Executive Committee 17 August 2006

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West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority

Meeting of the Executive Committee held on 17 August 2006 at Fire Service Headquarters, Birkenshaw

Present: Councillors G Beever (in the Chair), D Atkinson (as substitute for Councillor M Khan), P Booth and G Wilkinson (as substitute for Councillor R Light).

Apologies: Councillors Khan and Light

1 Minutes of the Last Meeting

Resolved

That the Minutes of the meeting held on 30 June 2006 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

2 Urgent Items

None.

3 Admission of the Public

Resolved

That the public and press be excluded from the meeting during the item of business specified below as it was likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public or press were to be present during this item, there would be disclosure to them of exempt information of the description specified.

Agenda Item Number - E5

Title of Report - Comprehensive Performance Assessment 2 – Operational Service self-assessment submission

Minute Number - 5

Description of Exempt information by reference to the paragraph number in Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 - Paragraph 3 – Financial or
business affairs

4 Declarations of Interest

No disclosures of interest were declared in any matter under consideration at the meeting.

5 Comprehensive Performance Assessment 2 – Operational Service Self-Assessment Submission

Consideration was given to a report of the Director of Operations which advised of the outcome of the self-assessment exercise and which sought approval for its submission to the Audit Commission. A copy of an updated version of the self-assessment document had been circulated at the meeting together with a copy of the Toolkit and Guidance document published by the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Members were advised that the self-assessment had been conducted in accordance with the Audit Commission’s Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) Operational Assessment of the service.

It was reported that the self-assessment document had been drafted in advance of the visit by the Assessment Team in November and related to the assessment of operational performance against five key lines of enquiry;

Risk Analysis
Prevention and Protection
Operational Preparedness
Call Management and Incident Support
Emergency Response

Resolved

(i) That the following revisions be made to the amended Operational Assessment of Service Delivery document (as circulated at the meeting);

Key Line of Enquiry 1 – Risk Assessment

(Organising)

Inclusion of reference to visit by Members to stations within the Five Towns area (Normanton, Castleford, Wakefield, Pontefract and
Knottingley) in association with proposals contained within the Integrated Risk Management Plan (Year 4)

(Planning and Implementation)

Include reference to IRMP 3 – involvement of Chair with Garforth issues

Key Line of Enquiry 3 – Operational Preparedness

(Planning and Implementation)

Delete reference to CFO seminars (para 53) and insert reference to CFO Focus Groups

Inclusion of reference to the Health and Safety Consultation process as supporting evidence at para 53

Key Line of Enquiry 4 – Call Management and Incident Support

Include reference to NCC service (National Coordination Centre) as appropriate

Key Line of Enquiry 5 – Emergency Response

(Audit and Review)

Reference to Member station visits as appropriate

(ii) That the Operational Assessment of Service Delivery submission, as amended at (i) above, be authorised for submission to the Audit Commission.

Chair