A three-month public consultation is now under way, which is seeking YOUR views on the future of South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue.

Like most other public sector organisations, we expect to lose a significant amount of our Government funding over the coming years. We are asking for your views on some key issues around how we can continue to provide the high standard of services you expect from us, but with reduced money available.

You can read our consultation booklet by clicking here

Alternatively, to receive a hard copy version of the booklet in the post, click here to e-mail us . Make sure you include your name and full address in the e-mail.

This consultation doesn't make any specific proposals or recommendations. Instead, it asks for your views on the issues we are raising to help contribute to the development of our plans. At the end of this consultation, we will consider all the responses and use them to help inform the development of more concrete plans for the way we propose to deliver our services in 2011-14. We will publish those more specific proposals in autumn 2010 and there will be another public consultation then.

Once you have read this consultation booklet and considered your response, please click on the link at the bottom of this article to complete our online survey. The deadline for responses is Monday 2nd August.

Thank you for your interest in South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue, and for your participation in this consultation.

Click here to complete the online survey