Community Resilience Introduction

Are we prepared?

Ask yourself a question. Would you know what to do if something happened that affected you and your family?

This section gives you information and direction to other agencies regarding what to do in the event of an emergency. 

With the ever changing environment and the risks that come with it, our communities need to feel reassured that should the unthinkable happen the West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service will provide a fast and efficient response to any of the emergencies that may come as a result.

By making sure we have the right people in the right place at the right time, with the right skills and equipment, we can make a real impact on saving lives and protecting our local community in an emergency.

Community Resilience Introduction

To ensure we deal effectively with incidents we will;

  • Plan in conjunction with partner agencies and organisations for emergency situations including both generic incident types and special risk sites and scenarios.
  • Deal safely and effectively with incidents and respond to emergencies with clearly defined target attendance times, by providing appropriately trained crews and the correct equipment, procedures, information and vehicles.
  • Use our learning from the incidents which we and others attend. Utilise our data, information and intelligence to ensure that we continuously improve our prevention, protection and response activities in order to develop the Service.

The Fire and Rescue National Framework sets out the Government’s priorities and objectives for the Fire and Rescue Services across the country.

Our Service is shaped by our risk analysis and by our understanding of the West Midlands and its diverse communities. In this way we are able to plan and allocate resources to ensure we are managing risk as effectively as possible.

Community Resilience Introduction

Our resources are strategically placed to meet demand across the area and through the day, so that we can achieve our response standards.

For further information please view the Birmingham Resilience website http://www.birminghamprepared.gov.uk/