CFRS Weekly Update - 03.04.2023
A message from the CFO
Saturday (1 April 2023) marked a day which has been at the top of the agenda in local government in Cumbria for over 18 months now.
Peter McCall, the Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner, is now officially responsible for the governance of Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service. The formation of the two new councils, Cumberland and Westmorland & Furness are now also complete.
Many of us will continue to work closely with colleagues within the county and district councils to progress with post day-1 projects, but also as local authority partners serving the needs of our communities.
Please read through this week's CFRS Update for information on new developments and systems for us as a Service:
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New vision statement Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service
Our new vision statement, which many of you helped develop, reflects the nature of our Service, and aims to better reflect our commitment to protecting our communities and keeping them safe.
A key objective through developing our new vision statement was to ensure staff had a say in what it should be and how it should reflect what we do and want to achieve.
We ran workshops and conducted a staff survey to gather views and reviewed vision statements from other organisations to get ideas of what staff thought worked (or not). The feedback was then used to develop some options and after much discussion, the vision statement above was agreed.
This statement clearly sets out the ambition of the Service we are all working incredibly hard to deliver. Thank you to everyone who contributed and shared their thoughts and great suggestions.
Launch of the new Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service website
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new website for the Service. The new website is much more user-friendly, accessible and provides an improved experience for our communities, partners and those looking to come and work for our Service.
Take a look at the website and feedback any suggestions and recommendations to: hayleigh.johnston@cumbriafire.gov.uk.
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New brand guidelines and templates
We have been working to develop a new brand identity for Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service which we are really pleased to share with you. The vision statement is a big part of our brand and describes in words who we are.
The new brand guidelines and templates help bring the brand to life through design.
Please begin to use the new templates to ensure consistency in our materials. If you require any other templates or have any queries, please email: hayleigh.johnston@cumbriafire.gov.uk.
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Guidance for your email signature and out of office email
It’s important as a Service we portray a professional image to our colleagues, partners, and communities, both in person and online. Therefore, we have produced the guidance below for out-of-office messages and email signatures which all employees should use.
Please could we ask everyone to review their email signature by the end of April. Thank you.
If you have any further questions, please email: fire.transition@cumbriafire.gov.uk.
Thank you.
John Beard, Chief Fire Officer
Fire Service meeting rooms
From 3 April 2023, there will be a new procedure for booking meeting rooms within Fire Stations.
The meeting room booking system homepage will show the six different stations where meeting rooms are available to book. It also contains information about each room including room capacity, room location and the facilities available.
The new calendar booking system provides real-time availability information, so users can see when meeting rooms are available. It is easily accessible via SharePoint and we hope that this new system allow users to book meeting rooms with ease.
Charlotte Kirkwood, Risk Management Technician - Service Support
Request system
From Wednesday 29 March the Request System has been altered. For any requests for the Fire Service, please select 'Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service' from the main page and select the relevant area.
Fire Service Technical Services and Fire Service Business Support teams will continue to work on the tickets.
 Fire Transition Department
ICT Support
From 1 April 2023, the ICT Service Desk will be a 'hosted service' for ourselves and employees of the two new councils. If you require ICT support, please continue to contact ICT in the same way:
Fire Transition Department
Changes to ID Hammer from 3 April 2023
Please can stations use ID Hammer to record the mileage for all appliances using the Driver First User Check option and record using the following frequencies:
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Vehicle
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Frequency
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Fire Appliances Wholetime
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When a new driver is allocated
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Fire Appliances On-call
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Weekly
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Auxiliary vehicles and Wildfire
vehicles
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Last weekend of each month
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Cars and vans
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No need to use ID Hammer to record mileage
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Stations that are currently recording weekly fire appliance checks on ID Hammer will no longer need to do this if they are recording on each changeover of shift.
We appreciate your assistance with this as the collection of mileage data allows us to make informed decisions on fleet replacement / rotation.
If you have any queries, please contact us via: FireTechnicalServices@cumbriafire.gov.uk
Technical Services Department
Water & Flood Rescue capability - an update on Module 3 & 4
A team from the Service has spent time to review our Water & Flood Rescue capability. A paper was taken and discussed at the recent SLT meeting and the following decisions will be implemented to ensure we are compliant with Module 3 & 4 requirements as a Service:
- A powered rescue boat will be based at Carlisle East and Kendal. It will be a requirement of firefighters based at Carlisle East and Kendal to attain Module 4 skills.
- Workington, Whitehaven, Carlisle West and Barrow will remain as Module 3. A three year training cycle will be managed by our Learning & Development department.
- Penrith and Ulverston day crew will join Keswick, Longtown, Kendal (On-call), Appleby, Sedbergh, Cockermouth, and Ambleside as Module 2 responders.
- AM Brian Massie will lead a review of the Module 4 provision in 12 months and the Module 3 provision in 24 months.
Andy Lee, Area Manager - Prevention & Service Delivery
Brian Massie, Area Manager - Protection & Service Delivery
Pre-retirement online courses available
Affinity Connect are holding two pre-retirement online courses for all staff. They are a fully independent specialist provider of financial education in the workplace for the public sector.
The course will take place on the following dates and times:
- Friday 28 April 2023, 13:00 - 15:30
- Wednesday 1st November 2023, 13:00 - 15:30
The courses are aimed to help those within 10 years of exercising pension options to achieve their retirement goals, and will:
- Help you plan for the lifestyle changes ahead
- Maximise the benefits of your State Pension
- An overview of Defined Benefit & Defined Contribution pension schemes
- Make the most of your tax-free cash
- Understand the income options available from your pension
To find out what’s included in this course in more detail, please click here to view the agenda.
Affinity Connect
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