Safety – CFB Risk Management MD Steve Bruce and business and finance manager , Sam Mackin .
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A multi-million-pound turnover community interest company is keeping high hazard workplaces safe , while also helping firms meet their environmental , social and governance obligations ( ESG ). Cleveland Fire Brigade ( CFB ) Risk Management has decades of experience consulting with high hazard organisations around the world , in sectors such as the oil and gas industry , chemical plants , nuclear , renewables and any high hazard workplace , to help them mitigate their health and safety risks .
The firm recently sent a team of experts to analyse numerous fire stations in Abu Dhabi and will be looking to implement some of the recommendations they have made to
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them in the near future .
The organisation has arrangements to work with a number of oil and gas companies in South America and collaboration on wind farm projects in the USA .
As managing director Steve Bruce says , it ’ s a truly international business with its base close to the Cleveland Fire Brigade headquarters in Hartlepool .
And what sets it apart is that as a community interest company ( CIC ), it gives back 65 per cent of its profits to local good causes .
“ Our business model can be transferred anywhere in the world ,” says Steve .
“ We are part of Cleveland Fire Authority , but we are a separate company .
“ We recently donated £ 15,000 to Coatham House – a safe house for vulnerable
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teenagers , which has made a huge difference to local people – and this is something we do every month , with donations ranging from £ 50 to £ 40,000 .”
The firm also recently donated £ 40,000 for cadet training at Cleveland Fire Brigade , which meant the cadets achieved a nationally recognised qualification .
The commercial side of the business provides on-site or offsite emergency responders , integrated asset protection , emergency response plans , industry training including incident command training , first aid and breathing apparatus training , as well as consultancy services .
The busy and growing consultancy can provide a rapid response team of highly qualified first responders to any incidents on site , such as a fire or medical emergency .
“ At the moment , we are taking off big