Community Risk Management
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The Community Risk Management Department is headed by Area Manager Scott Hay, who is supported by a dedicated team based at our offices in Seafield Road, Inverness.
The department has four principle functions which include:
• Integrated Risk Management Planning
• Community Fire Safety
• Legislative Fire Safety
• Fire Investigation
In managing these functions, departmental responsibilities include assessing the impact of current and future fire safety legislation and the obligations placed on our Service, incorporating the development and implementation of community and fire related safety policies. In addition, the department supports the benchmarking of good community safety practice with other Services and through representing our Service on national committees contributes to the establishment of National safety initiatives.
The department monitors and analyses operational incident and community fire safety data, to inform the Strategic Leadership Team on where best to allocate current and future resources to accommodate Service and community needs in terms of risk reduction.
Day to day delivery of fire safety objectives rests mainly with our staff in the 11 districts who deal locally with legislative and community safety duties. As such our District staff are often the first point of contact for the public when advice and information is required. Through this approach we maintain strong links with the communities we serve and are able to work closely with the local key partner organizations.
Our departmental team members support district staff through mentoring, the development and monitoring of commuity fire safety activities, and undertaking detailed fire investigation(s) as required.
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