Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Authority

Our Relationship with Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Authority

3SFire CIC is wholly owned by the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Authority (HIWFRA), the supervisory body responsible for ensuring that Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Service (HIWFRS) operates efficiently and in the best interests of the public and communities it serves.

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Authority is the sole shareholder of 3SFire CIC. 3SFire is a local authority Community Interest Company, established to deliver commercial activities that generate wider value for the community.

The Authority has delegated its shareholder functions, except where these have been delegated to the 3SFire CIC Stakeholder Committee, a committee of the Authority.

The directors of 3SFire CIC are responsible for managing the Company’s business, subject to those powers reserved for the Company’s shareholder under statute and/or the Company’s Articles of Association.

This structure enables 3SFire to operate as a commercial Community Interest Company while remaining wholly owned by the Authority and supporting the wider objectives of fire safety, prevention and community benefit.

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Authority

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Authority (HIWFRA) is the supervisory body responsible for ensuring that Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Service (HIWFRS) performs efficiently and in the best interest of the public and community it serves. HIWFRA is a Combined Fire and Rescue Authority (CFA) constituted under section four of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004.

It covers the administrative areas of Hampshire County Council, Isle of Wight Council, Portsmouth City Council and Southampton City Council. It is made up of elected members from Hampshire County Council (HCC), Isle of Wight Council (IWC), Portsmouth City Council (PCC), and Southampton City Council (SCC).

The Authority is a statutory corporation, which means it is a body created by government legislation. A statutory corporation can only do things it is specifically authorised to do by legislation or law.

Their Responsibilities

The Authority is responsible for carrying out the following functions:

Fire safety: The promotion of fire safety in the Authority’s geographical area.

Fire-fighting: Extinguishing fires and protecting property and life in the Authority’s geographical area.

Road Traffic Accidents: Rescuing people in the event of road traffic accidents (referred to within the Service as “road traffic collisions” or “RTCs”) and protecting people from serious harm in the event of road traffic accidents in the Authority’s geographical area, to the extent considered reasonable.

Emergencies: Such functions as the Secretary of State confers relating to emergencies other than fires and road traffic accidents in the Authority’s geographical area.