From the WMDC Press and Communications Office
WAKEFIELD HOTSPOTS PROJECT LAUNCHED
2 MARCH 2006
A
ground breaking two-way referral scheme was officially launched at the end
of February.
HOTSPOTS
was launched at Wakefield Fire Station on February 20. It has been set up
in partnership with the Council Energy Advice Team, Wakefield Fire
Service, the Energy Advice Centre and the Primary Care Trusts.
Cabinet
Member for Regeneration Cllr Phil Dobson, representatives from the Energy
Advice Team, Strategic Housing, West Yorkshire Fire Service, the Primary
Care Trust and the Energy Advice Centre were all at the event.
Fire
Officers perform 52,000 home visits across West Yorkshire every year and
during these visits they meet people living in cold homes.
They
can use HOTSPOTS to refer these households to the Energy Advice Centre by
completing a specially designed prepaid referral card.
The
Energy Advice Centre will then contact the householder with energy advice
and grants information - 25,000 referral cards have been produced with
funding from Eastern Wakefield PCT.
In-turn
the Energy Advice Centre will also ask everyone who rings them if they
want a Home Fire Safety visit.
The
Council's Energy Advice Team started training Wakefield's 200-plus fire
officers in January - 162 officers have been trained so far. The HOTSPOTS
initiative has been so successful there are already plans to use it at
Calderdale's Fire Services and other Wakefield Frontline Services.
Ref:
PR732
Date: 02/03/06
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