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Strategic Assessment of Political Factors

Situation

Nationally there continues to be a drive for reform within the fire sector, for more diversity within the workforce, increased accountability and productivity, and a greater ability to demonstrate value for money and innovation. Public inquiries and sector reports offer further direction for the shape of fire and rescue services in the future, more specifically in relation to fire safety and our role within national resilience for extreme weather and UK security.

The strategic assessment considered the following factors in this section.

  • Local Government Structure & Elections
  • Nottinghamshire and Nottingham City Fire Authority
  • Fire Sector Reform
  • Fire Sector Governance
  • Industrial Action

Direction

The most recent local government elections took place on 6th May 2021. The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Nottinghamshire and Nottingham City Fire Authority confirms membership each year, and the last AGM was May 28th 2021. Any changes to CFA membership have the potential to change governance structure of NFRS.

We are committed to becoming an outstanding organisation and adopting the national fire standards into our ways of working as they are published. We are proactive in areas of reform, active contributors to National Fire Chiefs Council consultations and programmes. We are also active in feeding back on consultations regarding amendments to legislation and other national projects.

We continue to monitor developments in sector governance, including the ongoing discussions regarding the role of Police and Crime Commissioners. This is through engaging in consultations and continuing to deliver against current governance arrangements. There is an ongoing review to assess the potential impact of any changes.

We have a statutory duty to have business continuity management arrangements in place to ensure that critical services can be maintained during times of disruption and can then be effectively recovered. We have assured degradation, contingency, and business continuity processes in place to maintain core services in the event of industrial action. However, we also mitigate this risk through routine and healthy engagement with representative bodies.