CAT Volunteers Policy

GMFRS will continually actively recruit volunteers to undertake voluntary activities, aligned to the IRMP, in order to increase public safety and to assist in engaging with the hard to reach within the community

GMFRS volunteer programme will

• Provide a friendly, accessible and very focal point of contact between the local communities and GMFRS
• Help to raise the awareness of all fire & safety issues to all sectors of the community
• To promote diversity within GMFRS
• To promote community cohesion and well being by assisting in the development of important communication links between local fire stations, representative groups, other volunteer organisations and individuals with similar ideals in the community
• To complement the community fire safety roles of an operational fire fighter.
• Reach groups not currently assessed by the Service, such as unsuccessful applicants to jobs within the Service and those in hard to reach communities
• Increase capacity with regard to Community Safety activities
• Impact on corporate objectives
• Contribute towards targets associated with the National Indicator set for ‘Local Area Agreements’