About the Service
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority (the Authority) is responsible for ensuring that the communities of Somerset and Devon, including Plymouth and Torbay, are protected and supported by an effective and efficient fire and rescue service.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service (the Service) is the organisation put in place by the Authority to deliver its duties and responsibilities.
We are the largest non-metropolitan fire and rescue service in England, covering almost 4,000 square miles. We protect 820,000 households, 74,000 businesses and a further 1.1 million visitors a year. Our Service area has a network of over 13,000 miles of roads, 90% of which are smaller, rural roads and country lanes, and 659 miles of coastline. We have 332 emergency response vehicles and 1,915 dedicated staff.
About our plan
Each fire and rescue authority has a statutory duty to produce a Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP).
Our draft CRMP sets out the key challenges and risks facing our communities and how we intend to meet and reduce them.
It demonstrates how our protection, prevention and response activities have, and will be, used collectively to prevent and/or mitigate fires and other incidents. This integrated approach will keep you safe and reduce the impact of emergencies on people, businesses and the local economy.
We protect over 1.8m people and we will always seek to prevent incidents from occurring but when you need us, we will respond quickly to minimise harm and economic loss.
How we work
The diagram below shows how our work connects our planning activity to improved public outcomes. We use risk management to inform what needs to be done by who, where and when. We train our staff and have effective policy and procedures to ensure that our prevention, protection and response arrangements make people safer.