Independent support for strategy, assurance, and operational improvement.
At GTH Consulting, we understand the unique pressures facing senior fire service leaders, from meeting HMICFRS expectations to optimising limited resources. Our services are designed to provide clear, actionable strategies that drive measurable improvements.
Strategic Fire Service Planning & Advice
Shaping direction with confidence.
With over 20 years supporting UK and international fire services, I provide clear, independent guidance grounded in strategic and analytical experience. Whether you’re responding to inspection findings, developing your long-term strategy, or exploring service transformation, I can help you assess options, model impact, and communicate clearly with key stakeholders.
How I can help:
Strategic planning aligned to HMICFRS priorities and NFCC guidance
Scenario testing for appliance moves, shift changes or workforce redesign
Input into business cases and transformation programmes
Support for post-inspection improvement planning
Who this is for:
Chiefs and senior officers seeking trusted, external insight to challenge assumptions and guide high-stakes decisions.
CRMP Development & Risk Evidence Support
Robust, risk-informed plans that stand up to scrutiny.
I’ve helped shape national methodologies and supported more than 20 FRSs with their CRMPs, from rural counties to large urban brigades. I offer tailored support throughout the CRMP cycle, ensuring your plan is based on local risk, aligned to national expectations, and ready to withstand internal and external scrutiny.
How I can help:
End-to-end support for CRMP development or review
Localised risk profiling and mapping using your own incident and risk data
Support translating technical evidence into actionable strategy
Workshops to engage your team and build internal understanding
Who this is for:
CRMP leads and Heads of Strategy looking for evidence-led, inspection-ready support and a partner who understands the process inside out.
Risk Analysis for Prevention, Protection and Response
Insight-led decisions for safer communities.
Understanding risk is at the heart of effective prevention, protection and response. I help fire services make better use of the data they already hold by identifying high-risk premises, vulnerable communities, and local patterns that should inform strategy. I specialise in creating meaningful insight from complex operational data to review deployment models and build confidence.
How I can help:
Support in developing or refining Risk-Based Inspection Programmes (RBIPs)
Community risk profiling using incident, demographic and building data
Data-driven targeting of prevention activity and protection audits
Assessing strategies for crewing, appliance deployments and on-call resources
Who this is for:
Prevention, protection and response leads, CRMP teams, and senior officers looking to embed risk intelligence into day-to-day planning and long-term priorities.
Data Insight & Capability Building
Unlock the power of your own data.
Fire services hold rich operational data, but many lack the time, tools or resource to turn it into actionable insight. I offer tailored support to help services get more value from their data, while building internal capability and confidence.
How I can help:
Unlocking value from datasets for incidents, availability and response
Aligning data and analysis with strategic objectives for the FRS
Delivering training in data handling, analysis and presentation
Mentoring analytical teams to build confidence and autonomy
Who this is for:
Performance teams and strategy leads seeking to grow internal capacity and embed a more insight-led approach to planning and delivery.
Inspection Readiness & Independent Review
Credible, constructive challenge - before the inspector calls.
Having worked with numerous services preparing for HMICFRS inspection, I understand what good looks like and how to present it. I offer independent, sector-specific support to help your service validate its progress and demonstrate improvement with confidence.
How I can help:
Pre-inspection readiness reviews across key pillars
Post-inspection support to develop credible, targeted action plans
Independent review of performance frameworks and KPIs
Advice on communicating improvement effectively to stakeholders
Who this is for:
Senior leaders and inspection leads looking for external validation, clear analysis and support to meet and exceed expectations.
