National interest and recognition

The TSSO role has attracted national interest due to its innovative and collaborative approach. This has seen senior officers from other areas visit Cornwall in order for them to gain a view of the role. These visits provide our services with a great opportunity to demonstrate the ground breaking work that has been carried out since the start of the pilot in 2014. Our team have also completed a number of out of force visits to police forces and fire services in order to understand other similar projects being piloted and to discuss our own.

In December 2015 the TSSO role received national recognition following the receipt of an award for ‘Excellence in Fire and Rescue’ in the collaboration and innovation category. In 2017 the role again received national recognition following a nomination at the ‘Alarm Awards’ in Manchester where the role received a ‘Highly Commended Award’ following the positive work that had been carried out.

Rob Horton, Responder Manager leads on this initiative.