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Title: Chief Fire Officer


1
WELCOME
  • Chief Fire Officer
  • Peter Holland
  • OStJ QFSM FIFireE
  • Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service

2
LANCASHIRE IN CONTEXT
  • Part of North- West region
  • Large area 1200 sq. miles
  • 1.5 million people
  • 15 local authorities
  • 940 Super Output Areas
  • Varied risk profile - dense urban/remote rural
  • 23 of county in UKs 20 most deprived
  • Historically high levels of fire death and injury

3
LANCASHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE (LFRS)
  • 39 fire stations
  • Full range of duty systems
  • 60 pumpers plus 24 specials
  • 1500 staff
  • 30,000 incidents per year
  • 130 million budget 2008/09

4
THE CHALLENGE IN 2004
  • Consistently high levels of fire death and
    injury
  • Bottom end of lower quartile year on year
  • Fundamental improvement in outcomes required
  • Shift in emphasis to deliver required improvements

5
CRITICAL FIRES - APPROACH
  • Production of Lancashire Fire Risk Map
  • Constructed around Lower Layer Super Output Areas
    (SOAs) - 940 in Lancashire
  • Application of formula and risk score calculated
    for each SOA
  • Risk rated Very High, High, Medium or Low with
    variable response times
  • Annual review and re-categorisation based on
    rolling three-year reference period

6
DETERMINING RISK AND RESPONSE LEVELS
  • FOR EACH SOA, CALCULATION OF
  • Dwelling fire rate
  • Casualty rate
  • Number of other building fires
  • Index of multiple deprivation score
  • Weighted scores

7
FIRE RISK FORMULA
  • Dwelling Fire Rate
  • Casualty Rate (x4)
  • Other Building Fire Frequency
  • Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004 (x2)

8
RISK GRADING
9
RISK BREAKDOWN 2004
10
Our Approach since 2004
  • Intention to radically improve fire safety in
    Lancashire
  • A change of approach concentrating on
    prevention and protection
  • Transformation of the way we deliver our services
  • To embed the principal of partnership working
    into our everyday activity

11
FACTS
  • England has 32,482 SOA
  • Blackpool has 94 SOA
  • 16 sit within the worst 500 in England
  • Classed as V. High or High Risk
  • Grange Park V. High Risk

12
GRANGE PARK PARK WARD
13
Grange Park - Blackpool
  • Council Estate 1800 houses
  • Park Ward - nationally deprived Ward
  • High number of
  • - Accidental Dwelling Fires
  • - Deliberate Building Fires
  • - Deliberate Rubbish Fires
  • Considerable Social Deprivation

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LFRS Activity
  • Permanent Ff presence on the estate
  • Rubbish Removal Partnership
  • School Education Yr 2 and 6

16
LFRS Activity
  • HFSC generated by Ff
  • Attend Community Meetings
  • Attend Community Events
  • Fire Awareness Child Education

17
Partnership Activity
  • Blackpool Council Repairs Dept Provision of
    Smoke alarms
  • Referrals for HFSC from
  • - Sure Start
  • - Home Start
  • - Landlord Services
  • - Home Help Services

18
Partnership Activity
  • Nhood Environmental Action Team (NEAT) Rubbish
    Removal

19
Our Achievements Park Ward
  • Critical Fires (Buildings and Vehicles)
  • 2003 / 04 111
  • 2007 / 08 39
  • Reduction of 65

20
Our Achievements Park Ward
  • Secondary Fires (Rubbish etc)
  • 2003 / 04 182
  • 2007 / 08 48
  • Reduction of 74

21
Our Achievements Park Ward
  • Home Fire Safety Checks
  • 2003 / 04 159
  • 2007 / 08 467
  • Increase of 293
  • Total between 03 and 08 3052

22
County Wide Achievements
23
Results A Safer Lancashire
24
Signpost Initiative
  • What is Signpost
  • A Home Fire Safety Check with added value

25
Signpost Initiatives
  • Key Aims
  • Increase inter agency referrals
  • Identify vulnerability

26
Signpost initiatives
  • Contributory factors of fire include
  • Alcohol 25
  • Mobility 8
  • Depression 6
  • Age Related 6
  • Medication 4

27
Signpost Initiative HFSC Plus
  • Close work Police, Health, Local Council
  • Identify non fire issues and Signpost the
    family to the appropriate agency
  • Multi agency visits

28
Thank You
  • QUESTIONS ?
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