Priority One
Our targeted prevention and protection activities reduce the risks in our communities, improving health, safety, and wellbeing, and supporting the local economy.
Every fire death is one too many. When these tragedies occur however, we carry out post-incident reviews to understand the causal factors and learn what we can from them to support our own understanding and to improve the fire prevention and protection services we provide. Following the inquiry into the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, we are working with the Building Safety Regulator to safeguard these types of buildings and their occupants.
Our crews and home fire safety technicians carry out home fire safety visits, a service for which we have received significant demand in recent times and have conducted more than 18,000 visits during 2023/24.
We continue to publicise our community campaigns, targeting our prevention advice on seasonal risks such as chimney fires, or on vulnerable road users like cyclists. Our Biker Down courses are continually popular with motorcyclists, and we support the Vision Zero road casualty reduction campaign in Devon.