As Station Commander of Caerphilly Community Fire Station, I would like to share our plans for the year ahead with you. These will provide you with an even better local service.

As ever, we aim to respond to your calls for help as quickly as we can. We intend to work harder than ever to prevent emergencies occurring in the first place.

During the next twelve months we aim to:

• Carry out 600 Home Fire Safety Checks and install free smoke alarms where required.
• Visit all our local schools to educate eight and eleven year olds in the dangers of fire.
• Carry out local arson vulnerability assessments on schools and businesses and then work with local services to remove litter and other potential fire hazards.
• Work with the Police and the Borough Council to reduce the number of deliberate car fires in and around the Caerphilly area.
• Work with the Police and the Pass Plus Cymru scheme to educate younger drivers and reduce road traffic collisions.
• Continue to run the Young Firefighter scheme on a Tuesday evening.
• Continue to visit factories and industrial sites on a regular basis to ensure we are adequately prepared in the event of a fire.
• Carry out 30 multi-pump off-Station training exercises to ensure Firefighters remain in a high state of readiness.