Our Annual Service Plan sets out how Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service will adapt to changing risks and challenges, to ensure our services remain effective and efficient for the future.
A key focus for the year ahead is shaping our next Community Risk Management Plan, a five‑year plan to guide how the Service will make Lancashire safer from 2027 onwards. We intend to review all our services alongside, to make sure we are well prepared to deliver the activities and interventions in the new plan.
The Service faces a range of pressures that are driving change: risks are evolving across communities, and demand is shifting towards more varied types of emergencies, including those linked to climate change. At the same time, significant financial pressures and the need to invest in buildings equires greater efficiency.
Last year, we set the national benchmark for excellence, achieving the best performance in the country in His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services’ inspection programme. We want to evolve in ways that preserve what is exceptional about Lancashire and intend to use our expertise and experience to introduce changes carefully and to the highest standards.
Data, digital and technology will sit at the heart of opportunities to innovate and modernise vehicles, equipment, and ways of working, with the aim of using our resources in the most impactful and cost-effective ways.
Residents, businesses, our staff, and partners will be invited to help shape this new direction, and we will listen to the feedback to understand what is important to the people who live and work in our county.
The Service is consistently recognised not just for the work we do but also the way we do it; through our strong values and positive culture. I firmly believe that these are our greatest strengths and Lancashire’s communities can trust that we will rise positively to our challenges and continue providing the best possible services.
Jon Charters
Chief Fire Officer
