Fire and Rescue Framework for Scotland 2016

For your views and comments on a draft Fire and Rescue Framework for Scotland 2016, which is a statutory document (under the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 as amended by the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012), outlining Scottish Ministers’ expectations of, and setting 10 key strategic priorities for, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) over the next few years.

We received 38 responses, the majority of which were broadly supportive of the 10 key strategic priorities and the text of the document.  A range of constructive comments were submitted on both the strategic priorities and the text of the Framework.

A consultation analysis report has been published on the Scottish Government website. Having considered all the views expressed in the consultation responses, we made a number of amendments to the Fire and Rescue Framework for Scotland 2016, which was published on the Scottish Government website on 1 September.  The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (Framework) Order 2016 was laid in Parliament on 5 September and will bring the Framework into effect from 4 October 2016.

The amendments include a revision to the section on Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals (UFAS) to take on board concerns expressed around the detailed nature of the priority, as well as additional narrative to strengthen the section on SFRS’s duties under the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015, and new sections covering its role as a corporate parent under the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 and a community justice partner under the Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016.