Corporate and Social Responsibility at Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service

Keeping the community safe

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service is at the heart of our community.  Our purpose is to protect, support and respond to the needs of Staffordshire, making the county the safest place to live, work and visit.

The Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire Safer Communities Community Interest Company (CIC)

Here at our CIC we realise there are a multitude of issues that contribute towards people becoming vulnerable. Factors that can make you vulnerable include age, health problems, isolation, lifestyle and money troubles. Therefore, we want to be involved in, and lead activities that support people in all of these areas. We understand that by working together, with our communities we can help to make a difference to those affected by these issues.

We are supported by Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service, an organisation that is not just about responding to fires and other emergencies. The Service invests a lot of time into preventing fires and works closely with partner agencies to make sure that people have access to the right help and support. The Service has several Community Fire Stations which offer free community meeting rooms, creating a hub for local people to come together.

They are at the forefront of fire services in this country, exploring new and innovative ways to meet today’s challenges. The CIC was formed as a great opportunity to:

• support Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Authority in making Staffordshire the safest place to be
• enter into partnerships to ensure that Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire has a thriving economy and is a safe, healthy and aspirational place to live
• support public, private and voluntary sector partner organisations in delivering benefits to the community
• use a business like approach in order to generate income, access grants, attract sponsorship and secure other funding opportunities to support local community projects
• promote the active use of facilities within Staffordshire community fire stations to provide social opportunities to benefit the local community.

Our Safer Communities CIC invests in and works in partnership with a number of groups, including:

• The Prince’s Trust, who support and develop young people aged between 13 and 25
• StreetStadia,  a mobile games stadium which travels the whole county to deliver a varied range of formal and informal physical/creative activities
• St Gabriel’s School, the local scouts and a Tamworth community café, who worked together to design a community garden at Tamworth Community Fire Station in Belgrave.

New Community Fire Stations

Nine of our new state of the art stations are now open. Read about the our plans for our Community Fire Stations here 

Community Events And Fun Days

Find out what fire service events and fun days are happening in Staffordshire over the coming months at Events And Fun Days

Safety Plan Update

The Safety Plan Update is packed full of news about what the fire service is doing your area – find more by clicking here

Summer Safety

You can find lots of summer safety advice n our Summer Safety guide – including safety around barbecues and how to prevent grass fires. Click here for more information

Charity Work

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service is renowned for having an active involvement with various charities.

Firefighters and support staff hold many events and compete in fundraising challenges across the year to raise money for important charities, including The Fire Fighters Charity, which provides support for fire and rescue service personnel and their families in their time of need.

(SESHAA, the Staffordshire Emergency Service Humanitarian Aid Association), is another charity with close links to Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Over its 19 year history the charity has worked across the world donating fire service equipment and giving aid and to countries where the fire and rescue service is less advanced than here in the UK. Click the link above to find out more about SESHAA.