OUR NEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SECTOR

Online Survey

The survey is an important opportunity for you to share your experiences and views of culture in Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service and North Wales Fire and Rescue Service. The survey will have a mix of multiple choice and open text questions, with the option to skip questions.

The survey is being undertaken by the Review and only the Review team working on the survey will see the responses. Responses are submitted directly to the Review and are anonymous (unless you volunteer identifying information). If you provide any information that might identify you, the Review team will remove it before reporting.

Reporting of data obtained through the survey will be anonymised. Where small numbers respond to the survey (e.g. from specific groups or areas), findings will either be combined or suppressed to protect confidentiality and further reduce the risk of identification of individuals.

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Click here to read the survey privacy notice.

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Interviews

The interviews are a further opportunity to set out your views and experiences of the fire and rescue service you work or worked at. In the interview you will be able to talk about your experiences and we will ask for your broader reflections on culture at the fire and rescue service you work at — for example, what works well, what doesn’t, what might have improved or got worse over time, your thoughts on how things could be improved or areas of good practice.

The interview will be facilitated by a member of the Review team, with a second member attending to take notes.

You do not have to answer any questions you don’t want to. You can stop the interview at any time. We will conduct the interviews in a confidential space. The online interviews will take place on Microsoft Teams or Zoom.

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The Review’s focus is on the safety and well-being of current and former FRS staff and to protect you, the reporting of data obtained through the interviews and focus groups will be anonymised/pseudonymised. Information shared with us will remain confidential, unless there are safeguarding or criminal issues raised that require us to share this information with a third party, such as the police.

Focus groups

The focus groups will cover the same topics as the interviews but will be held in groups of up to 10 members of staff. There will be separate focus groups for junior and senior staff.

Focus groups offer an important way for the Review team to understand the culture of your fire and rescue service. Participants have the opportunity to build on other’s contributions and generate ideas that they might not have thought of in an individual interview. In this way focus groups can build a rich picture of how 'we do things around here'.

The focus groups will be facilitated by two members of the Review team.

You do not have to answer any questions you don’t want to. You can leave the focus group at any time.

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The Review’s focus is on the safety and well-being of current and former FRS staff and to protect you, the reporting of data obtained through the interviews and focus groups will be anonymised/pseudonymised. Information shared with us will remain confidential, unless there are safeguarding or criminal issues raised that require us to share this information with a third party, such as the police.

Written submissions

Written submissions should include any reflections on the culture and ways of working within Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service or North Wales Fire and Rescue Service. This could include any personal experiences of culture in Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Services or North Wales Fire and Rescue Services.

When submitting written responses, please let us know:

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• Which fire and rescue service you work or worked for

• If you no longer work for the fire and rescue service, when you left.

Please use the subject line ‘Written Submission’ when providing any feedback to us.

By providing written responses, you are consenting to this information being analysed as part of the Review. Any information you send will only be available to the immediate Review team, and will be anonymised during analysis and report writing. This means it will not be attributable to you. There is no requirement to provide the Review team with personal data- for example, you can use an email address and pseudonym(s) that do not identify you or anyone else.