Integrated Risk Management Planning (IRMP)
Last updated: 21/01/2013
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Integrated Risk Management Planning (IRMP)
What is IRMP?
IRMP is part of the Government’s agenda to reform and modernise
the fire service. The main aim is to make the service more
responsive to locally identified needs and better able to deliver
community fire safety. By moving the service from reactive to
proactive risk reduction and widening the quality and type of
services provided, IRMP’s hope to deliver:
- A reduction in the number of fires and incidents.
- A reduction in loss of life.
- A reduction in the number and severity of injuries.
- Reduction of commercial, economic and social impact of fires
and other incidents.
- Safeguarding the environment and heritage.
- Providing communities with value for money.
Outcomes of the IRMP process are fed into the Fire and
Rescue Service Plan as part of the annual planning
process.
Stages of IRMP
There are five stages to the IRMP process:
Stage 1
Identify existing and potential risks to the community
We will look in some detail at what has happened in recent years
and what might reasonably be expected to happen. This will include
examining the number, type, geographical location and time of day
of all incidents attended in recent years.
We will then produce plans, maps, summaries and tables which
show actual incidents and identifies areas, time periods and people
to show how our resources have dealt with these incidents.
Stage 2
Evaluate the Effectiveness of Current Preventative and Response
Arrangements
We will examine our current service provision, what we have
achieved and how our performance compares with others.
We will identify our strengths and weaknesses in current
prevention, response and resource allocation. The first key
consideration is how well the present distribution of resources
match the patterns of risks already identified.
At this stage we will ask:
- What might we have done differently;
- Did we get the balance right between prevention and
intervention; and
- Has more time and resource been spent in non-productive
activities (people shut in lifts, false alarms, etc.) then on those
that might have greater benefits
While risk to property, the environment and heritage will
continue to be of importance, risk to life will in future be given
the highest priority.
Stage 3
Identify Opportunities for Improvement and Determine Policies
and Standards for prevention and Intervention
The first step will be to identify the opportunities for
improvement in community safety.
We will identify ways in which we can work in collaboration with
the relevant agencies to deliver the wider aspects of improved
public safety. The policies needed to deliver some improvements
could relate to the terms and conditions on which staff are
employed as well as operational matters.
We will compare resource implications that will flow from the
prevention and intervention standards we consider setting, with the
potential benefits that might be achieved by improved community
safety.
Stage 4
Determine resource requirements to meet these Policies and
Standards
We will consider the resources we need to deliver our goals,
policies and standards.
IRMP is not a blank piece of paper; we will start by determining
how resources should be redeployed rather than considering a wholly
new disposition.
Stage 5
Consultation
We will consult any person or organisation that might have a
legitimate interest in the proposals under consideration, or who
may be affected by those proposals.
Consultation will be proportional to the nature and extent of
any changes proposed.
There are three principal areas on which we will consult:
- The draft IRMP and initial action plan.
- The annual action plans.
- Changes in intervention standards and/or resources not included
in an annual Action Plan.
After the consultation responses will be formally
considered.
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