Leeds District Risk Reduction Plan 2014-2015
Contents
Introduction ...... 3
District Policy ...... 7
Organisation ...... 15
Leeds Local Risk Reduction Areas ...... 20
Planning and Implementation ...... 23
Monitor, Review and Audit ...... 28
Appendix A: Risk Reduction Targets ...... 30
Appendix B: Leeds District Objectives ...... 43
Introduction
District Commander Russ Hepton
Leeds is the most highly populated district within West Yorkshire and the most important financial, legal and business centre outside London. Leeds remains the third largest city in England, with an estimated and growing population of around 751,500 people living in 320,600 households, covering an area of approximately 217 square miles made up of 140 ethnic groups. There are approximately 86,000 students studying in Higher Education, made up from the University of Leeds (31,000 students), Leeds Metropolitan University (52,000 students) and Leeds Trinity University (3,000 students). The city remains one of the favourite places where people want to come and study. A growing population, increasing at both the younger and older 3 age ranges, has implications for demand on services. This includes complex needs services, support and care for older residents, as well as increases in the number of vulnerable families requiring support. This diverse community has varied needs in terms of the risks they face and the services delivered.
This District Risk Reduction Plan (DRRP) provides a risk based framework for the delivery of services in the Leeds District.
Its purpose is to ensure that our staff and resources work both efficiently and effectively towards our ambition of ‘Making West Yorkshire Safer’ and our aim to ‘provide an excellent fire and rescue service, working in partnership to reduce death, injury, economic loss and contribute to community well-being’.
Within West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s (WYFRS) 2011-15 Service Plan, four strategic priorities have been identified which assist us to set objectives, direct resources where they are most needed and manage performance. These priorities are:
Deliver a proactive fire prevention and protection programme
Deliver a professional and resilient emergency response service
Provide a safe, competent and diverse
workforce
Provide effective and ethical governance and achieve value for money in managing resources
Stopping a fire occurring in the first place is our priority. Therefore, fire prevention work is at the heart of this plan. With the current financial challenges facing the community it is extremely important for us to remain focused on this area. Despite financial challenges we have recently encouraged and supported Leeds City Council [LCC] to retro fit a sprinkler system to a residential high-rise block within the Leeds District. This positive action will provide real safety for both occupiers and firefighters in the event of a fire occurring in the high-rise accommodation.
If a fire does occur, fire protection measures are important to control and mitigate its effect, whilst a swift response from firefighting crews is critical to save life and deal effectively with the incident. Recognising this, elements of fire protection and response work also feature within this plan.
We will build on the successes we have achieved over recent years. The work we carry out with other agencies and partners within the community is vital to this. 5 Therefore, going forward, we will continue to be proactive in developing effective partnerships and initiatives, supporting the vision of Leeds City Council to be the ‘Best City in the UK’.
Recent examples of these are the identification of vulnerable people by the Rotary Club and delivery of Home Fire Safety Checks (HFSC’s) by their members; a partnership with Older People’s Action in the Locality (OPAL) where we have trained three of their volunteers to carry out HFSCs for the older people. OPAL supports and refers those people with higher risk through to WYFRS. The continuation of partnership work with LCC and the secondment of a further dedicated officer working with WYFRS to deliver HFSCs in their properties and the surrounding neighbourhoods.
The development of a joint approach with Leeds City Council Housing Services to effectively target private landlords to ensure their properties are brought up to a
safe standard, including adequate fire protection measures and safety education for their tenants. In addition, we are developing close links with Health and Social Care Partners including Leeds City Council Adult Social Care, Leeds Community Healthcare and Leeds and Yorkshire Partnership Trust as we continually seek to identify and support the most vulnerable within our local communities.
This District plan provides the strategy from which three Local Risk Reduction Plans have been developed. These plans focus on the needs of the local communities within Leeds District and contain detail of the work that will be completed.
The community can be assured that we will strive towards making Leeds a safer place to live and work and, should the need arise, we will provide a highly effective emergency response to meet the needs of the community.
Russ Hepton District Commander
District Policy
This Plan underpins the WYFRS 2011-15 Service Plan and has been produced to address the priorities set for the district by our Service Delivery Board (SDB).
District Priorities
Service Delivery Board has determined the following priorities:
• Four fire stations to reduce their current risk band – Moortown from ‘High’ to ‘Medium’; Cookridge, from ‘Medium’ to ‘Low’; Garforth and Stanks from ‘Low’ to ‘Very Low’.
• To continue risk reduction work in the Gipton and Stanks areas prior to the relocation of resources to Killingbeck. To achieve this we will focus specifically on the following areas: 7 - Dwelling fires
- Fire related deaths and injuries
- Fires in other buildings
• To ensure effective management and utilisation of resources at the three new day crewing fire stations Garforth, Rothwell and Morley
• Maintain resilience and availability of the appliance at the Retained Duty System (RDS) station at Otley and recruit on call firefighters to achieve this, as required
• Build a new more efficient fire station at Rothwell whilst continuing operational response and prevention activities throughout the build process
• Establish and deliver Young Fire-fighter courses from Stanningley fire
station
• We will carry out a programme of targeted prevention activities throughout the district and deliver 108,000 points as part of the Home Fire Safety Check strategy.
• We will complete 2090 operational risk visits to places of work and public places
• We will run and manage the new Leadership & Management Pilot Scheme producing a more hub based District Management Model and withdraw Station Managers from fire stations
• We will run and manage the new Leadership & Management Pilot Scheme focusing on efficient use of watch managers within the District
• We will ensure that the risk to the most vulnerable members of the community is reduced as far as possible through creative solutions where we work with partners where practicable.
• We will work with Leeds City Council, West Yorkshire Police and other partners to identify how the Fire and Rescue Service can support local communities to deliver Community Safety Services in innovative ways.
Risk Reduction Hierarchy
In order to achieve these priorities and reduce risk across the Leeds District, this plan is aligned to West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s risk reduction philosophy. Four elements provide a focus for our activity, known as the risk reduction hierarchy:
Fire Prevention Fire Protection Operational Response Resilience
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Fire Prevention - Fire Safety in the Home
Leeds District staff will:
• Work closely with communities and our partners to identify and visit the hard to reach and the most vulnerable people within the District.
• Carry out Home Fire Safety Checks and, if required we will fit free smoke detectors for vulnerable people to ensure they have an early warning in the event of fire.
• Direct our resources into areas and communities which have the highest level of risk.
Operate the following hierarchy for completion of HFSC:
• Vulnerable individuals and groups identified through partner agencies
• Priority risk areas and households identified by lifestyle type
• Hot strikes after a fire
• Direct calls requesting a HFSC for vulnerable individuals and households
• Hot line referrals for individuals and households
• Advice on request
The District team will advise on the dangers of arson and how to protect properties which are at risk. If appropriate, we will work with West Yorkshire Police to carry out ‘target hardening’ measures on properties identified as being under direct threat of arson and deliver an enhanced HFSC, fitting increased detection where necessary. In addition, we will work closely with our partners to remove combustible waste from the streets of Leeds.
We will support and deliver education programmes to a number of ‘at risk’ groups throughout the City. Specifically, children and young people will be targeted by a programme of year 5 talks, the Young Firefighters’ Scheme and tailored short courses to meet the requests of partner agencies working with young people. Prevention staff will provide targeted education to young people on the dangers and consequences of fire and arson, which may involve delivering the firesetter programme and targeted school initiatives.
Fire Protection – Fire Safety in the Workplace
We will complete 2090 Operational Risk Visits. These will be conducted as detailed in Appendix A - Station Risk Indicators.
The visits will be completed on a risk-assessed basis, at premises throughout the District to ensure that adequate fire protection measures and arrangements are in place. Where required we will provide advice on how to protect life and property in the event of fire.
We will focus our visits on ‘themes’ to high risk premises typically:
• High rise buildings
• Large warehouses
• Hospitals
• Shopping Complexes
• Heritage sites
• Transport hubs 11 • Waste processing sites
• Various other risk templates or high risk category sites
Fire Protection Enforcement Inspectors will support crews if major deficiencies are found. They will also carry out post fire visits, deal with complaints, visit premises applying for a fireworks registration and carry out a number of Fire Safety Audits in high risk premises. Specialist Engineering and Planning Inspectors will visit a sample number of hospitals, shopping centres, stadia and schools.
In order to improve our response and operational effectiveness should an incident occur, we will also gather vital risk information relating to Firefighter safety, Environment, Community, Heritage, and Economic impact during these visits.
Operational Response and Resilience
The distribution of operational response resources across Leeds will be determined by WYFRS’S Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP). To ensure the emergency response is commensurate to the level of risk across the county, this distribution will comply with West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service risk based planning assumptions.
All emergency calls are of a dynamic nature. Whenever appliances are required to attend an incident, an assessment of risk for the immediate and surrounding area is undertaken and, if required, appropriate cover moves are made. The dynamic management of fire cover across Leeds will be determined by WYFRS Control Centre, they will continually consider the levels of risk and activity, ensuring the safety of the community is not compromised.
In order to provide the most effective operational response, in addition to our normal day-to-day training, we will also ensure that firefighters train to the greatest risks and threats facing themselves and the community.
We will monitor local, national and international events in order to identify areas where we need to concentrate our training themes. To improve our knowledge and skills we will conduct scenario based training and exercises for specific types of incidents and premises. We will also carry out site specific visits to familiarise our staff with high risk premises throughout the District.
Derelict and unoccupied premises pose a significant risk to firefighter safety during a fire. Therefore, we will gather information on these premises and work closely with the City Council to reduce this risk.
To improve the resilience of Leeds, we will train with other emergency services and agencies to improve inter-operability. These exercises will be themed to reflect civil emergencies that are of the greatest threat to public safety. In addition, we will work closely with partners to plan and prepare for the Tour de France event that features the ‘Grand Depart’ from Leeds in July 2014. We are engaged in strategic and tactical planning arrangements to ensure that emergency response within Leeds District is not compromised during the Tour de France event.
The priorities for risk training in Leeds for 2014/15 are:
• Leeds Arena
• Complex buildings
• Leeds Evacuation Plan
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• Hospitals
• High Rise
Local and National Resilience – Dealing with Major Incidents and Civil Emergencies
We will prepare to deal with incidents that are a threat to the resilience of Leeds and the nation. These risks have been identified by the Local Resilience Forum and are detailed in the Community Risk Register. We will train and exercise to those incidents that are the greatest risk to Leeds and public safety. These have been included within the District priorities for risk training.
A large scale incident in the District will require a large scale response; these have been modelled on a national level. We will ensure that firefighters across WYFRS are equipped, trained and available to provide this model response should it be required in the District.
We recognise that inter-operability between responding agencies is critical to achieve a successful resolution to large and complex emergencies. Therefore, to improve this, we will train with other emergency services and agencies. In addition, all supervisory managers will attend a dedicated training course on the Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Programme.
In particular, we will exercise with:
• West Yorkshire Police • Leeds City Council
• Yorkshire Ambulance Service • The Environment Agency
Summary
Leeds District staff will employ a risk based approach to service delivery. We will focus our resources towards vulnerable people and high risk premises.
Primarily, we will direct staff and resources to work in areas and communities that have the highest level of risk. To achieve this we will release staff and resources from areas that we believe to be at a lower risk to carry out this work. This approach will ensure that we respond to the needs of vulnerable individuals wherever they reside.
To ensure that fire cover is not compromised, movement of operational resources will take place during times of the day when operational activity is low and the overall appliance availability is deemed sufficient for the level of risk. All areas of Leeds will receive a level of service that is appropriate to the WYFRS risk based planning assumptions.
Organisation
Resources
Resources will be organised to deliver risk reduction work as per the risk reduction hierarchy detailed above. The following WYFRS personnel and resources are available to deliver this plan and achieve the priorities and risk reduction targets for Leeds District, as detailed in Appendix A.
District Command Team
Role Responsibilities
District • setting the district strategy and managing performance Commander • ensure that a working relationship at strategic level exists between the 15 District Commander, Director of Service Delivery, the local authority elected Members for Community Safety and district Members of the Fire Authority
• use resources and partnerships to achieve the priorities set out in this plan
• report progress and performance to the Area Manager Fire Safety, the SDB and the Community Safety Committee
Assistant • provide direct support to the district commander with responsibility for District operations and training Commander • forge effective links with Leeds neighbourhood policing teams, the council locality areas and area committees
• assist partners to plan and prepare for large events such as the Tour de France
District • delivering and co-ordinating the prevention work for the Leeds District Prevention • identify vulnerable groups and targeting resources to those most in need Manager • monitor incident trends and develop action plans to address any identified issues
• develop specific risk reduction activities in line with future service delivery changes
District • to support the work of the District Prevention Manager Prevention • develop fire prevention strategies for identified vulnerable groups Assistants • develop new projects such as working with the voluntary sector to reduce risk within the community
Station • will ensure that local Risk Reduction Plans are in place and resources Commanders are deployed to achieve the targets set out in this plan
• will attend local ward neighbourhood management meeting, where required
District Support • general support for the District team, co-ordinating exercises and training Officer and supporting the Station Commanders, where required
District Clerk • general administrative support for the Leeds District
Operational Resources
In total over 400 staff are employed at the 13 stations across the District. These personnel will staff 16 frontline fire appliances and 8 special appliances. They will have primary responsibility for the operational preparedness, response and resilience across the District. They will also carry out the majority of prevention and protection work in accordance with this plan.
Partnerships
Leeds District staff will work effectively with a range of both internal and external partners. The following details the current partner arrangements in Leeds District and plans for improved partnership working over the coming year:
Safer and Stronger Communities
WYFRS is a statutory partner in the Local Authority Community Safety Partnership (CSP), known as ‘Safer Leeds’. Wherever possible, we will directly contribute towards the priorities of ‘Safer Leeds’ especially in the areas of anti-social behaviour and burglary.
Health and Wellbeing Board
We will forge links with the Health and Wellbeing Partnerships across the City to ensure our ability to contribute to the reduction in health inequalities across the 17 City is recognised, and we are seen as an integral partner in the health and wellbeing agenda.
Leeds Fire Safety Concordat
LCC has signed a three year Fire Protection Concordat agreement with WYFRS.
The five priority areas are:
• Fire reduction • Building works management
• Fire risk assessment • Reduction in false alarms
• Fire safety training
We are working with LCC to ensure prevention is included within this agreement.
Leeds Resilience Group
We are members of the Leeds Resilience Group. This group monitors threats to the day to day running of Leeds and includes representatives from Leeds City Council, Police, British Transport Police, Ambulance, Environment Agency, Health Protection Agency, NHS and Leeds and Bradford Airport.
Working with Volunteers
We will continue to look for opportunities to work with voluntary organisations and their volunteers to assist in the delivery of prevention priorities, building on the success of the partnership with Calverley Rotary Club and the recently launched partnerships with Lower Wharfedale and Aireborough Rotary Clubs. The results of a pilot partnership with Older People’s Action in the Locality (OPAL) will inform the roll out of a similar approach with other Older People’s Neighbourhood Network schemes across Leeds. These volunteers are extremely valuable to WYFRS, with their knowledge of their local community and are fully trained to identify and deliver Home Fire Safety Checks (HFSC) to vulnerable people on our behalf. We will develop a standard structured approach to working with volunteers across the City.
Leeds City Council Private Sector Housing
We will work closely with LCC and other agencies across the city to improve safety within the private rented sector. In particular, we have a member of prevention seconded into the Leeds Neighbourhood Approach Project. Furthermore, we will be working collaboratively with LCC to work with rogue landlords and will be targeting flats above commercial properties throughout the city to improve housing standards.
Housing Providers
We will work closely with LCC and other housing providers to ensure robust partnership arrangements are in place to reduce the risk of their tenants having an accidental dwelling fire. Key members of staff will be trained in order to help them identify our target audience.
Partnerships with Health and Social Care
We will be working with Leeds Department of Adult Social Services, Leeds Community Healthcare and Leeds and Yorkshire Mental Health Partnership Trust. We are working toward identifying vulnerable adults and families whom may be higher risk of having an accidental dwelling fire and developing clear referral pathways in which information is shared in a secure and timely manner. We are exploring the most effective ways of training key staff to identify fire safety hazards and refer through to WYFRS. The aspiration is that this will result in more 19 meaningful referrals for prevention staff and operational crews which will allow us to be more effective and efficient in targeting our resources to reduce risk and impact on reducing accidental dwelling fires.
Structure
Leeds District shares the same administrative boundaries as Leeds City Council and West Yorkshire Police Leeds Divisions.
Fire Prevention and Protection
In order to maximize the effectiveness of prevention and protection work, we have generally aligned our delivery of these services to the West Yorkshire Police
Divisions and Council boundaries. This will ensure that District personnel and resources will work more closely with our partners within these three local areas.
Leeds Local Risk Reduction Areas
Operational Response and Resilience
Operational resources and personnel respond to incidents and provide fire cover anywhere across the county as required. The structural distribution of these resources is determined by the Fire and Rescue Authority’s Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP).
Divisional Local Local Community Area Wards Area Resources Area Safety Committee Lead Partnership
Burmantofts & Richmond Hill Gipton & Harehills Killingbeck & Seacroft Chapel Lead: Allerton Gipton Station Inner NE Wetherby Moortown Commander East Inner East Roundhay Stanks East N. Kirk Leeds Outer NE Temple Wetherby
Outer East Newsam Garforth Deputy Harewood T. Head Moortown Alwoodley 21 Crossgates & Whinmoor Garforth & Swillington Kippax & Methley
Divisional Local Local Community Area Wards Area Resources Area Safety Committee Lead Partnership
Armley Hyde Park & Woodhouse Farnley & Wortley Pudsey Bramley & Lead: Inner NW Stanningley Stanningley Station Inner West Kirkstall Rawdon Commander West West Outer West Headingley Cookridge N. Atkins Leeds Outer NW Weetwood Otley
Calverley & Leeds Deputy: Farsley I. Thompson Otley & Yeadon Adel & Wharfedale Guiseley & Rawdon Horsforth Beeston & Holbeck City & Hunslet Lead: Middleton Station Hunslet City Park Commander Rothwell South South Inner & Outer Morley R. Gomersal Morley Leeds South South Ardsley & Deputy: Robin Wood C. Bates Morley North Rothwell
Planning and Implementation
The objective of this plan is to reduce the overall risk profile for each station area within the Leeds District. The incident reduction targets, as listed in the Risk Indicator tables in Appendix A, detail the performance that is required to achieve this objective.
Each station is tasked with reducing their risk profile, but not necessarily their overall risk band. Priority stations have been identified as those stations that are required to reduce their present risk band, and require targeted prevention work to support current and future IRMP proposals.
The priority station areas identified in the Leeds District are:
• Gipton • Cookridge
• Stanks • Garforth 23 • Moortown
We recognise that each of these station areas has a different need in terms of risk reduction. Therefore we will prioritise our work on those indicators which are crucial to reducing the areas of risk profile. These indicators are identified in the table below.
The remaining stations in the District will maintain their current performance and prioritise prevention work towards any station activity that is projected to be above the incident target level.
Deployment of Resources
The level of risk in each area has been determined to inform the targeting of resources to the areas with highest risk. The balance between delivering HFSC’s and fire protection inspections will be dependent on the level of risk identified in
that station area.
Resources will be deployed to ensure that operational preparedness and training toward risk is achieved alongside the delivery of the prevention and protection work as detailed below.
All operational risk visits that are completed by Operational and Fire Protection personnel will be identified by the Fire Protection Department, on a risk basis, in conjunction with the District priorities.
We will utilise database information, mapped data, partner referrals and working with the Local Area Lead and Deputy will ensure effective targeting of resources.
Premises with unacceptable levels of unwanted false alarms will be identified and targeted. We will endeavour to reduced false alarms through education and joint working with the premises owners and occupiers and, where necessary, legislative enforcement. The Fire Protection team will work with the premises management to find solutions to stop repeated fire alarm actuations, however, if the unwanted fire signals continue, the Authority will in certain circumstances charge for attending.
Area Local Station Risk Band Projected Risk Band for 13/14 Strategy
Gipton High High Additional resources will be committed to Gipton and Stanks to further reduce the
risk for these stations prior to the relocation of resources to the Killingbeck area. The areas of particular focus will be the reduction in the number of: Stanks Low Very Low • dwelling fires • fire related deaths and injuries • fires in other buildings.
East Moortown High Medium In order for Moortown to reduce the current risk band from high to medium, particular focus will be on reducing the number of: • arson fires 25
Wetherby Very Low Very Low Wetherby personnel will continue to carry out prevention activities to maintain
a risk level of very low, with the assistance of the Rotary volunteers carrying out HFSC.
Garforth Low Very Low Garforth is projected to reduce to the very low risk band, Day Crewing is now established. Focus will be on reducing the number of: • dwelling fires • fires in other buildings.
Area Local Station Risk Band Projected Risk Band for 13/14 Strategy
Stanningley High High Stanningley is projected to remain within the ‘high risk’ band, additional resources, including the Fire Response Unit (FRU), will be committed to ensure risk reduction continues, with particular focus on the reduction in number of: • dwelling fires • actual rescues
Rawdon Very Low Very Low Rawdon personnel will continue to carry out prevention activities to maintain a risk level of very low, utilising the Rotary Club, AVSED and OPAL volunteers in carrying out HFSC.
West Cookridge Medium Low Personnel will carry out targeted prevention activities to reduce the risk banding, with particular focus on reducing the numbers of: • fire related deaths and injuries
The assistance of AVSED and OPAL volunteers will be used to carry out HFSC.
Otley Very Low Very Low Otley operates the Retained Duty System (RDS), with a Local Retained
Support Officer (LRSO) to carry out targeted prevention activity. Prevention work will continue to maintain the risk level at ‘very low’. Leeds High High Leeds personnel will carry out preventative activities predominantly in their own station area, with assistance from the FRU, particularly focussing on the reduction in the numbers of: • false alarms
Area Local Station Risk Band Projected Risk Band for 13/14 Strategy
Hunslet High High Hunslet is projected to remain within the ‘high risk’ band over the coming year. Personnel will continue to carry out prevention activities to maintain the risk level.
South Rothwell Very Low Very Low Rothwell are now Day Crewing and will focus on the reduction in the number of: • dwelling fires • fires in other buildings
Morley Low Low Morley is now Day Crewing and projected to remain within the low risk
band. Resources will concentrate on the reduction in numbers of: 27 • dwelling fires • fires in other buildings • actual rescues
Monitor, Review and Audit
The monitoring, review and audit of the District Plan will be completed by the District Commander utilising:
• Intranet Performance Management Report
• Local Area \ Station Commander performance reporting
• Measurement of achievement of required targets for Fire Protection and Fire Prevention activities
• Fire Protection ‘in and out score’ identifying risk reduction
• Prevention database reports
• Reporting of performance to Service Delivery Board
• Twice yearly reporting of performance to Authority Community Safety Committee
We will ensure the operational preparedness of our response and resilience capabilities by continually monitoring the performance of crews throughout the year, including Station Commanders audits of training. This will culminate in an annual performance visit by the District Commander to ensure each Watch is operationally effective.
The Partnership Board will provide a mechanism for performance managing all partnership activity across the Authority; ensuring District partnerships continue to deliver against the Service Plan by achieving those objectives that require partnership working. It will ensure compliance with the Partnership Policy and will provide a formal opportunity to identify and share good practice from partnership working across the service.
The SDB will monitor the performance of all service delivery activity across the Authority. It will ensure that each District contributes to the objectives set within WYFRS’s Service Plan 2011-15.
The Community Safety Committee, made up of elected Members and supported by senior officers, will oversee and scrutinise service delivery on behalf of West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority.
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Appendix A: Risk Reduction Targets
Leeds- Apr 15 Target Risk Indicators (2014/15)
last 3 Years Average Incident Target 2014/15 Performance
1891 All Incidents 1999
Arson 292 306
Actual Rescues 44 46
Dwelling Fires 74 83
Non Domestic Building Fire 53 54
Prevalence of False Alarms 1220 1297
Fire Related Injuries and Deaths 10 13
RTC 32 35
Malicious False Alarms 57 58
Operational Risk Visits 240
Current Risk Band High
Projected Risk Band Apr 15 High
Gipton - Apr 15 Target Risk Indicators (2014/15)
last 3 Years Average Incident Target 2014/15 Performance
All Incidents 1353 1520
Arson 470 521
Actual Rescues 31 33
Dwelling Fires 77 83
Non Domestic Building Fire 15 18
Prevalence of False Alarms 662 739 31
Fire Related Injuries and Deaths 13 13
RTC 22 24
Malicious False Alarms 39 42
Operational Risk Visits 240
Current Risk Band High
Projected Risk Band Apr 15 High
Moortown - Apr 15 Target Risk Indicators (2014/15)
last 3 Years Average Incident Target 2014/15 Performance
All Incidents 809 850
Arson 157 187
Actual Rescues 28 28
Dwelling Fires 61 61
Non Domestic Building Fire 5 6
Prevalence of False Alarms 477 477
Fire Related Injuries and Deaths 12 12
RTC 25 27
Malicious False Alarms 13 16
Operational Risk Visits 140
Current Risk Band High
Projected Risk Band Apr 15 Medium
Stanningley - Apr 15 Target Risk Indicators (2014/15)
last 3 Years Average Incident Target 2014/15 Performance
All Incidents 1067 1113
Arson 333 352
Actual Rescues 25 30
Dwelling Fires 65 73
Non Domestic Building Fire 10 10
Prevalence of False Alarms 519 526
Fire Related Injuries and Deaths 10 10 33
RTC 24 33
Malicious False Alarms 19 22
Operational Risk Visits 210
Current Risk Band High
Projected Risk Band Apr 15 High
Hunslet - Apr 15 Target Risk Indicators (2014/15)
last 3 Years Average Incident Target 2014/15 Performance
All Incidents 1264 1383
Arson 464 520
Actual Rescues 30 33
Dwelling Fires 69 70
Non Domestic Building Fire 14 17
Prevalence of False Alarms 584 622
Fire Related Injuries and Deaths 9 9
RTC 28 29
Malicious False Alarms 17 18
Operational Risk Visits 240
Current Risk Band High
Projected Risk Band Apr 15 High
Rawdon - Apr 15 Target Risk Indicators (2014/15)
last 3 Years Average Incident Target 2014/15 Performance
All Incidents 266 270
Arson 42 42
5Actual Rescues 8 10
Dwelling Fires 16 16
Non Domestic Building Fire 4 5
Prevalence of False Alarms 146 153 35
Fire Related Injuries and Deaths 3 4
RTC 8 11
Malicious False Alarms 2 2
Operational Risk Visits 140
Current Risk Band Very Low
Projected Risk Band Apr 15 Very Low
Stanks - Apr 15 Target Risk Indicators (2014/15)
last 3 Years Average Incident Target 2014/15 Performance
All Incidents 423 479
Arson 138 158
Actual Rescues 9 10
Dwelling Fires 30 30
Non Domestic Building Fire 5 5
Prevalence of False Alarms 197 222
Fire Related Injuries and Deaths 6 7
RTC 9 9
Malicious False Alarms 3 6
Operational Risk Visits 140
Current Risk Band Low
Projected Risk Band Apr 15 Very Low
Cookridge - Apr 15 Target Risk Indicators (2014/15)
last 3 Years Average Incident Target 2014/15 Performance
All Incidents 516 578
Arson 112 128
Actual Rescues 22 24
Dwelling Fires 38 45
Non Domestic Building Fire 7 8
Prevalence of False Alarms 278 306 37
Fire Related Injuries and Deaths 6 8
RTC 19 20
Malicious False Alarms 5 6
Operational Risk Visits 140
Current Risk Band Medium
Projected Risk Band Apr 15 Low
Morley - Apr 15 Target Risk Indicators (2014/15)
last 3 Years Average Incident Target 2014/15 Performance
All Incidents 502 557
Arson 91 103
Actual Rescues 21 23
Dwelling Fires 25 27
Non Domestic Building Fire 8 9
Prevalence of False Alarms 279 304
Fire Related Injuries and Deaths 3 3
RTC 22 30
Malicious False Alarms 2 3
Operational Risk Visits 140
Current Risk Band Low
Projected Risk Band Apr 15 Low
Garforth - Apr 15 Target Risk Indicators (2014/15)
last 3 Years Average Incident Target 2014/15 Performance
All Incidents 368 420
Arson 70 87
Actual Rescues 17 22
Dwelling Fires 17 19
Non Domestic Building Fire 3 5
Prevalence of False Alarms 202 223 39
Fire Related Injuries and Deaths 2 3
RTC 23 25
Malicious False Alarms 1 2
Operational Risk Visits 140
Current Risk Band Low
Projected Risk Band Apr 15 Very Low
Rothwell- Apr 15 Target Risk Indicators (2014/15)
last 3 Years Average Incident Target 2014/15 Performance
All Incidents 369 379
Arson 89 89
Actual Rescues 10 11
Dwelling Fires 14 15
Non Domestic Building Fire 5 7
Prevalence of False Alarms 187 196
Fire Related Injuries and Deaths 2 2
RTC 19 21
Malicious False Alarms 4 4
Operational Risk Visits 140
Current Risk Band Very Low
Projected Risk Band Apr 15 Very Low
Wetherby - Apr 15 Target Risk Indicators (2014/15)
last 3 Years Average Incident Target 2014/15 Performance
All Incidents 221 221
Arson 38 38
Actual Rescues 8 8
Dwelling Fires 8 8
Non Domestic Building Fire 16 16
Prevalence of False Alarms 113 113 41
Fire Related Injuries and Deaths 1 1
RTC 11 11
Malicious False Alarms 1 1
Operational Risk Visits 140
Current Risk Band Very Low
Projected Risk Band Apr 15 Very Low
Otley- Apr 15 Target Risk Indicators (2014/15)
last 3 Years Average Incident Target 2014/15 Performance
All Incidents 161 161
Arson 14 14
Actual Rescues 6 6
Dwelling Fires 8 8
Non Domestic Building Fire 2 2
Prevalence of False Alarms 105 105
Fire Related Injuries and Deaths 1 1
RTC 7 7
Malicious False Alarms 0 0
Operational Risk Visits 40
Current Risk Band Very Low
Projected Risk Band Apr 15 Very Low
Appendix B 2014/15 – Leeds District Objectives
Prevention
Work with the Voluntary Sector Carry out a feasibility review to identify opportunities to work with the voluntary sector
across Leeds. Roll out the partnership way of working with OPAL as a template to engage with other Neighbourhood Network Schemes across Leeds.
Health and Social Care: Develop robust methods of sharing information to assist WYFRS to identify vulnerable adults Leeds Department of Adult Social Services and families. We will work with key head of Leeds Community Healthcare services to agree a referral mechanism through the web based system to ensure that 43 Leeds and Yorkshire Partnership Trust adults engaging with these services receive advice and interventions to reduce the risk of
fire in their homes.
We will explore the best methods of training front line staff to recognise risk of fire with their clients groups and how to refer using the secure web based referral system.
Leeds Anti-Social Behaviour Unit (LASBT) Continue to work closely with the multi-agency LASBT, sharing data and intelligence on a
daily basis to ensure our resources are targeted in the areas of highest concern, and risk reduction interventions implemented.
Neighbourhood Policing Teams Improve working relationships with the NPT’s and station based personnel.
Young Firefighter Scheme (YFF) Expand the YFF scheme into West Leeds, improving facilities to run courses at Stanningley Fire Station.
Leeds Families First Work with the multi-agency Cluster partnerships to identify opportunities to deliver
educational support through the Young Firefighters programme and tailored short courses to children and families being supported through Leeds Families First.
We will work with the Head of Leeds Targeted Childrens Services to agree a referral mechanism through the web-based system to ensure that families being supported through Leeds Families First receive advice and interventions to reduce the risk of fire in their homes.
Leeds City Council Private Sector Housing Work in collaboration with Leeds City Council and other agencies across the city to improve safety standards within the private rented sector.
Fire Safety Concordat Develop the Leeds Fire Safety Concordat to include fire prevention.
Protection
Leeds City Council Private Sector Housing As above, work in collaboration with Leeds City Council and other agencies across the city to improve safety standards within the private rented sector.
Reduction in Unwanted Fire Signals Premises with unacceptable levels of unwanted false alarms will be identified and incidents reduced through education and joint working with premise owners/occupiers and, where necessary, legislative enforcement. Some offenders may be charged as we introduce a new pilot scheme.
Response and Resilience
District Training Exercises To improve knowledge and skills of operational 45 personnel, we will conduct scenario based training and exercises:
First Direct Arena – Fire – Major Incident
Hospital Exercise - Fire – Evacuation
High rise - Fire
One 4 pump off site exercise per Watch
Themed bi-monthly training led by Station Commander
Practical Performance Management Exercises
Develop Risk Templates Trinity Shopping Centre
Leeds Arena
Contact
Leeds District Office Leeds Fire Station Kirkstall Road Leeds LS3 1NF
T 0113 2904801