The Policing and Crime Act 2017 places a duty on emergency services to consider opportunities to collaborate with each other, in the interest of efficiency and effectiveness. We have collaborated extensively with North Yorkshire Police (NYP), not only in shared premises but also in opportunities to improve our ways of working and to drive efficiencies for the public.
We also collaborate with other organisations to utilise specialist skills and expertise and to provide a better service.

Our Achievements

• Our collaborative support services increase resilience and effectiveness and improve value for money for the public. Our support staff budget is only 9% of the revenue budget, which represents a lean structure and efficient and effective service delivery.
• Our First Line Leaders Program and the Mid-Level Leaders Program is delivered collaboratively to Police, Fire and Support staff. This offers distinct advantages, as relationships are built with blue light partners throughout an individual’s leadership journey.
• Our collaborative Public Safety Service delivers primary prevention in rural areas which are furthest from emergency services. Social value analysis of the scheme identified a return-on-investment of £7.80 from every £1 invested.
• Our co-developed collaboration with Huddersfield University, which will deliver cultural improvement, a behavioural and leadership charter and a toolkit to help us deliver change.

Areas of Focus

Over the period of this CRMP we will focus on:

• Identifying further opportunities to collaborate with North Yorkshire Police, York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority and other organisations to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Evaluating the impact of a collaboration on our efficiency and effectiveness.
• Maintaining high levels of attendance and engagement with Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Programme (JESIP) training.
• Working alongside North Yorkshire Police and regional partner organisations to deliver the new Emergency Services Network (ESN) critical communications system.
• Participating in large scale exercises and simulations for large scale, multi-agency incidents.
• Joint public safety education and initiatives.
• Collaborating on wellness initiatives such as peer support programs, shared debrief sessions and mental health resources