Transforming our service - Fleet | Kent Fire and Rescue Service

Transforming our service - Fleet

Long term actions for next strategy period

Relocate fleet operation to premises fit for purpose that improves efficiency.
Move to alternative fuels and more efficient fuel consuming vehicles.
Replace existing fleet management system to improve fleet replacement and fleet optimisation.
Replace existing telematics system and introduce practices to improve and encourage better driver behaviours.
Improve conditions and succession planning for colleagues to better attract and retain.

Measures

Increase in fleet availability.
Increase in productivity – productivity gains, technical efficiencies and quantifiable but non monetisable benefits
Improve vehicle utilisation rates and ensure we have the right vehicles for the right tasks, with potential cashable savings.
Reduction in CO2 produced by fleet.
Even out the spend in the vehicle replacement programme.
Improve information on driver behaviour to allow interventions, reduce collisions, reduce fuel consumption, and keep the public and colleagues safe.
Successful recruitment processes that attract the correct skills and competencies for a highly specialised fleet.