Approval of the transfer of the remainder of the Control Room staff revenue budget to the Ambulance Service.

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A decision made (27/02/2007) regarding: Approval of the transfer of the remainder of the Control Room staff revenue budget to the States of Jersey Ambulance Service.

Subject:	Approval of the transfer of the remainder of the Control Room staff revenue budget to the States of Jersey Ambulance Service.
Decision Reference:	MD-HA-2007-0023	Exempt clause(s):		N/A
Type of Report (oral or written):	Written	Person Giving Report (if oral):		N/A
Telephone or e-mail Meeting?	N/A	Report File ref:		HAD/FRS 1 0112-01
Written Report – Title:	Transfer of Revenue To Ambulance Service	Written report – Author:		F A Greene Chief Fire Officer
Decision(s): The Minister approved the transfer of the remainder of the Control Room staff revenue budget (£11,840) to the States of Jersey Ambulance Service.
Reason(s) for decision: To complete the full transfer of Fire & Rescue Service Control staff and associated budgets to the Combined Control Centre managed by the States of Jersey Ambulance Service.
Action required: The Chief Fire Officer to implement the transfer of the remainder of the Control Room staff revenue budge (£11,840) to the States of Jersey Ambulance Service.
Signature: (Minister/ Assistant Minister)			Date of Decision: 27 February 2007

Approval of the transfer of the remainder of the Control Room staff revenue budget to the Ambulance Service.

The Minister for Home Affairs Home Affairs Department Piquet House St Helier JE2 4WA	20 February 2007

Our ref: FAG/0102-03, 0110-02, 0112-01,
Your ref:

Dear Minister,

Transfer of Revenue To Ambulance Service

1. Background

1.1 The Minister will be aware that the Fire & Rescue and Ambulance Services have been working together for some time with a Combined Control Centre (CCC) whose staff are capable of dealing with the emergency call handling, dispatch and incident resource requirements of both organisations.

1.2 Fire & Rescue Control staff (five civil servants) and the most of the revenue budget associated with them were transferred to the Health & Social Services (HSS) headcount in February 2006. The part of the budget not transferred in 2006 related to overtime expenditure. This could not be estimated until the new work practices had been evaluated during the year.

1.3 The likely overtime spend per year has now been estimated and the Fire & Rescue “contribution” set at £11,840 which will be transferred from the Home Affairs revenue budget to that of HSS.

2. Recommendation

2.1 The Minister is asked to approve the proposal for a budget transfer in the sum of £11,840 from the 2007 States of Jersey Fire and Rescue Service revenue budget to the States of Jersey Ambulance Service revenue budget

Yours sincerely

F A Greene

Chief Fire Officer