The Organisational Readiness Programme sets out a coordinated, organisation wide approach to ensuring West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service (WYFRS) is fully equipped, structurally, culturally, procedurally, and operationally to meet current and emerging risks. It brings together governance, leadership, standards, learning, risk management, and workforce capability into one coherent programme that strengthens both preparedness (the organisational work) and readiness (the experience on station and incident ground). 

Purpose 

The programme ensures WYFRS can effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from challenges, disruptions and major incidents. It focuses on ensuring that all resources, people, systems, and processes are aligned to deliver safe, consistent, and resilient services to the communities of West Yorkshire. 

Why it matters

Following key national findings, including the Grenfell Tower reports and local organisational learning, WYFRS has asked: Are we truly ready, as a whole organisation, to respond to a similar event? While many strengths exist, evidence shows that further improvements will further strengthen resilience, consistency, training, and organisational culture.