Accidental Dwelling Fires April 2017- August 2017 Accidental Dwelling Fires by Council Area and 250

Help us to help you! 200 We want to reduce accidental dwelling fires and prevent deaths by fire. The best way we can do this is to visit every home to complete a Home Fire Safety Visit. 150 Home Fire Safety Visits provide people with free advice on all aspects of fire safety in the home. A free smoke alarm will also be fitted during the visit if required. 100

Smoke alarms for the deaf and hard of hearing are available. Incidents of No 50 To book your Home Fire Safety Visit phone us on 0117 926 2061 or click on the link on our website home page. 0 South Bath & N.E. North Avon Total Neither the phone call or the visit will cost you a penny and may save your life. Gloucestershire Somerset 2016-17 28 86 33 23 170 Children can sometimes show a natural curiosity about fire. 2017-18 40 113 38 40 231 This curiosity can be dangerous if a child does not understand the danger of playing with fire. We have a dedicated team of Firesetter Intervention Officers who can help. We do not punish children, but help them to change their dangerous firesetting behaviour. If you have a child who you think is at risk phone us on 0117 926 2061 extension 393.

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No of Incidents of No 20 15 10 5 0 Thornbury Yate Patchway Avonmouth Southmead Portishead Pill Temple Kingswood Hicks Gate Bath Bedminster Nailsea Weston Chew Magna Radstock Paulton Winscombe 2016-17 1 7 9 5 13 4 2 33 18 10 21 18 3 1 21 1 1 1 0 1 0 2017-18 4 8 12 7 16 3 2 47 25 16 26 24 4 7 18 2 3 2 4 0 1

Note: Data displayed is unaudited and therefore likely to change Deliberate Arson Fires April 2017- August 2017 Number of Arson Fires by Council Area & Avon 1200 Arson is deliberately setting light to something to cause damage. It can kill and is illegal. Arson also includes setting light to rubbish, grassland and abandoned cars. 1000 You can help reduce arson fires by contacting us on 0117 926 2061 about piles of rubbish or derelict cars that need to be removed before they become a fire risk. We will contact your local council to get this done. Alternatively you can contact your council direct on: 800

Abandoned cars Rubbish clearance 600 B&NES 01225 842499 01225 394041 Bristol 01179 455419 01179 031221 Incidents of No North Som. 01934 638146 01934 888802 400 South Glos. 01179 454173 01454 868000 200 We work with the police to prosecute people deliberately causing fires. If you have any information about people deliberately causing fires call Avon & Somerset Police on 101 0 South Bath & N.E. Bristol Avon Total Gloucestershire Somerset or Crimestoppers confidentially on 0800 555 111 2016-17 120 435 129 104 788 2017-18 194 540 124 104 962

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0 Thornbury Yate Patchway Avonmouth Southmead Portishead Pill Temple Kingswood Hicks Gate Bath Bedminster Nailsea Clevedon Weston Yatton Chew Magna Radstock Paulton Blagdon Winscombe 2016-17 5 24 32 56 56 6 6 69 77 68 45 198 7 4 89 9 15 16 4 1 1 2017-18 5 41 46 62 104 14 10 109 111 83 59 194 5 11 61 1 27 10 2 4 3

Note: Data displayed is unaudited and therefore likely to change Anti-Social Behaviour - Hoax Calls April 2017- August 2017 Number of Hoax Calls Received by Council Area & Avon 140 Help us to help you! 120 Hoax calls endanger lives as it means our crews may not be available to deal with real fires. 100 Making hoax calls is illegal and can lead to fines of up to £5,000 or imprisonment. We have robust measures in place to deter hoax callers, 80

including challenging callers who we think are making hoax calls. of No Calls 60 We can trace the telephone number of every call we receive. 40 We will disconnect telephone numbers that make hoax calls and prosecute wherever possible. 20 If you have any information about people making hoax calls call us on 0117 926 2061 0 South Bath & N.E. Bristol North Somerset Avon Total or Crimestoppers confidentially on 0800 555 111 Gloucestershire Somerset 2016-17 15 56 13 7 91 2017-18 25 69 11 20 125

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0 Thornbury Yate Patchway Avonmouth Southmead Portishead Pill Temple Kingswood Hicks Gate Bath Bedminster Nailsea Clevedon Weston Yatton Chew Magna Radstock Paulton Blagdon Winscombe 2016-17 0 2 8 3 13 1 2 20 5 5 5 15 0 1 9 0 0 1 1 0 0 2017-18 1 0 12 2 19 1 0 33 8 10 13 11 0 1 9 0 1 4 0 0 0

Note: Data displayed is unaudited and therefore likely to change