LGA Governance


Agenda item

Agenda item

Climate Change

Minutes:

The Chair asked Lucy Ellender to introduce the report.

 

Lucy explained that Lead Members had agreed that a document should be written, and presented at the LGA Fire Conference, which would set out the role that fire and rescue services could play in tackling the climate emergency, both in terms of reducing their carbon footprint and responding to the consequences of more frequent severe weather events.

 

Lucy asked members for comments and a steer on the questions set out in paragraph 18. In particular should the LGA and NFCC be seeking to develop a vision for what carbon neutral fire and rescue services would look like in 2050, and what changes individual services would need to make to meet that commitment. In addition, she asked members to consider how work at a national level on procurement and research and development could assist FRA’s?

 

Following Lucy’s introduction, members raised the following questions and comments:

 

·         It was suggested that some short, medium and long-term targets should be set that services could contribute to, either individually or jointly.

·         Members asked if there were any examples of best practice already out there that could be replicated? Lucy said that there were some, and these would be set out in the document, but they could always do with more.

·         The Chair suggested that a small working group of FSMC members be set up to take this work forward, along the lines of the sprinkler working group. It was agreed that this proposal should be discussed at the next Lead Member meeting.

 

Decision

 

Members noted the report and agreed that officers should continue to work towards launching a publication at the LGA Fire Conference in March 2020, taking into account the comments made during the discussion.

 

Action

 

Lead members to consider setting up a climate change working group.

 

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