2025/26 Productivity and Efficieny Plan

Introduction

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) is committed to its vision of creating safer communities. Being as efficient and effective as possible is a fundamental part of our journey to being an outstanding service by 2032. We have produced this plan in line with the revised guidance issued by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) on 26th February 2026, and it is published on our website to allow scrutiny from the communities we serve.

The Fire and Rescue National Framework sets a requirement that combined and metropolitan Fire and Rescue Authorities (FRAs) produce and publish Efficiency Plans. There is a specific requirement that in 2025/26, all FRAs produce plans that not only cover their planned efficiencies but also plans for increasing productivity.

We were rated as ‘Good’ in 10 of 11 areas in our last inspection by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) in 2024. Notable comments were:

• The Service makes the most of its capacity
• The Service has increased its productivity in almost all areas of work
• The Service has good plans that help it achieve its objectives

In the face of the ongoing pressures on public sector finances, this plan outlines the savings we have made to this point and explains our existing plans for 2025/26 to show how we are continuing to create non-pay efficiency savings of 2% and increasing productivity by 3%.