and Safety	15	15	15
18	Retained Conditions of Service 120 hour availability	515	515	515

11 RISK MANAGEMENT – DESCRIBE ALL SIGNIFICANT RISKS RELATING TO YOUR SERVICE AND HOW YOU INTEND TO MANAGE THEM

Ref	Description of Risk	Risk Score	Corporate or Service
1	Human Resources – recruitment and retention	6	Corporate
2	Legal – risk of litigation against fire service	8	Corporate
3	Operational – lack of formal business continuity	12	Corporate
4	Operational – normal office environment	4	Service
8	Operational – failure of radio system	9	Service
10	Operational – risk of industrial action	9	Service
12	Operational – risk of major civil contingency	12	Service
15	Operational – risk of ensuring partnerships are assessed to ensure reduced liability	4	Service
16	Operational – prevention of environmental damage	9	Service
21	Strategic – Regulatory Reform Order. Risk to the authority of failing to meet their statutory duties	12	Service
22	Operational – Risk of operational response to incidents by crews	9	Service
23	Operational – Stress related sickness/absence	6	Service
24	Operational – Terrorist threat to IOW community	12	Service
25	Operational – Working environment, department and stations	6	Service
27	Operational – Retention of fire control room staff	9	Service
28	Strategic – Insufficient infrastructure to support the requirements to reach e-Fire (e-Government) targets	16	Service
29	Operational – Performance Management/Audit Commission. CPA. Failure to reach “good” measurement score.	12	Service
30	Operational – Fire Authority Integrated Risk Management. Risk of insufficient funding.	6	Service
31	Operational – Modernisation agenda. Failure to fund sufficiently	16	Service
32	Fire safety advice and enforcement	6	Service

Task	Target/Success Factors
IPDS	A fully trained FRS that meets the needs of the community.
FAIRMaP	A safer place to live, work and resort
National Framework	Deliver Fire Service Bill and the Annual National Framework
RMB	Implementation of 6 work streams
RRO	Implementation of Inspection Regime

APPENDIX 3

Task

Target/Success Factors

Description of Risk