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Top Award for Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Service

Isle of Wight Council’s Chief Fire Officer Paul Street and Isle of Wight Council Cabinet Member for Fire and Community Safety, Cllr Barry Abraham accepted the award which was presented by Cllr Bryan Cope from Kent County CouncilThe Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service has been named as Fire Service of the Year at an awards ceremony organised by Improvement and Efficiency South East (IESE).

The IESE awards, which took place in London on Thursday 4 March, are designed to recognise major achievements in local authorities in the south east region.

The awards were given to councils which have made a significant step change in improving access to valuable services for local people and demonstrating effective innovation in efficiencies and improvement.

The Island’s fire and rescue service has made considerable progress and improvement since receiving a ‘poor’ rating under CPA in 2005. Under the Fire Service Modernisation project it is striving to become a more modern, responsive and efficient fire service and has made considerable progress to date.

The fire service was nominated for the award by all of the region’s chief fire officers. Isle of Wight Council’s Chief Fire Officer Paul Street and Isle of Wight Council Cabinet Member for Fire and Community Safety, Cllr Barry Abraham accepted the award which was presented by Cllr Bryan Cope from Kent County Council who is Chairman of the South East Fire Improvement Partnership and a member of the Improvement & Efficiency South East board.

Paul Street said: “We are delighted to be named as Fire Service of the Year, it recognises the efforts of all of our staff and working closely with our representative bodies. We wouldn’t have been able to achieve this without the support of council members and senior council officers who have been instrumental in driving through changes to produce an effective and modern fire and rescue service to be proud of.”

Cllr Barry Abraham said: “This award is testament to the work we have carried out over recent years to create a modern fire service fit for the Island’s needs. I am very proud of our achievements and look forward to building on this success.”



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