Fire and Rescue Control Room transfer of staff

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A decision made (17.02.06) to transfer 5 civil servants and associated revenue budget to Health and Social Services.

Subject:	Fire and Rescue Control Room Staff – transfer of five civil servants and associated revenue budget to Health and Social Services
Decision Reference:	MD-HA-2006-0014	Exempt clause(s):		N/A
Type of Report (oral or written):	Written	Person Giving Report (if oral):		N/A
Telephone or e-mail Meeting?	N/A	Report File ref:		0203-04 HAD/FRS 1
Written Report – Title:	Transfer of Control Room Staff to Ambulance Service	Written report – Author:		F A Greene Chief Fire Officer
Decision(s): The transfer of five Civil Service posts, and the associated revenue costs, from Home Affairs Department to Health and Social Services Department was approved The transfer of revenue costs relating to the maintenance of communications systems from the Fire and Rescue Service to the Ambulance Service (£45,000) was approved It was agreed that the Chief Fire Officer should sign a Service Level Agreement between the States of Jersey Fire and Rescue Service and the States of Jersey Ambulance Service.
Reason(s) for decision: To enable the completion of the final phases of the project to develop a Combined Control Centre which will service the operational needs of the States Fire and Rescue Service and the States Ambulance Service. All staff concerned are in agreement with the transfer.
Action required: The Chief Fire Officer to Arrange the transfer of five Civil Service posts from Home Affairs Department to Health and Social Services Department Arrange the transfer of revenue costs relating to the posts from the Fire and Rescue Service to the Ambulance Service Arrange the transfer of revenue costs relating to the maintenance of communications systems from the Fire and Rescue Service to the Ambulance Service, and Formally agree the levels of service that will be delivered under the new arrangements and sign off a Service Level Agreement between the States of Jersey Fire and Rescue Service and the States of Jersey Ambulance Service.
Signature: (Minister/ Assistant Minister)			Date of Decision:

Fire and Rescue Control Room transfer of staff

The Minister for Home Affairs Home Affairs Department Piquet House St Helier JE2 4WA	21 December 2005

Our ref: FAG/0110-02, 0203-04
Your ref:

Transfer of Control Room Staff To Ambulance Service

1. Introduction

1.1 The Minister will be aware that the Fire & Rescue and Ambulance Services have been working together for some time to develop a Combined Control Centre (CCC) whose staff would be capable of dealing with the emergency call handling, dispatch and incident resource requirements of both organisations.

2. Background

2.1 In February of this year Fire & Rescue Control staff (five civil servants) were relocated to Ambulance HQ to co-man the Control Room there and for all CCC staff to learn the requirements of both jobs in order to provide the flexible working required to operate a combined centre. That work has progressed well and it is now envisaged that the final phase of the project (computerisation of the entire mobilising and dispatch function) will be completed in June 2006.

2.1 Part of the long term vision for the project was that one Service would manage the combined centre and be responsible for all staffing and operational matters. The other Service would have its operational needs met through an agreed Service Level Agreement. That responsibility will fall to the Ambulance Service in 2006 and we now need to transfer our five civil servants to the Health and Social Services Department in January 2006.

3. Resource Implications

3.1 Fire & Rescue will transfer the five civil servants and the revenue budget attached to them to the Health and Social Services Department. This will amount to some £198,000 and is made up of salaries, Employer pension contributions, Employer Social Security contributions and a nominal amount for uniform, possible overtime and training costs. In addition there will be a further transfer of some £45,000 from our communications budget to cover the increased costs to the Ambulance Service taking over the responsibility for the maintenance of all of the communications infrastructure.

3.2 The total budget transfer will be in the sum of £243,000.

4. Recommendation

4.1 The Minister is asked to approve the proposal for staff and budget transfers and the signing by the Chief Fire Officer of a Service Level Agreement between the States of Jersey Fire and Rescue Service and the States of Jersey Ambulance Service.

Yours sincerely

F A Greene

Chief Fire Officer

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