Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority 29th January 2015 Part 1 of 2
Channel: John Brace
Date: 2015-01-30

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority 29th January 2015 Part 1 of 2

1. Preliminary Matters 0:04
The Authority is requested to consider the identification of:
 
a)  declarations of interest by individual Members in relation to any item of business on the Agenda
 
b)  any additional items of business which the Chair has determined should be considered as matters of urgency; and
 
c)  items of business which may require the exclusion of the press and public during consideration thereof because of the possibility of the disclosure of exempt information.
 
2. Minutes of the Previous Meeting 3:40

The Minutes of the previous meeting of the Authority, held on 16th December 2014, are submitted for approval as a correct record and for signature by the Chair.

3. Corporate Risk Register Update 3:48

To consider Report CFO/004/15 of the Deputy Chief Fire Officer, concerning the current risks contained within the Corporate Risk Register, the status of the risks and associated control measures – including reference to any new risks introduced or any risks that no longer apply and can be removed.
Additional documents:
Appendix 1: Corporate Risk Register Update 

4. Wirral Fire Cover Consultation Outcomes 6:22

To consider Report CFO/001/15 of the Chief Fire Officer, concerning the outcomes of twelve week public consultation process regarding the draft proposal to merge Upton and West Kirby Fire Stations at a new station on Frankby Road, Greasby as an alternative to outright closure of West Kirby Fire Station.

Additional documents:
Appendix A: Consultation newsletter 
Appendix B: 2nd Consultation document 
Appendix C: Questionnaire results report 
Appendix D: Focus Groups and forum report 
Appendix E: Questions from meetings 
Appendix F: Wirral Fire Cover Consultation Outcomes 

CLLR DAVE HANRATTY (Chair, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority representing Liverpool City Council): Item number 4 is the consultation outcomes of the proposed merger in Wirral of Upton and West Kirby. Thank you. 

DAN STEPHENS (Chief Fire Officer, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service): Thanks Chair. The purpose of this report is to inform Members of the outcomes of the twelve-week public consultation process over the proposal to merger the existing fire stations at Upton and West Kirby at a new station in err, what was the library and children's centre site on Frankby Road in Greasby. That would be as an alternative to the outright closure of West Kirby Fire Station. 

Members will recall approving the proposal subject to the outcomes of the public consultation at the Authority meeting on the 2nd of October last year. At the same meeting, the Members approved a detailed consultation process that mirrored that which we had undertaken in Knowsley over the last summer which related to close Huyton and Whiston and build a new station at Prescot and that proposal was subsequently approved by Members at the meeting on the 2nd of October. 

A total of four public meetings, three focus groups, one stakeholder meeting, one panel (a Wirral deliberative forum) and numerous meetings with individual interested parties were handled over the twelve week period. Those details, details of those meetings are listed in paragraphs eighteen to twenty-four on pages thirty-one and thirty-two.

A summary of the outcomes is listed at paragraphs six to twelve on page thirty, a detailed breakdown on an event by event basis on paragraphs twenty-five to fifty-one which runs from pages thirty-two to thirty-eight supplemented by reports on the questionnaire and focus group which are at appendices C and D which run from pages fifty-nine through to ninety-nine.

Just to draw out specifically paragraphs forty-seven through forty-nine detailing the extensive correspondence which resulted from the process and also the details of the Freedom of Information requests that were received. Appendix E on pages a hundred and one to a hundred and twenty-two contains a summary of the questions that were asked during the public meetings and the stakeholder engagement err meeting along with my responses to those questions. 

5. West Wirral Operational Response Considerations (Post Consultation) 24:56

To consider Report CFO/003/15 of the Chief Fire Officer, concerning options for structural savings to the operation response model for West Wirral in order to deliver the necessary savings to meet the budget assumptions for 2015/16, following the outcomes of the twelve week public consultation regarding the proposed station merger in Wirral (CFO/001/15).
 
Additional documents:
Appendix A: Land at Saughall Massie 
Appendix B: Current Wirral 10 Min Isochrone Map 
Appendix C: 10 Minute Isochrone from Saughall Massie vs Upton
Appendix D: MFRA Risk Map 2015 
Appendix E: Revenue Costs 
Appendix F: Capital Costs
Appendix G: EIA
Appendix H: 10 Min Isochrone Map Minus West Kirby

Continues at Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority 29th January 2015 Part 2 of 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lmHUf8O3lk .