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This Equality Scheme can be made available in a range of formats on request. Please contact us with your requirements (see below for contact details): Mrs Adèle Davidson Equality Manager Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service Fire & Rescue Service Headquarters 1 Seymour Street Lisburn BT27 4SX Telephone: 02892 664221 Fax: 02892 600456 Textphone: 02892 628800 Email: adele.davidson@nifrs.org 2
Foreword Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (the Act) requires public authorities, in carrying out their functions relating to Northern Ireland, to have due regard to the need to promote equality of opportunity and regard to the desirability of promoting good relations across a range of categories outlined in the Act 1 . In our equality scheme we set out how Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service proposes to fulfil the Section 75 statutory duties. The NIFRS Board and Senior Management Team will commit the appropriate resources in terms of people, time and money to make sure that the Section 75 statutory duties are complied with and that the Equality Scheme is implemented effectively, and on time. We commit to having effective internal arrangements in place for ensuring our effective compliance with the Section 75 statutory duties and for monitoring and reviewing our progress. We will develop and deliver a programme of communication and training with the aim of ensuring that all our staff and Board members are made fully aware of our equality scheme and understand the commitments and obligations within it. We will develop a programme of awareness raising for our consultees on the Section 75 statutory duties and our commitments in our Equality Scheme. We, the Chairman and Chief Fire Officer, are fully committed to effectively fulfilling our Section 75 statutory duties across all our functions (including service provision, employment and procurement) through the effective implementation of our Equality Scheme. Our Equality Scheme demonstrates how determined we are to ensure there are opportunities for our stakeholders to influence positively how we carry out our functions, in line with our Section 75 statutory duties. The Scheme also offers the means whereby persons directly affected by what they consider to be a failure, on our part, to comply with our Equality Scheme, can make complaints. On behalf of Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service Board and our staff we are pleased to support and endorse this Equality Scheme which has been drawn up in accordance with Section 75 and Schedule 9 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and Equality Commission guidelines. Chairman NIFRS Board Chief Fire Officer March 2011 1 See section 1.1 of our Equality Scheme. 3
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