Our vision and strategic aims

Our vision is for safe communities where there are
no preventable deaths or injuries from fire or other emergencies. Put simply, this means we will strive to reduce risk and save lives.

To succeed in this, we need to achieve community safety and operational excellence in the most cost-effective way, putting people at the centre of everything we do.

These are our strategic aims.

People

• We have a culture that embodies our values and expected behaviours
• We listen and engage with our people, communities and our partners to improve what we do
• We develop our people and encourage them to reach their potential
• We continually improve the service we deliver.

Operational Excellence

• We have competent, confident and skilled people
• We have the right skills, equipment and resources in the right places
• We have a learning culture looking to continually improve what we do and how we do it.

Community Safety Excellence

• We understand and target the risk in our communities
• We are inclusive in our approach and tailor our services to meet the needs of our diverse communities
• We work with partner agencies in a targeted, proactive and effective manner and are perceived as a key contributor to community safety
• We have a high level of success in our community safety activities and evaluate our impact.

Value for Money

• We actively seek collaborations
• We evaluate the impact of working practices to strive for efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability
• We continuously monitor how we are performing, sharing what we do and taking best practice from others.