Fire Safety Fire Safety Advocates Advocates

Community Community

Education Education

DepartmentDepartment

DiversityDiversity Cleveland Fire Brigade has a diverse workforce. Our following team of Advocates is one example. Bi Lingual Advocates – Pav Rehman & Naz MahmoodOlder Person Advocates – Glen Clerk & Shelly WalkerYoung Persons Advocate – Kelly BonnerDeaf Persons Advocate – Laura McQuillanDrug & Alcohol Advocate – Linzi GalbraithDisabilities Advocate – Margaret Yull

Glen ClerkGlen Clerk Pav RehmanPav Rehman

Shelly WalkerShelly Walker Naz Naz MahmoodMahmood

Kelly BonnerKelly Bonner Laura McQuillanLaura McQuillan

Margaret YullMargaret YullLinzi GalbraithLinzi Galbraith

The aim of Advocate’s The aim of Advocate’s is to reduce fire risk for is to reduce fire risk for

vulnerable peoplevulnerable people

ObjectivesObjectives In line with the objectives of the Brigade:In line with the objectives of the Brigade:

A reduction in accidental dwelling fires, A reduction in accidental dwelling fires, deaths and injuries.deaths and injuries.

An increase in smoke alarm ownership.An increase in smoke alarm ownership.

An increased level of Fire Safety An increased level of Fire Safety awareness, including how to escape from awareness, including how to escape from a fire.a fire.

A better level of safety and quality of life A better level of safety and quality of life for the members of our community.for the members of our community.

How ?How ?By promoting the HFSV initiative to all membersBy promoting the HFSV initiative to all members of our community of our community

Ensuring those identified as being more at Ensuring those identified as being more at

risk from fire can access the same service risk from fire can access the same service from CFB as other groups.from CFB as other groups.

Multi-agency workingMulti-agency working

Joint Initiatives (internal and external)Joint Initiatives (internal and external)

Working With Other Working With Other AgenciesAgencies

Partnership working has been Partnership working has been recognized as a key to the recognized as a key to the identification and delivery of risk identification and delivery of risk reduction initiatives for reduction initiatives for vulnerable individuals.vulnerable individuals.

PartnersPartners

Age Concern Children’s AgenciesAge Concern Children’s Agencies

Social Services Pension ServiceSocial Services Pension Service

Safe in Tees Valley Primary Care TrustsSafe in Tees Valley Primary Care Trusts

Care Agencies Local CouncilsCare Agencies Local Councils

Housing Authorities Drug/Alcohol Housing Authorities Drug/Alcohol Agencies Agencies

InitiativesInitiatives

Pharmacy’s (365 and Alliance)Pharmacy’s (365 and Alliance)

Housing AssociationsHousing Associations

Middlesbrough Deaf ClubMiddlesbrough Deaf Club

Hartlepool Drug InitiativeHartlepool Drug Initiative

HOW DO THE ADVOCATES LINK IN HOW DO THE ADVOCATES LINK IN WITHWITH

YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL

OROR

YOUR ORGANISATIONYOUR ORGANISATION

How the Advocates HelpHow the Advocates Help

Advocates have specialist Advocates have specialist skills in communicating skills in communicating with their client groups.with their client groups.

They can provide fire They can provide fire safety awareness, engage safety awareness, engage with people to gain with people to gain consent for the risk to be consent for the risk to be reduced, use specialist reduced, use specialist resources, issue resources, issue equipmentequipment

This can often involve This can often involve signpostingsignposting

SignpostingSignposting

Many issues identified Many issues identified through the HFSC move through the HFSC move beyond a fire risk for the beyond a fire risk for the individuals concerned and individuals concerned and may represent more of a may represent more of a social need.social need.

By constantly working with By constantly working with many partners, advocates many partners, advocates can assist in providing the can assist in providing the best response and help for best response and help for those who need it, should those who need it, should they request it.they request it.

Self Determination - Self Determination - ConsentConsent

CONSEQUENCES?CONSEQUENCES?

Questions?Questions?Questions?