This meeting will include discussion of a draft Statement of Assurance for Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. This statement is intended to reassure the public about the service's financial, governance and operational matters. It is a requirement of the Fire and Rescue Service National Framework for England (2018).

Surrey Fire & Rescue Service Statement of Assurance

A draft Statement of Assurance ¹ for Surrey Fire and Rescue Service is included in the report pack for this meeting and it is recommended that the Cabinet Member approves the statement.

The report pack contains an overview of the context in which the SFRS operates. It notes that:

Surrey is one of the safest places in England and Wales, with the 4th lowest recorded crime rate of the 43 police forces in year ending June 2024, and lower than the average rates of victim-based crime.

The report also contains information about the SFRS's Making [Surrey](https://www.google.com/maps/search/Surrey+County+Council) Safer Plan 2020-2024,² which the report pack describes as its Community Risk Management Plan. As part of that plan, SFRS has been working with Nottingham Trent University to develop a Community Risk Profile.

There is also extensive information about the SFRS's performance in responding to incidents, its collaboration with other emergency services organisations, and its performance against a range of other criteria in a section entitled Service performance, which includes discussion of a recent HMICFRS inspection report.