New ways of working in West Yorkshire

摘要

As one of the first services in the country to implement a new command and leadership model, West Yorkshire has bought a fleet of 32 top of the range 4x4 all-terrain vehicles, giving watch managers the freedom of movement to respond to incidents separately from a fire engine. The project has changed the face of our response and in recent months members of the public have become used to seeing the addition of the branded Toyota Hilux vehicles on blue lights across the region's roads. We are using them in urban areas and out in our rural communities, even up on the moorland as part of our bid to protect our precious landscape from wildfires.