2
|
Reach
Issue 6 2014
P
ublic scrutiny and
expectations of the
emergency services are
high, especially after findings
from past incidents such as
Hillsborough, the London 7/7
bombings and the Bird shootings
in Cumbria have made the
news. Many traditional ways of
working have been challenged
and conflicting codes of practices
have caused confusion.
The key areas for improvement we
have focussed on include:
»
A lack of joint training at
operational level;
»
A lack of joint working guidance;
»
A lack of understanding of
others roles, responsibilities
and capabilities;
»
Ineffective inter agency
communication; and,
»
Previous lessons/reports
not acted upon.
Many suggestions of how
improvements could be made have
been researched and implemented
locally. We also know there is much
good work taking place in many
areas. However, there is inconsistency
in approach across the country.
There are other Government
The guest writer for this edition of Reach is Joy
Flanagan, Engagement Manager for the Joint
Emergency Services Interoperability Programme
(JESIP). JESIP has been established to improve how
the Police, Fire and Rescue and Ambulance Services
work together at major or complex incidents.
THIS ISSUE’S GUEST WRITER
JOY FLANAGAN, JESIP
Engagement Manager
Joy joined JESIP in December
2012 on secondment from
the Chief Fire Of cers’
Association (CFOA). Her role
involves the engagement
and communication with
the programme’s varied and
broad range of stakeholders.
Prior to this Joy spent four years working for the CFOA,
initially on programme management, business planning
and stakeholder engagement and latterly looking
at business development opportunities, events and
sponsorship for the Association.
Joy moved to CFOA from Cheshire Fire and Rescue
Service where she supported the Chief Fire Of cer in
his role as CFOA President. Following a career break to
start a family, Joy worked as an IT Training Consultant
implementing and training on both MS Of ce products
and then Electronic Document Management Systems.
The largest scale training
programme to affect the e
