CRMP strategic review statement 2024

Introduction

When launching our Community Risk Management Plan (https://www.dsfire.gov.uk/about-us/community-risk-plan) (CRMP) in 2022, we committed to reviewing and reporting on our progress annually. Our annual review looks at our progress against each strategic priority set out in the plan.

We also review our incident data to look at what has happened over the last year and compare it to the forecasts used in our original plan. This helps us identify any significant variations from what is expected and allows us to investigate the reasons behind these and adjust our plans if we need to. We also look at changes in our Service or operating environment that have impacted or could impact on our plans.

The annual report outlines the key achievements of the Service in the main areas of People, Prevention, Protection and Response, provides a summary of our finances and resources and gives an overall view of our work and performance in 2024 and our future
plans.

About us

We have:

• 83 fire stations
• 303 emergency response vehicles
• We are the largest non-metropolitan fire and rescue service in England, covering almost 4,000 square miles
• 2,000 dedicated staff
• We protect 850,000 households, 79,000 businesses and, a further 1.1 million visitors a year.

You can read our strategic review statement on the following web pages or as a PDF document (https://www.dsfire.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2024-12/CRMP%20strategic%20review%20statement%202024.pdf).