CRMP questionnaire

Welcome to our questionnaire!

It’s our role as your fire and rescue service to understand and manage the risks in our communities.

This helps us to establish where we need our staff and resources, so we can respond to high-risk incidents and plan how to deliver our vital prevention and protection work to help keep communities safe.

We have a statutory duty to prepare a Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP) which sets out the steps we take to try and prevent emergency situations from arising, as well as the measures we have in place to respond to an emergency situation.

Our current CRMP, which was launched in 2022 and runs until 2026, sets out five Strategic Priorities that we have committed to delivering against:

1. Preventing fires and emergencies from happening. Keeping people safe from vulnerable situations and helping people and communities to fulfil their potential.
2. Protecting people, firefighters and property by making buildings as safe from fire as they can be. Keeping people safe from vulnerable situations and help promote a sustainable and prosperous economy.
3. Responding to fires and emergencies quickly and effectively. Keeping people safe from vulnerable situations and helping people and communities to fulfil their potential.
4. Have a safe and valued workforce. This includes developing our cultural values and behaviours as well as supporting the health and wellbeing of our staff.
5. Making best use of resources, including our buildings and vehicles, making sure we remain up-to-date with the latest technology.

Before we begin planning our next CRMP, which will run from 2026–2030, we want to hear from you about the risks in your communities that concern you the most.

This will help us make sure that we have the greatest understanding of the risks and challenges that exist within our county and allow us to plan for the future to ensure that we have the right resources in the right place at the right time to help keep you safe.

We have prepared a short questionnaire that sets out some of the key risks within our county, and would really welcome your input to help us understand the issues that are most important to you.

Privacy statement

West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service (WSFRS) will use this survey to collect some personal data as part of its Community Risk Management Plan survey.

The processing of this data is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

This data will be processed in accordance with the 2018 Data Protection Act, the General Data Protection Regulations and any subsequent relevant data

and will only be used for the purpose stated.

The data we collect will be held securely on computer for a period of up to eighteen months before being appropriately destroyed. West Sussex County

Council is registered as Data Controller (Reg. No. Z6413427).

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