twitter facebook linkedin youtube instagram flickr search Menu Our Documents section, also known as our publication scheme, houses all the information that the brigade makes available to the public. We use categories (or classes) of information as provided by the Information Commissioner’s Office to organise our documents in line with other government organisations. All of our documents are available in hard copy, too – documents under 50 pages are free, and documents of 50 pages or over cost £5. What our priorities are and how we are doing Our policies and procedures Lists and registers Who we are and what we do What we spend and how we spend it The services we offer Who we work with How we make decisions Fire Authority Briefing Papers Our strategy and performance information, plans, assessments, inspections and reviews. Text in BLUE refer to documents that can be found at the bottom of the page The Plan is our 3-year strategy to Make the West Midlands Safer, Stronger and Healthier, including the targets against which we measure ourselves such as our risk-based attendance standards. Our Statement of Assurance and The Report brings together our key financial, governance and operational assurances and performance indication within one publication We have an Annual Audit Letter which brings together and summarises the findings from external audit work undertaken by the Audit Commission. You can also review our Peer Challenge Report carried out in late 2016 by fire and rescue and local authority colleagues, using the Operational Assessment (OPA) toolkit, the fire services’ self-assessment tool. The West Midlands Conurbation Local Resilience Forum produces a Community Risk Register to look at the likelihood and impact of a range of hazards happening. A peer review of the arrangements of the local resilience forum was carried out by Greater Manchester Resilience Forum in 2015. As part of our commitment to diversity, inclusion, cohesion and equality, we have clear equality objectives which are supervised by the Fire Authority Scrutiny Committee. As part of our commitment to diversity, inclusion, cohesion and equality, we have clear equality objectives which are supervised by the Fire Authority Scrutiny Committee. Under the Public Sector Equality Duty (Equality Act 2010) we are required to set and publish a range of equality objectives and report on our progress on our previous equality objectives. This information can be found in our Diversity Inclusion Cohesion and Equality Report and Objectives. We’re also required to publish data on the make-up of our workforce annually, the data supplied is provided voluntarily by all staff and covers protected characteristics, this can be found in our Workforce Equality Profile Report. Finally, to fulfil our legal duties we also publish yearly our gender pay gap data which is also available as part of our Workforce Equality Profile Report. All documents referred to above can be downloaded using the links below. Name Description Version Download Diversity Inclusion Cohesion and Equality Report and Objectives This document reports and celebrates the progress of West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS) related to Diversity, Inclusion, Cohesion and Equality over the last 4 four years and sets out our objectives for the next four years. 1.0 Download Local Resilience Forum Peer Review A peer review of the arrangements of the local resilience forum that was carried out by Greater Manchester Resilience Forum in 2015. 1.0 Download Peer Challenge Report Report from a peer challenge carried out in late 2016 by fire and rescue and local authority colleagues, using the Operational Assessment (OPA) toolkit. 1.0 Download Risk Based Attendance Standard Explains what our risk based attendance standards are and the times to attend incidents based on this. 1.0 Download Statement of Assurance and The Report Our key financial, governance and operational assurances and performance indication within one publication 2.0 Download Workforce Equality Profile Workforce Profile Data and Gender Pay Gap Report Under the Public Sector Equality Duty (Equality Act 2010) West Midlands Fire Service is required to publish data annually on equality in the workforce. The information listed in this report has been taken from data supplied voluntarily by all the staff and covers the protected characteristics which include Disability, Race and Ethnicity, Gender, Sexual orientation, Religion and Belief. The data in this report covers the period 2020 and was published on 04/06/2021 1.0 Download Other useful links! Freedom of information | Incident reports | Data protection requests | About us Join WMNow today WMNow is a free community messaging system that delivers up to date information from fire and partners direct to your inbox. From updates on fires, to local news and events, and safety advice, don’t miss out on information that’s important to you – sign up now at https://www.wmnow.co.uk/ WMNow helps keep thousands of people across the West Midlands up to date with regular community alerts. 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