Fire & Rescue Inspection
FRS 2023-25 CoC Recommendations: Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service
Cause of Concern recommendations tracked by HMICFRS for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service (2023-25)
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Recommendations
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National — applies to all forces
Recommendations (6)
| # | Recommendation | Directed at | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | Cause of concern: The service lacks adequate organisational level plans that set out and bring together current and future workforce and skills requirements. The service doesn’t have in place adequate service-level processes to direct its recruitment and succession planning work. This means that the service can’t be assured that it will have enough staff with the right skills to support its community risk management plan (CRMP). Whilst there is some evidence of workforce planning at directorate level, the lack of a coherent service-wide plan is a cause of concern. Recommendation: The service should develop a system that brings together workforce, succession and training plans at a service level that clearly supports its CRMP and makes sure there is central oversight of all recruitment activity to make sure it is co-ordinated to meet workforce, capability and succession planning needs. | Open | |
| F2 | Cause of concern: The service lacks adequate organisational level plans that set out and bring together current and future workforce and skills requirements. The service doesn’t have in place adequate service-level processes to direct its recruitment and succession planning work. This means that the service can’t be assured that it will have enough staff with the right skills to support its community risk management plan (CRMP). Whilst there is some evidence of workforce planning at directorate level, the lack of a coherent service-wide plan is a cause of concern. Recommendation: The service should develop a system that brings together workforce, succession and training plans at a service level that clearly supports its CRMP and includes processes to make sure its current and future recruitment and promotion activity support the requirements of workforce and succession plans and the CRMP. | Open | |
| F3 | Cause of concern: The service lacks adequate organisational level plans that set out and bring together current and future workforce and skills requirements. The service doesn’t have in place adequate service-level processes to direct its recruitment and succession planning work. This means that the service can’t be assured that it will have enough staff with the right skills to support its community risk management plan (CRMP). Whilst there is some evidence of workforce planning at directorate level, the lack of a coherent service-wide plan is a cause of concern. Recommendation: The service should develop a system that brings together workforce, succession and training plans at a service level that clearly supports its CRMP and will account for the people, skills and capabilities it needs, both now and in the future. | Open | |
| F4 | Cause of concern: The service needs to improve its mobilisation system. Some long-term issues with the service’s mobilisation system could cause unnecessary delays in the dispatch of resources to emergency incidents. This would result in the public receiving a slower response to emergencies. Recommendation: The service should develop an action plan, which it regularly reviews, to make sure that fire control staff are updated regularly on work to resolve the issues. | Open | |
| F5 | Cause of concern: The service needs to improve its mobilisation system. Some long-term issues with the service’s mobilisation system could cause unnecessary delays in the dispatch of resources to emergency incidents. This would result in the public receiving a slower response to emergencies. Recommendation: The service should develop an action plan, which it regularly reviews, to make sure that it has strategic oversight arrangements in place and that any faults are recorded regularly and escalated to senior leaders where necessary. | Open | |
| F6 | Cause of concern: The service needs to improve its mobilisation system. Some long-term issues with the service’s mobilisation system could cause unnecessary delays in the dispatch of resources to emergency incidents. This would result in the public receiving a slower response to emergencies. Recommendation: The service should develop an action plan, which it regularly reviews, to make sure that its mobilisation system is effective, or has effective mitigating actions in place, so it doesn’t result in the public receiving a slower response to emergencies. | Open |