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Key Documents

  
In this section you will find information and links to important Combined Fire Authority Key Documents such as the Constitution and Members' allowance scheme. For further information click on the links below.
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Role of the Fire Authority

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Comprehensive Performance Assessment
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The Fire Authority is responsible for the Fire Service in the geographical area of Lancashire. more...

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Comprehensive Performance Assessment details.

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Performance Report and Action Plan 2009 - Consultation Outcomes

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District Profiles
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In order to help us understand the distribution of risk, we carry out a risk profiling exercise of Lancashire on an annual basis. Risk is profiled at local/unitary authority level and is reported as part of the PR&AP.
Section 3 - Risk in Lancashire part 1
Section 3 - Risk in Lancashire part 2
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Risk Management Plan 2008/11

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Anti Fraud Policy
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Welcome to our Risk Management Plan (RMP) for the period 2008/11 .

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The Combined Fire Authority Audit Committee at their meeting held on the 25th March 2009 considered and approved the attached revised Anti-Fraud Policy. Anti Fraud Policy 80 kb Word 55kb
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WhistleBlowing Policy

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The Combined Fire Authority Audit Committee at their meeting held on the 25th March 2009 considered and approved the attached revised Whistleblowing Policy.
Acrobat 40 kb Word 51kb

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Audit Commission - Annual Audit and Inspection Letter

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Medium Term Financial Strategy

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The Audit Commission's Annual Audit and Inspection Letter for the Lancashire Combined Fire Authority is attached.
Acrobat 284 kb

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The Authority's Medium Term Financial Strategy for the period 2009/10 - 2013/14 is attached. Acrobat 387 kb
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Complaints against Elected Members

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Code of Conduct for Authority Members
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If you want to make a complaint about the conduct of a member of the Lancashire Combined Fire Authority, you must submit your complaint to the Chair of the Assessment Sub-Committee, Lancashire Combined Fire Authority Standards Committee, c/o Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service Headquarters, Garstang Road, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 3LH. The Assessment Sub-Committee can only deal with complaints about the behaviour of a member and will not deal with matters that are not covered by the Code of Conduct. Any complaint must be about why the member has not followed the Code of Conduct.

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As recommended by the Standards Board for England, the Combined Fire Authority have by resolution dated the 17th September 2007 adopted a revised Code of Conduct governing the behaviour and standards expected of elected members. Word 129kb Acrobat 104 kb
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Freephone Safety Advice line

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National Framework
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This document provides information on Lancashire Fire and Rescue Services' Freephone Fire and Safety Advice line.

  

The Fire and Rescue Service National Framework 2008-11
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Consultation Strategy

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Scheme of Delegation

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The Combined Fire Authority's Consultation Strategy

 

The Combined Fire Authority's Scheme of Delegation. Acrobat 128 kbWord 234kb

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Standing Orders

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Financial Regulations
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Constitutional and Procedural Standing Orders Approved as at 19th September 2005.

Updated version of Contract Standing Orders approved by Audit Committee on the 17th January 2008. Acrobat 544 kb

 

Updated version approved by Audit Committee on the 26th September 2007. Acrobat 501 kb

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Protocol on Councillor/Officer relations

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Community Safety Strategy 2009-2014
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The Protocol on Councillor/Officer relations  

Our Community Safety Strategy is a key part of our risk management framework and sets out our integrated approach to making people safer. This combines prevention - stopping a problem from occurring; protection - having in place measures designed to protect life and property and an effective emergency response should the worst happen.

Part 1 - Background

This section introduces the Community Safety Strategy and describes the County of Lancashire. it sets out roles and responsibilities and provides information on how we are organised to deliver effective community safety. Acrobat 1.68 mb

Part 2 - Risk Reduction and Partnership Working

The next chapters of the Community Safety Strategy describes how we calculate risk and risk reduction and how we use the information we have to target our work. it also describes how we work with partners to contribute to shared objectives - particularly through Local Area Agreements. Acrobat 1.47 mb

Part 3 - Prevention, Protection and Emergency Response

These sections provide detailed information about our work to prevent fires and other emergencies including road traffic collisions and to provide protection through education, risk awareness and technical solutions. It also sets out our strategy for deployment to emergency incidents. it also includes the final chapter of the document which describes how we will report performance on achievement of the strategy.Acrobat 1.69 mb
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Outside Bodies and Liabilities

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Corporate Communications Strategy
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Merseyside Fire and Civil Defence Authority
Members guide to Outside Bodies duties and Liabilities.
The Merseyside Fire and Civil defence Authority have recently produced a Members Guide to Outside Bodies Duties and Liabilities which it is thought would be of specific interest to all members of Fire Authorities and perhaps of more general interest to members of the public.		  

The Combined Fire Authority's Corporate Communication Strategy was approved by the Planning Committee on the 27th November 2008.Acrobat 449 kbWord 1.13 mb
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Members' Allowance Scheme

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Freedom of Information
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This document details how the scheme works. Word 75kbAcrobat 40 kb *

The Combined Fire Authority Freedom of Information Publication scheme.

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Fleet Asset Management Plan

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Statement of Accounts 2008/09
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The attached Fleet Asset Management Plan was approved by the Combined Fire Authority's Resources Committee on the 30th November 2007.

Fleet Asset Management Plan Acrobat 1Mb

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The Statement of Accounts covers the financial year ended 31st March 2009. It has been prepared in accordance with the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2003 and the Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting in the United Kingdom 2006.

Statement of Accounts 2008/09Acrobat 225 kb

A summary Statement of Accounts for 2008/09 is also attached. Acrobat 225 kb
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Corporate Governance

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Council Tax
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The Combined Fire Authority at its Audit Committee meeting on the 25th September 2008 approved the attached revised Code of Corporate Governance document.

Corporate Governance is the way an authority ensures that it is doing the right things, in the right way, for the right people, in a timely, inclusive, open, honest and accountable manner.Acrobat 78 kb

The Authority's Annual Governance Report 2008/09 and Annual Governance Statement 2008/09 are also attached.Acrobat 237 kbAcrobat 44 kb

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Council Tax Leaflet 2008/09Acrobat 38 kb
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North West Fire & Rescue Management Board - Business Plan 2008 - 2011

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North West Fire & Rescue Management Board

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Please find attached the North West Fire and Rescue Management Board Business Plan for 2008 - 2011.

The Board is responsible for aspects of fire and rescue service delivery to the people of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside and was formed in 2004. Word 1.46 MbAcrobat 824 kb

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The Statement of Accounts for the North West Fire and Rescue Management Board for 2008/09 is attached. Acrobat 581 kb
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