Community Fire Safety Officer – West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service
The Prevention Team delivers targeted programs to the most at risk and vulnerable members of the community. The programs objectives are to reduce the number of incidents and their impact and to support communities to become safer and stronger.
For more information about West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, please visit our Fire and Rescue Service page.
The Opportunity
Salary: £28,624 to £31,067 per annum
Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week
Location: Countywide, based at Bognor Regis Fire Station (including travel across West Sussex)
Interview Date: w/c 4 August 2025
You will be part of a small team working to better enable the Fire Service to deliver its Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP) by supporting those who are most at risk from dwelling fires:
People with physical and/or mental health, disability, smokers, social renting, HMOs, high risk households, carers, those with alcohol/substance misuse
You play a vital role in supporting those who are most at risk of injury and death should a fire occur in their home. You will undertake visits at the resident’s home, these are called Safe & Well visits, around the County; engaging with our customers, providing fire safety guidance and advice and where necessary installing fire safety equipment.
Your Safe & Well Visits will mainly involve you lone working, however, there may be occasions where you will be required to carry out a joint visit, working closely with other agencies for example social care, health and telecare services.
You will be prioritising your workload in order to accurately conduct, record and report your Safe & Well Visits to meet the needs of customers/departments requirements and you will be using your initiative to independently respond and adapt to unanticipated problems or situations.
You will also be required to attend some community events, in particular our Electric Blanket testing event which we carry out every year throughout the county to ensure the blankets our customers are using in their homes are fit for purpose and safe to use.
To find out more about this opportunity, discover our employee benefits and how to apply, please follow the link to our website and apply today!
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