Working on behalf of the public, the Deputy Mayor for Policing, Fire and Crime is responsible for holding the Chief Fire Officer to account for an efficient and effective local fire and rescue service. They sets priorities via the Fire and Rescue Plan, and oversees the fire service budget.

You can access performance packs on the Policing, Fire and Crime website of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Productivity and Efficiency Plan

The National Framework sets a requirement that Fire and Rescue Authorities (FRAs) produce and publish annual efficiency plans.

You can access a copy of the Productivity and Efficiency Plan on the Policing, Fire and Crime website of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Response Times Standards

To enable us to achieve the best possible response times to operational incidents, we have created a response time improvement plan and will commit to the following response standards which we publicly consulted on during 2024.

Our response standards are:

 All incidents: The average attendance time of the first fire engine will be within 13 minutes.

Dwelling Fires:  The average attendance time of the first fire engine will be within 11 minutes.

The individual component parts of our response times have been added to internal plans and monitored through key performance indicators. These include turn in times for On-call and day crewed stations, call handling times for control and turn out times for wholetime crews.