Community Risk Management Plan

In short, a CRMP serves as our organisational plan for the future. It should have a lifespan of at least three years and be produced in consultation with the public, fire and rescue staff, local partners and representative bodies.

Our current CRMP covers the four years between 2024 and 2028. We will produce annual action plans during this period to show the progress we are making. Both documents can be accessed below.

The first sections of our CRMP provides an overview of Cheshire and explain the way our fire and rescue service is organised to deliver prevention, protection and response activities.

Between pages 12 and 27 we describe the demands on our Service, and outline the key fire and rescue risks facing Cheshire and how we will address them over the next four years.

Between pages 28 and 41 we explain in more detail our plans to change and improve the way we respond to emergencies, following a comprehensive review of our fire cover.

The final sections outline further plans to improve other important aspects of our organisation and provide an overview of our funding arrangements.

A summary of our proposals for 2024-28 is provided on pages 48 and 49.

Consultation

This CRMP was shaped by the views of the public, staff and partners. First, we carried out pre-consultation to seek feedback on our guiding principles, explore options for the future in more detail, understand impacts on minority groups and ask for views on new and emerging risks. We then consulted formally on our proposals between October 2023 and January 2024.

In our most ambitious consultation programme ever - supported and endorsed by the Consultation Institute - we engaged more than 5,000 members of the public, staff and partners over 13 weeks. The response to the draft CRMP was largely supportive, but we recognise there were some local concerns about the impact of changes to some fire engines.

We will keep staff and communities engaged through the life of this plan.

View our CRMP and latest Annual Update