National review of community risk methodology across the UK Fire and Rescue Service

摘要

The NTU research provides, for the first time, a national view on how RMPs are being developed in individual fire and rescue services. It shows that the creation of a national tool to assist fire and rescue services only works if it adds value to the work already taking place at a local level. There is much to be learned from the FSEC experience and there is more work required to understand that before a new toolkit based approach is agreed. Agreeing a national definition of risk will provide a firm foundation on which to develop RMPs. The value of data and evidence to underpin RMPs is clear: staff need access to national datasets based on meaningful data standards. Staff also need to have skills and training to carry out their work on RMPs. The discovery phase of the NFCC Digital and Data Programme has also come to similar conclusions about the need to respond to the professional needs of this group of staff.