Chief Fire Officer

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WELCOME

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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FIRE RISK FORMULA

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

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RISK GRADING
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RISK BREAKDOWN 2004
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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

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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

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GRANGE PARK PARK WARD
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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

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LFRS Activity

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

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Partnership Activity

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

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Partnership Activity

• Nhood Environmental Action Team (NEAT) Rubbish
  Removal

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Our Achievements Park Ward

• Critical Fires (Buildings and Vehicles)
• 2003 / 04 111
• 2007 / 08 39
• Reduction of 65

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Our Achievements Park Ward

• Secondary Fires (Rubbish etc)
• 2003 / 04 182
• 2007 / 08 48
• Reduction of 74

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Our Achievements Park Ward

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

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County Wide Achievements
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Results A Safer Lancashire
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Signpost Initiative

• What is Signpost
• A Home Fire Safety Check with added value

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Signpost Initiatives

• Key Aims
• Increase inter agency referrals
• Identify vulnerability

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Signpost initiatives

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

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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

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Thank You

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