1. Operational Doctrine
The CFOA View

2. What do we want? Top quality service delivery Safety
These are not separate

3. Our experience
Unfounded protocols and operating procedures are impractical and unsafe
Having operating procedures does not alone make us effective or safe

4. The history Ministerial responsibility The FS inspectorate
Manuals/FSCs/DCOLs
Where was the strategic base?

5. What’s changed? New concepts of flexibility and local accountability
IRMPs
New governance arrangements
From inspection to advice

6. The systematic approach
Agree a strategic approach
Identify and agree accountability and responsibility
Identify the way it will be managed
Effective performance management
Regular review
Independent audit

7. The general context Identify hazards Assessing risks
Implementing controls

8. Our context Engineering the risk Actions in a known environment
Both important
What about the unknown environment?

9. The safe person concept
The right person
The right actions
The right equipment

10. How do we determine what is “right”?
Strategic risk assessment
What is the FRS role?
Generic risk assessment
What are the high level risks?
These are ministerial responsibilities.

11. How do we determine what is “right”?
Specific risk assessments
What are the specific contexts for those risks
These are split between central and local levels.

12. How do we determine what is “right”?
Development of operating practices
Operating practices -What is the best way to deal with the risks?
How do these translate into training?
How should we equip our staff
How does this inform our support facilities?
What are our standards?

13. So, what is “doctrine”? It is all of these things.
It is “the systematic way we, as a service ensure effective and safe operations in a hostile environment”

14. How do we organise this?
Minister for fire – identify strategic risks clearly and explicitly
CFOA view is that minister should discharge responsibility through all generic risk assessments (including key controls) and certain specific risk assessments.

15. Fire Authorities
Duty of employers
Responsible for their staff

16. CFRAU Advise/support minister in discharging his responsibilities
Commissions work to do this

17. LGA Coordinating role with political leaders
Engage members and sign off strategy

18. CFOA Commissioned to do the professional work?
Potentially other professional groups?

19. Staff representatives
Engage and support

20. Delivery Practitioners forum for operational environment
Practitioners forum sub group develop risk assessment hierarchy
Programme for SOPs agreed

21. Audit and review
Practitioners forum to review and seek external audit.

22. Spin offs Awareness of our role in national risk management
Reinforcement of stakeholder roles
Asserts professional leadership
Provides a basis for further work on the future of the service

23. Operational Doctrine
The CFOA View