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WOKINGHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL PRESENTATION

1st October 2018

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CHIEF FIRE OFFICER TREVOR FERGUSON

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• Financial Position
• 2015-19 Target Savings Update
• Life After Grenfell
• Strategic Asset Investment Framework
• Financial Pressures Beyond 2021 and precept flexibility
• 2019-23 Corporate Plan and IRMP

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Financial Position

(2018/19 Budget - £33.479Million)

• Between 2010 and March 2016 we saved £4.96million from budget
• Between April 2016 - March 2018 we have delivered a further £868k

and have plans in place to deliver £651k by March 2019

• We need to identify an additional £656k worth of savings or income

by 2021

• We have planned a significant programme to refresh our capital

assets which will need funding beyond 2021

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2015-19 £2.4Million Target Savings Update

• Restructure of service support functions and move to local Hub

delivery model. Target £1.1million savings (Delivered 2017)

• Disestablishment of the Retained Support Unit. Target £425k

savings (Delivered 2018)

• Introduction of new remotely managed station model. Target

Savings £550k (On Target for Delivery April 2019)

• Closing of Wargrave Station. Target Savings £168k

(Decision Pending November 2018)

• Closure of Pangbourne and Opening of Theale. Target Savings

£168k (Delayed to 2021 due to Planning delays)

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Life after Grenfell and our 4 Phase Plan

• Phase One
• Inspected 157 High-rise premises
• 4700 face to face visits
• Phase Two
• Jointly Inspected 74 to date
• Every resident in every building inspected offered a HFSC
• All ACM Clad Residential High Rise Buildings, Hotels and Care Quality

Commission Care Facilities identified

• Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Interim Measures

implemented and monitored

• Phase Three
• Working to implement emerging findings and responding to Interim measures
• Phase Four
• Changing our protection function to deliver on the all of the recommendations

and findings following Grenfell (The New Normal)

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Strategic Asset Investment Framework

• First new Tri-Service Community Station opened in Hungerford 2017
• Second Tri-Service Community will be Crowthorne opening Summer 2020
• Third Tri-Service Community Station will be Theale opening Summer 2021
• 7 of 11 new generation fire appliances delivered in 2017 and 2018 with 4 more

to be delivered in 2019 £200k each

• New 53 metre Aerial Ladder Platform ordered 2018 for 2020 delivery £800k
• £275k update to ICT systems including new disaster recovery systems
• Capital Investment up to 2021 funded within Medium Term Financial Plan

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Financial Pressures Beyond 2021

• Funding for Capital Programme beyond 2021 needs to be found
• Phase 4 of Grenfell plan may need additional funding
• Pay pressure. Medium Term Financial Plan based on 2% pay

increase assumptions. Inflation closer to 3%

• Fire Authority has been working with local MPs, National Fire Chief’s

Council and Fire Minister to seek greater flexibility on local precept increases (£5 for Fire)

• RBFA historically a very prudent Authority and in the lower quartile
• f Precepting Fire Authorities

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2019-23 Corporate Plan and IRMP

• Sets out what the Fire Authority is planning over the next 4 years
• Public Consultation ran from 1st August to 28th September 2018
• Fire Authority will now consider the consultation responses
• Plan will formally be published in November 2018

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Questions

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Thank you

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