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In 2008/9 Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service's (GMFRS) Management Team embarked on an extensive staff consultation exercise which recognised the full implications of the global financial crisis, as well as making a commitment to staff to engage them in designing the Fire and Rescue Service of the future, in a manner not previously attempted.

This year (2010) the Strategic Intent Document takes the feedback from the staff consultation exercise, as well as an analysis of a changing world, and sets out to reposition the Service.

In doing so, it seeks to recognise just how much has changed in a very short period of time, most especially the implications for the public sector arising from the election of a new, coalition Government. There is now a much more radical, fast moving and challenging agenda facing the whole of the public sector, a key element of which is funding, and a need/intent to cut public sector debt dramatically and quickly.

The Fire and Rescue Service is not protected from these challenges and, so, the Strategic Intent Document seeks to propose a way forward that strikes a new balance between managing risk and managing resources.

You can read both the Strategic Intent Document and the Executive Summary by clicking on the links below.

If you would like to send us your thoughts please email Strategic Intent.

Last update: 13/06/2011 09:12:08