Avon Fire & Rescue Service (AF&RS) is committed
to making its services accessible to all. We want as many
people as possible to have access to this website and the important
safety information found here.
In order to ensure the accessibility of our website AF&RS
has worked closely with Shaw Trust a leader in the
field of website accessibility.
We have become the first fire service in the country to
receive their
'Accessible Plus' accreditation.
Shaw Trust's team of website testers provided a thorough
and highly effective testing process as they have a range of
disabilities themselves, the team also provided invaluable and
hands-on advice throughout the project. This has
helped us make sure that our website is accessible
in real terms.
The website will be retested annually to ensure that it
continues to meet these high accessibility standards and any new
content and developments will meet stringent guidelines.
The Accessible Plus accreditation means that the website
meets the World Wide Web Consortium’s
(W3C’s) Website Content Accessibility Guidelines to Level
Double A and some Level Triple A criteria.
Please let us know what you think of the website by
filling in the online
website feedback form.
You can read the AF&RS Website Accessibility Policy Summary
at the bottom of this page.
Accessibility functions on this website
Access keys
If you have difficulties using a mouse you can navigate this
website using certain keyboard shortcuts.
To use access keys press and hold 'Alt', select the letter/number
of the access key you wish to navigate to from the list below and
then press the return button. You will then be taken to the
page you need.
S - Skip navigation
1 - Homepage
2 - News
3 - Sitemap
4 - Advanced search
5 - Recruitment
6 - Useful links
7 - Fire safety information
8 - Your local station
9 - Contact us
Other accessibility tools
This website has been redeveloped with accessibility as a
focus.
During development the technical side of the site has been tested
to ensure it is accessible. Content added has to meet accessibility
guidelines such as Plain English and correctly signposted
hyperlinks.
On top of these measures there are also tools that can help make
the site more accessible.
In the top tool bar of this website you can find accessibility
tools that allow you to increase font size, change the
colour contrast of the site, skip to the main content of a page,
listen to the site, or watch fire safety information videos in
British Sign Language.
Viewing the site
You can change the font size on this site by selecting the icon
in the top accessibility tool bar, you can also change the text
size for all web sites that you visit using your browser settings.
The way to do this is slightly different depending on the browser
that you use:
- Internet Explorer 7: Select the 'Page' menu,
then one of the options under 'Text Size'. The default setting is
Medium
- Internet Explorer 6: Select the 'View' menu,
and select one of the options under 'Text Size'.
- Mozilla Firefox: Select the 'View' menu, then
'Text Size', then select Increase, Decrease or Normal.
- Opera: Select the 'View' menu, then one of the
'Zoom' percentage options.
- Netscape: Select the 'View' menu, then one of
the 'Text Zoom' options.
Further help
The BBC and 'AbilityNet', a leading UK disability and IT
charity, have produced the useful site 'My Web My Way'. This site
is packed with information on how you can change your browser,
computer, mouse and keyboard settings to make the web more
accessible.
AF&RS Website Accessibility Policy Summary
‘Avon Fire & Rescue Service (AF&RS) is
committed to ensuring accessibility of its website for all users.
New and updated web content produced by AF&RS will conform to
the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, at least
conformance level Double-A. Existing web content produced in-house,
and new content produced by third party suppliers, will meet the
W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, to at least
conformance level Double-A. The website has been tested and
accredited to ‘Accessible Plus’ standard by Shaw Trust (www.shaw-trust.org.uk). To
maintain Shaw Trust accreditation, the website will be tested
annually and all content added between tests will be checked
in-house in order to maintain the accessibility of the
site.’
More information about W3C and their Website Accessibility
Initiatives can be found on the W3C
website
If you would like to contact us about accessibility
please email web@avonfire.gov.uk
or see the various other ways of contacting
us.