Prevention
Our prevention team plays a critical role in helping to keep our communities safe. We continue to develop our understanding of risk, analysing national data sets and using local partners’ data. Delivery plans ensure we target and support those who need it most.
Our identified community risks are the focus of planning and prevention work. We plan and deliver prevention activities in line with identified partners, considering new and emerging community risks. The service is at the heart of Lincolnshire’s communities and is ideally placed to support people who need our help.
With an ageing population and changing demographics across the county, we will train our workforce to provide timely, accurate and relevant safety information. By having an agile workforce whilst focusing on core risks, we can flex to support and integrate our services.
Home safety
Our Home Fire Safety Visits will be our main method of delivering prevention activities and keeping people safe in their homes. A blend of proactive and reactive visits allows us to target our communities and those identified as most vulnerable.
A person-centred approach ensures individual needs are at the heart of our activities.
Although we focus on fire safety, our staff are trained to support wider community safety concerns and risks, e.g., mental health, including dementia, serious violence, frauds and scams, and healthy and accessible homes.
Road safety
We align to the Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership (LRSP) and its strategy to deliver educational activities.
All activities are targeted and planned, contributing to preventing road traffic collisions and reducing the number killed and seriously injured on our roads.
Our road safety activities are coordinated by a dedicated community safety advocate, who provides timely updates and support for our operational crews. Further information can be found through LRSP’s strategy.
Safeguarding
A robust safeguarding policy is supported by a training plan which ensures all staff members recognise safeguarding concerns and report through the agreed channels.
As a key stakeholder with the Lincolnshire Adults Safeguarding Board and the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Childrens Partnership we contribute to county-wide initiatives. Our processes support serious incident reviews to maintain and promote a learning culture.
Arson Task Force
We will build on our established partnership with Lincolnshire Police to further embed our Arson Task Force (ATF), within our communities.
The aim is to reduce the number of deliberate fires and related anti-social behaviours. Intelligence sharing, data analysis and targeted campaign work offers support to a wider partner network to combat the effects of deliberate fire setting.
Recognising the link to specialist resources, the ATF links with our Fire Intervention Scheme and Fire Investigation team to offer tailored advice with a view to educating and improving awareness of the dangers of deliberate fire setting.
Organisationally, we are committed to horizon scanning and monitoring the potential for emerging risks. National and local sources of data will be viewed and analysed to ensure the Service and prevention team consider how best to plan and mitigate identified risks.
We will support and take guidance from the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), who, as the professional voice of the fire sector, aims to ensure that fire and rescue services are at the forefront of prevention work. Our continued aim is to ensure that we provide relevant safety information to promote safety and keep our communities as safe as possible.