Introduction from the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) has made significant progress in keeping communities safe and preventing harm since coming under joint governance in 2017.
In the 2024/28 Fire and Rescue Plan we will continue to invest in our workforce by extending programmes of training and development, helping them to take on more activities around prevention and protection.
The on-call duty system needs modernisation, allowing more flexibility so hours available match the times of greater risk, and we need to invest in recruiting and supporting our on-call crews.
We need to increase further the number of home safety visits carried out by fire crews
and do more joint Safe and Well visits with other agencies. We also need to do more to educate drivers and improve driver behaviour across the county to reduce harm on our roads. We must also enhance our multi-agency approach to responding to incidents of flooding and preventing
it from happening in the first place.
We will continue to work closely with Essex Police, local authorities, our partners and, importantly, with our communities, and we will drive greater productivity to help modernise the service to further reduce risk and keep more people safe across Essex.
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Fire and Rescue Plan 2024-28 WEB
Fine out more about the fire and rescue priorities
Improve road safety and reduce road death in Essex to zero
Adapt to our changing environment
Promote a positive culture and develop the workforce
Improve efficiency and effectiveness
