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Strategic Partnership Between Hampshire County Council and Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS)

Relevant Key Objectives

The key objectives of the HFRS Integrated Risk Management Plan which are relevant to this Agreement are to:

· Achieve a reduction in the number of fire deaths and injuries.

· Achieve a reduction in the number of fires started deliberately

· Achieve a reduction in the number of fires and unwanted alarms of fire that occur.

The key objectives of HCC are:

· Improvement in the management of risk to all personnel using or entering HCC premises from injury and loss of life due to fire.

· To minimise the risk of losses from fire.

· To maximise the awareness of fire in corporate and local management and operational activities.

· To ensure the safety of staff and building users consistent with the County Council's Corporate Risk Assessment for Buildings.

Common Objectives

Analysis of the key objectives from each organisation shows that a set of mutual objectives can be defined as follows:

· To reduce the risk of fires in HCC premises

· To increase the awareness of key issues in Fire Safety Management within HCC premises, including arson prevention and the reduction of unwanted fire alarms.

· To concentrate resources on reducing risk from fire in high life risk premises.

· To mitigate the effects of fires that do occur by ensuring appropriate human responses through local management and the provision of appropriate improvements to structural fire precaution measures and through a risk based assessment methodology the installation of automatic sprinkler installations into new and refurbished buildings.