I am privileged that my role
requires me to promote the
various work that Mid and West
Wales Fire and Rescue Service
do to protect our communities.
Variation is certainly a theme
to my workload as during the
last year I have worked with the
Service’s Control Room, writing
a monthly internal newsletter for
Control Room staff; Operational
Response Management, internally
communicating the delivery of
new equipment to firefighters;
promoted public events for
County Command Areas and
Stations; raised awareness within
the public, on behalf of the
Transport Department, of brand
new appliances becoming
operational and distributed
important updates to both
operational and support staff
from the Human Resources and
Procurement Departments.
Although my role has a
connection to almost every
department of the Service, the
department I work closest with
is Community Risk Reduction
(CRR). At the beginning of the
year, both CCBD and CRR will
draft a campaigns calendar
that will include national and
local safety campaigns to
be delivered to the public at
specific times of the year. The
calendar allows us to plan
ahead and support the CRR
Department to target specific
audiences during relative
seasons in the year. In the
broadest sense, we will focus on
home fire safety during the winter
months, arson and wildfires in
the spring, summer safety during
the lengthy school holidays and
bonfire safety during autumn.
Within each calendar month we
will feature different safety weeks
or day events, that are national,
multi-agency or Fire Service led
campaigns that correspond with
risks to the public’s safety during
those periods. These campaigns
include winter driving safety,
summer driving safety, swimming
in open water during the summer,
chimney fire awareness as the
summer comes to a close and
Christmas safety awareness to
name only a few.
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