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The government has ambitious targets for the nation's fire and rescue services. The Fire Authority support government's overriding aim, to save lives and stop unnecessary injuries through more effective action to prevent fire and by ensuring that the fire and rescue service is well prepared and equipped to respond to the many challenges it faces.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service has always practiced and been praised for its open and supportive culture and is eager to adopt the Government's Core Values for the Fire and Rescue Service, seeing it as an opportunity to further improve civility and respect across the service.
Establishing effective values plays a major part in providing our Service with an image that gives a clear and consistent picture of what we are all about. Our mission is about what we do; our values are about how we do it.
The Fire Authority's core values are:
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We value service to the community by:
- Working with all groups to reduce risk
- Treating everyone fairly and with respect
- Being answerable to those we serve
- Striving for excellence in all we do
We value all our employees' by practicing and promoting:
- Fairness and respect
- Recognition of merit
- Honesty, integrity and mutual trust
- Personal Development
- Co-operative and inclusive working
We value diversity in the service and the community by:
- Treating everyone fairly and with respect
- Providing varying solutions for different needs and expectations
- Promoting equal opportunities in employment and progression within the service
- Challenging prejudice and discrimination
We value improvement at all levels of the service by
- Accepting responsibility for our performance
- Being open-minded
- Considering criticism thoughtfully
- Learning from our experience
- Consulting others
Further information
Programme Office
01743 260 200
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