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Equality impact assessments (EIA)Equality & Diversity

Equality Impact Assessments originate from the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 which places obligations on local authorities and public sector organisations to carry out impact assessments.

The purpose of an EIA is to improve the work of ESFRS by making sure it does not discriminate and that it promotes equality wherever possible.

If during our Equality Impact Assessments (EIA) process we find evidence that one of our existing or proposed policies or activities is having an adverse impact on the promotion of equality we will take one of the four options:

• Change the policy or activity by satisfying concerns raised by staff or stakeholders, where possible
• Consider ways in which we could remove or reduce the potential for adversely affecting any particular group
• Find alternative means for achieving the aims of the policy or way of delivering the service that do not cause the same level of adverse impact
• Justify the policy or activity as originally proposed even when it could affect some community groups adversely, because of the policy's importance. For example, to meet special needs of particular groups and there is no other way of achieving the aims of the policy

Each department within ESFRS has looked at the policies, procedures, projects and services that it has responsibility for and prioritised them on an equality risk basis.

A policy or procedure which has a high equality risk will be equality impact assessed as a priority, followed by policies and procedures which have less of a risk.

• Departmental Equality Impact Assessment list of priorities [pdf, 41K, opens in new tab]

The process and format of Equality Impact Assessments has been improved and details can be found in the revised Equality Impact Assessments Manual note (policy).

• Equality Impact Assessments Manual note (policy) [pdf, 167K, opens in new tab]

Equality Impact Assessments

• Equality Impact Assessments [Current]
• Equality Impact Assessments [Archived]

We welcome feedback from all our staff and communities on the content of these Equality Impact Assessments. Comments can be sent to the following e-mail address:

enquiries@esfrs.org

Or in writing to:

• The Equalities Team
• East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service
• 20 Upperton Road
• Eastbourne
• East Sussex
• BN21 1EU

Equalities team: 01323 462000.

Links

Table: The following table contains external links to websites with information realted to Equality Impact Assessments

Improvement and Development Agency for local government(IDeA) - External Link