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Head Office Realignment
A realignment of the functional areas in existing directorates at the
Homebush Bay Head Office was undertaken and put in place during
the reporting period.
Commenced in January 2008 following the appointment of
Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons the previous year, the realignment’s
main objectives were to streamline the provision of
services within directorates and to provide a greater focus and
cohesion in many of those services. Changes were made to ensure
the Service is durable enough to meet current and emerging trends
and challenges in fire management well into the future.
This new structure of Homebush Bay Head Office directorates
was finalised in June 2008. The new directorates took effect from
1 July 2008.
The readjustment of the directorates saw many changes, the main
ones being;
• Regional Services becoming a separate directorate giving more
focus to the Districts/Teams/Zones and volunteer brigades.
• All human resources and associated services placed within one
directorate now called Membership Services.
• All corporate planning functions placed together in the Strategic
Services directorate.
• Operations and Community Safety placed under the auspices of
one director.
The NSWRFS directorates are as follows:
EXECUTIVE SERVICES
Statutory functions and public obligations of the Commissioner.
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
Design, development and management of the Service’s technological,
mobile and fixed assets.
MEMBERSHIP SERVICES
The administration of our people and the provision of services for all
members of the Service.
REGIONAL SERVICES
Monitor and review the performance of Regions and DTZs to ensure
consistent standards in delivery of Service objectives and philosophy,
particularly to our volunteers.
STRATEGIC SERVICES
Corporate management systems, programs and projects,
organisational improvement and corporate communications.
See Appendix A for the new organisational chart.
The changes saw the appointment of a new executive team with two
new external appointments and the promotion of one officer to an
executive role. There was a complete review of all Role Statements
for the executive team.
The new executive team is:
Director Executive Services
Director Infrastructure Services
Director Membership Services
Director Operational Services
Director Regional Services
Director Strategic Services
Richard Lyons
Keith Harrap, AFSM
Bronwyn Jones
Rob Rogers, AFSM
Dominic Lane, AFSM
Mark Crosweller, AFSM
All existing permanent Head Office staff were placed against positions
in the new directorate structures. To facilitate this process a Realignment
Implementation Committee (RIC) was established to ensure
this was done efficiently and effectively. It comprised representatives
of the executive team, Membership Services and the Rural Fire
Service Association (RFSA).
OPERATIONAL SERVICES
Building safer communities through the integration of prevention,
mitigation and response arrangements.
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