LOCAL AREA AGREEMENTS

摘要

In the February edition of the FIRE, Nick Collins, CFOA Director of Service and Corporate Support explored the 'citizens agenda' and what it means for the Fire and Rescue Service. A key element of this agenda is the increasing role of Local Area Agreements (LAAs) which are clearly designed to locus the public sector on what is important within its own communities. How these will affect the fire and rescue service is still an issue that is being resolved. In some authority areas the inclusion of the limited fire service indicators will be successful. However, others like ourselves in Nottinghamshire, will struggle to get the indicators recognised as a priority, particularly against a backdrop of competing demands from other partners. This is of concern, as the role the fire and rescue service now plays in our society has been formed by the modernisation process and our ability to influence areas where other services may have previously struggled. It also may inadvertently remove the potential for the Service, through partnership working, to address the issues of equality and diversity within employment for our organisation for the future.