Operational Assessment Sean Ruth Chief Fire and Rescue

Operational Assessment Sean Ruth, Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser’s team sean. ruth@communities. gsi. gov. uk PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL ADVICE

Introduction • Assessment and inspection for 2009 • Operational Assessment • Comprehensive Area Assessment • Organisational Assessment • Area assessment • Health and Safety Executive inspections • A joined up process? • Burden on the Service • Duplication PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL ADVICE

Where have we come from? • 2006 Operational Assessment of Service Delivery (OASD) • Central Government process • Linked to CPA • Scored – valid for 3 -years • Followed HSG 65 model PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL ADVICE

Where are we now? • Sector led approach for improvement • Self-assessment • Peer review • Improvement planning and support • Revised toolkit developed and delivered in partnership • Improving performance, service delivery and firefighter safety • National operational assurance PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL ADVICE

Where are we now? • Move away from HSG 65 • Toolkit based on outcomes and impact • Flexible – to take account of emerging issues • Supported by other tools • • briefing sheets • good practice performance indicators Additional Key Lines of Enquiry PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL ADVICE

Key lines of enquiry • Community Risk Management - formerly risk analysis • Prevention • Protection • Response Formerly Prevention and Protection Formerly Operational Preparedness and Emergency response • Health and Safety • Training New • Call Management and Incident Support – same as 2006 PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL ADVICE

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Audit Commission Context • Coherent and integrated assessment of FRAs • Strongly support a sector led approach to Op. A • Contribute to the CAA process – Org Assessment • Opportunity for the sector to: • Become more independent • Drive improvement • The Audit Commission will assume that Op. A will be completed shortly after toolkit is available PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL ADVICE

Fire assessment model PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL ADVICE

Next steps • Consultation commences - 11 December • Peer review process (CFOA/IDe. A) – in development • Briefing sheets and good practice indicators – January 2009 • Piloting of the toolkit – January 2009 • 3 self-assessment workshops - March 2009 • Published for use – April 2009 PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL ADVICE

Operational Assessment Sean Ruth, Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser’s team sean. ruth@communities. gsi. gov. uk PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL ADVICE