Introductory Statement

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Introductory Statement
The local community, Dacorum Council and local
MPs
REJECTThe proposal to close Bovingdon Fire
Station
Presented by Sharon Sims/John Sanderson - 29th
Nov 2005
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Our Campaign

• US Airforce ex-servicemen - the Bovingdon
  Bunch give their support

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Statistics

• Population of Bovingdon 5000

• Population of Surrounding villages 2000

• There are two primary schools and several
  pre-schools.

• Highly volatile flammable pipe line

• Population of the prison 700

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Local Traffic
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Bovingdon Market

• Normal attendance on a Saturday is 8,000 to
  10,000 people (The population of the village is
  therefore trebled)

• 20,000 visitors alone on a Bank Holiday.

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High Risk Incident Frequency Rate by Station
2003/04
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High Risk Incident Frequency Rate by Station
2003/04

• If Bovingdon Station closes all calls will be the
  responsibility of the 2nd busiest station in the
  area.

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Cover for other Hertfordshire stations
Turn out support to other areas 2004/2005

• Cover for Buckinghamshire

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Have the weather conditions been considered?
Have the peak traffic periods been considered?
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Cutting Costs

• 500k/36m lt 2
• 90k/500k 18
• 90/36m 0.25
• Retained fire fighters are a very cost effective
  resource

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Government Review Findings


The RRTs report can be accessed on the ODPM
website www.odpm.gov.uk
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Community Safety
Recent Local Fire Safety initiative
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Unreliable Data
EXAMPLE 1 Data supplied from Herts County
Council unaudited summary accounts 2004/05
illustrates Herts Fire and Rescue attended
approx. 17,000 incidents. Herts County Council
confirmed that these details are from 2003/04 and
the correct figure should be shown as approx.
13,000 incidents. Should we trust the facts and
figures?
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Unreliable Data
EXAMPLE 2 Fire service records show a house fire
in Bovingdon as Hemel Hempstead engine first on
scene, when it was actually the Bovingdon crew
that made pumps 4 when they 1st arrived before
the Hemel Hempstead tender.
Should we trust the facts and figures?
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Unreliable Data
EXAMPLE 3 Roy Wilsher quoted a number of facts
and figures on specific incidents in the
Bovingdon area at the Parish Council Meeting and
how Hemel Hempstead and surrounding stations met
the ten minute attendance times. The times
quoted were from the time the station was alerted
NOT from the time of the 999 call. Should we
trust the facts and figures?
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Attendance Time Time from 999 call
Attendance times The Mount and Dudley House gt
10 minutes
Attendance times Bovingdon (Tower Hill)
approx. 9 minutes Kings Langley (Tower Hill)
approx. 11minutes
Attendance times Amersham (Birch Lane)
approx. 16 minutes Hemel Hempstead (Green Dragon)
approx. 14 minutes.
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Future Developments

• No-one can predict the future, but other future
  developments will impact further the
  responsiveness of the local services

• Working with the Ambulance service

• Re-location of call centre

• Local Knowledge

• Further reduction in retained stations

• Global warming

• Increased Housing

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Summary

• Population
• Prison and Market
• Attendance times
• Cost Cutting
• Data Reliability
• Future Developments

We invite you to visit us.
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We would like the County Council to The
Draft Community Safety Plan 2006 -2007 proposal
Support the local community and REJECT