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Community Safety Champion – role description

1. Promote and take an active interest in community safety activity.

2. Ensure community safety issues are taken into account in the preparation of key plans, for the organisations they have influence with.

3. Ensure community safety issues are taken into account during decision-making processes, in the organisations they have influence with.

4. Advocate good practice within the Authority on community safety issues.

5. Engage with other Authority members to promote awareness of issues affecting older people and to seek their views.

6. Engage with relevant community groups on community safety issues.

7. Engage with relevant partners on community safety issues.

8. Work with relevant Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) officers to promote better understanding of community safety issues including regular briefings with the lead officer as appropriate.

9. Provide challenge, internally and externally, on community safety issues.

10. Following approval from the Chair and in line with the Members’ Allowance Scheme attend conferences, seminars and events to represent the Authority where appropriate.

11. Undertake awareness training, as necessary, in respect of community safety issues.

12. In conjunction with the designated LFRS lead officer, allocate member champion funding to community safety initiatives.

13. To be made aware of safeguarding issues and risks affecting LFRS, demonstrate a commitment to safeguarding, and hold LFRS to account regarding its safeguarding responsibilities.

14. Report the work of the member champion for community safety to the full Authority.

15. Work with other emergency services and partners to create, develop and deliver community safety initiatives.

Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Culture Champion – role description

1. Promote and take an active interest in equality, diversity, inclusion and culture issues and related fire and rescue service work.

2. Ensure equality, diversity, inclusion and culture issues in the fire and rescue service are considered by organisations they have influence with, where the agenda can be furthered or organisations can offer support or learning of benefit to Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS).

3. Advocate good practice within the Authority on equality, diversity, inclusion and culture issues.

4. Engage with other Authority members to promote awareness of equality, diversity, inclusion and culture issues and to seek their views.

5. Engage with relevant community groups on equality, diversity, inclusion and culture issues regarding the Authority.

6. Engage with relevant partners on equality, diversity, inclusion and culture issues regarding the Authority.

7. Work with relevant LFRS officers to promote better understanding of equality, diversity, inclusion and culture issues including regular briefings with lead officers.

8. Provide challenge and scrutiny, internally and externally, on equality, diversity, inclusion and culture issues.

9. Following approval from the Chair and in line with the Members’ Allowance Scheme attend conferences, seminars, and events to represent the Authority where appropriate.

10. Undertake awareness training, as necessary, in respect of equality, diversity, inclusion and culture issues.

11. In conjunction with the designated LFRS lead officers, allocate member champion funding to equality, diversity, inclusion and culture initiatives.

12. Report the work of the member champion for equality, diversity, inclusion and culture to the full Authority.

13. Work with other emergency services and partners to create, develop and deliver equality, diversity, inclusion and culture initiatives.

Health and Wellbeing Champion – role description

1. Promote and take an active interest in health and wellbeing issues and related fire and rescue service work.

2. Ensure health and wellbeing issues are taken into account in the preparation of key plans, for the organisations they have influence with.

3. Ensure health and wellbeing issues are taken into account during decision making processes, in the organisations they have influence with.

4. Advocate good practice within the Authority on health and wellbeing issues.

5. Engage with other Authority members to promote awareness of health and wellbeing issues and to seek their views.

6. Engage with relevant community groups on health and wellbeing issues regarding the Authority.

7. Engage with relevant partners on health and wellbeing issues regarding the Fire Authority.

8. Work with relevant Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) officers to promote better understanding of health and wellbeing issues including regular briefings with the lead officer as appropriate.

9. Provide challenge, internally and externally, on health and wellbeing issues.

10. To be made aware of climate related issues and risks affecting LFRS, demonstrate a commitment to tackling severe weather events, and hold LFRS to account regarding its responsibilities.

11. Following approval from the Chair and in line with the Members’ Allowance Scheme attend conferences, seminars, and events to represent the Authority where appropriate.

12. Undertake awareness training, as necessary, in respect of health and wellbeing issues.

13. In conjunction with the designated lead officer, allocate member champion funding to health and wellbeing initiatives.

14. Report the work of the member champion for health and wellbeing to the full Authority.

15. Work with other emergency services and partners to create, develop and deliver severe weather event initiatives.

Road Safety Champion – role description

1. Promote and take an active interest in road safety issues and related fire and rescue service work.

2. Work with other emergency services and partners in the Lancashire Road Safety Partnership to create, develop and deliver road safety initiatives across Lancashire.

3. Ensure road safety issues are taken into account in the preparation of key plans, for the organisations they have influence with.

4. Ensure road safety issues are taken into account during decision-making processes, in the organisations they have influence with.

5. Advocate good practice within the Combined Fire Authority on road safety issues.

6. Engage with other Authority members to promote awareness of road safety issues and to seek their views.

7. Engage with relevant community groups on road safety issues regarding the Authority.

8. Engage with relevant partners on road safety issues.

9. Work with relevant Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) officers to promote better understanding of road safety issues including regular briefings with the lead officer.

10. Provide challenge, internally and externally, on road safety issues.

11. Following approval from the Chair and in line with the Members’ Allowance Scheme attend conferences, seminars and events to represent the Authority where appropriate.

12. Undertake awareness training, as necessary, in respect of road safety issues.

13. In conjunction with the designated LFRS lead officer, allocate member champion funding to road safety initiatives.

14. Report the work of the member champion for road safety to the full Authority.

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