The authority received the service’s six-month performance report at the meeting, which included an update on five priorities and progress made.

Highlights included:

• The backlog of Safe and Well visits following the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 has been cleared
• The service is on track to achieve its targets for reducing deliberate fires thanks to targeted prevention work and community engagement. However, accidental dwelling fires have seen a slight increase
• So far, in 2021, more than 200,000 people have received road safety messages from online and 24 digital road safety events have been attended
• The high rise inspection programme has been completed ahead of schedule

The quarterly update video on incidents attended, projects undertaken and achievements during the autumn months was presented.

The quarterly DWFRS update video can be found on the DWFRS YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcVai1fa4-c

The fire authority papers can also be found on the DWFRS website https://www.dwfire.org.uk/fire-rescue-authority/meetings/fire-rescue-authority/