CFO Dave EtheridgeChairCFOA Road Safety Executive Board

Road Safety GB working with Fire and Rescue - A Powerful Partnership

Chief Fire Officers’ AssociationRoad Safety Lead

CFO - Dave Etheridge

RSGB working with the Fire and Rescue Service

A Powerful Partnership

Background - Fire and Rescue Services• 46 FRS in England.• Northern Ireland FRS.• Three FRS in Wales. • A single service covering Scotland. • CFOA – represents all services as the

professional voice of the UK Fire and Rescue Service.

Prevention works• Fire and Rescue Services have an

excellent track record in preventing fires and other incidents.

• 50% reduction in fires over the past 10 years.• 50% reduction in those killed and seriously

injured in fires over the last 10 years.• Large reduction in arson related fires.

How have we achieved the 50% reduction?

• Many agencies share the same client base but we were not sharing the same client data base.

• Intelligence and joint working has been key.• Partnerships formed from Government to local

authority level and across sectors.

Road Traffic Collisions (RTC)

• FRS has a statutory duty to attend RTCs but not to deliver road safety education.

• In 2011-12, there were 380 fire-related deaths in Britain.

• In 2011-12, 1,754 people were killed on Britain's roads.

• The Government have signalled that the FRS needs to take on a wide role to make society safer – not just from fire – more of a Community Protection Agency.

Community Risk Management Plan

CFOA Road Safety Strategy

RSGB and CFOA MoU

How will we ensure partnership working?

Tying in with:• National• Regional• Local Structures• FRS delivering through local Safer Road

Partnerships where they exist.

Working together to make a bigger difference

• Campaigning• Data Sharing• Events Calendar• Media• Lobbying• Young People

How have FRS engaged?• Well respected and trusted brand. • Good role models for young people (the 16-24

hard to reach) and communities. • Tied in with schools to deliver ‘safety’ messages

through the national curriculum.• Seen as an educator not an enforcer. • Seen as a helpful friend.• Working with RSGB and others on a National

Road Safety Week.

Working in Partnership with other Organisations to deliver safer roads

• ACPO and CFOA working together including jointly appearing in front of the Transport Select Committee.

• Cross Government lobbying – DCLG, HO, Health, DfT Ministers.

• Closer working with other road safety groups such as the charity sector and the private sector.

Road Safety Executive Board and UK Structure

Road Safety Executive

Board

Data and Intelligence

Commissioning and Funding

Partners and Stakeholders

Practitioners

DfT

All FRS Regions

RSGB

Highways Agency

Police

CFOA Road Safety structure• Partnerships are key to delivering success.• Dedicated work streams to inform FRS. • Sharing data, intelligence and approaches to

enable FRS and stakeholders to map out how to make a difference – and deliver.

• Stop reinventing the wheel!

An Oxfordshire example

• Youth and Magistrates Courts diversionary approach concerning car related crime through working with the Youth Offending Service.

Summary

• FRS role changing to be more of a Community Protection Agency.

• Common goal to work with others to reduce road deaths to try to replicate the success we have achieved in fire deaths.

• Partnerships and data sharing is key.• As public sector resources reduce, it’s clear we

all need to work together to make a bigger difference.

Thank you for listening.

Any questions?

RSGB andFire and Rescue

A VERY POWERFUL PARTNERSHIP