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    Our Mission and Values

    Read our Community Risk Management Plan

    We are committed to delivering on our mission, protecting our communities, and valuing our staff.

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    Our Mission

    Working together to keep Bedfordshire safe

    To find out more about our long term strategy, read our Community Risk Management Plan. 

    For us, delivering on our mission means focusing on the following six aims:

    • Preventing fires and other emergencies from happening
    • Protecting people and property when fires happen
    • Responding to fires and other emergencies promptly and effectively
    • Empowering our people as we work together to make Bedfordshire safer
    • Utilising our assets and resources efficiently and effectively
    • Maximising use of data and digital solutions to drive improvements
     

    Our Core Values

     
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    We Are Accountable

    Whether we are protecting, preventing, or responding, all BFRS are fully accountable for their actions to their communities and to one another.

     

     
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    We've Got Your Back

    Protecting our Communities as well as each other is our primary mission. You can be sure that we've got your back.

     
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    We Make Every Contact Count

    When interacting with the people we serve, we make every contact count to make sure that our communities can recognise the services we can provide.

     
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    We Dare to be Different

    Striving to constantly improve our Service includes daring to be different and to stand our from the crowd.

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