Activity Report - Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service ...

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FIREFIGHTERS, STAFF AND PUBLIC
DECIDE FUTURE OF PREVENTION
WORK
THE future of Greater Manchester Fire and
Rescue Service’s Prevention work was put in
the hands of firefighters, staff and the public
during a consultation that ran from April to
June.
The consultation ran for 12 weeks – with the
earlier focus being on gauging the views of
crews and staff and the latter weeks seeing
staff go out and speak to the public and
partners about plans.
The first six weeks were dedicated to
consulting with groups of staff on boroughs
and providing them with all the material
required for them to go out and seek the
views of their own communities on plans.
Officers and staff took a similarly innovative
approach as they had done with the
Corporate Plan to consulting with the public
during the final six weeks.
a new student tower block being built in
Manchester.
Work is underway on the 100 metre high
development which will cater for students
from both Manchester Metropolitan University
and The University of Manchester.
The new development consists of a high-rise
tower providing student accommodation –
from single studios to five-bedroom
apartments – with office space and common
rooms.
GMFRS’s Fire Safety Engineering Manager,
Peter Buckley, said: “The design team
consulted with GMFRS very early in the
design phase of the project and this approach
is welcomed and encouraged by GMFRS.
Any problems encountered can be ironed out
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The culmination of activities was two citizen
panels that took place at Moss Side and
Eccles fire stations in June and the wider
Greater Manchester public were brought into
the debate with traditional media coverage,
use of the GMFRS website and social media
activity.
The feedback on the Prevention, Home Safety
and Road Safety strategies was due to be
collated throughout the summer and
presented to Greater Manchester Fire and
Rescue Authority in September.
GMFRS DEVELOPS FIRE SAFETY PLANS
FOR STUDENT TOWER BLOCK
GMFRS fire engineers have been working with
designers, building control services and
consultants to develop fire safety designs for
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