Windermere Station Risk Review / Profile
This document assesses the specific performance and risk within the fire station area. It provides more defined risk profiling down to Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) level.
The risk profiling process by its very nature provides evidence of the fire risk within each geographical LSOA using detailed known risk and demographic information. The risk formula used to inform our fire risk profile was devised following the Intervention Standards Review, full details are available on our website: www.cumbria.gov.uk/fire
The review also identifies other significant risks in the area that need consideration so that our resources are appropriately allocated across the county.
As well as looking at county wide issues and trends in the main Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP), this individual station risk profile considers:
• Current resources • Appliance availability • Operational response activity • Fire risk profile • Next nearest supporting appliances • Location specific risks including: heritage risk, environment risk, site specific risks: flooding risks, rurality and resilience risk.
Resources
Windermere currently has 13 firefighters on the station working the on call duty system. These firefighters crew one fire engine and one Land Rover appliance fitted out with equipment to improve our response to the predicted increase in wildland fires. The Land Rover replaced the 2nd fire appliance and was introduced in 2010 as a result of the implementation of our Integrated Risk Management Plan. Although the original intention was to improve our response to wildland fires the Land Rover has been extensively used during flood incidents and its four wheel drive capacity enables it to offer resilience in severe wintry conditions.
On-call Fire Engine Availability 2014
During 2014 the Windermere On-call fire engine had been off the run on 204.75 hours or 2.34% of the time
Activity
Considering incident numbers and types over time, the following table illustrates that Windermere station area has seen a marked reduction in the number of incidents:
Incident Activity in Recent Incident Activity in historical Station Area Fire engines / Crewing System historical Station Area Averaged over 2011‐14 period
Fire Station Average Average Average Average Average Average Number Crewing System Number of Number of Number No of No of No of of Incidents Incidents of AFAs Road Property Fire 2003/2004 2008/2009 Incidents Traffic Fires engines Collisions Windermere 131 131 92 43 4.3 10.7 1 On Call
The following number of incidents have occurred in Windermere Station Area but not necessarily attended by the Windermere fire engine:
2 Activity continued
3 Activity continued
The Windermere Landrover and fire engine have ‘booked in attendance’ at the following number of incidents over the last five years. Some of the incidents attended may have been in neighbouring station areas.
Incidents Attended Apr‐2009‐Mar‐2015 by C70 Station Pumps CallSign Incident_Type 2009-2010 2010-20112011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 Total C70M1 FA - Apparatus 4 4 8 FA - Good Intent 112 Fire - Chimney 1 2 3 1 7 Fire - Primary Dwelling 2 3 1 6 Fire - Primary NonResidential 1 1 Fire - Primary OtherResidential 2 2 4 Fire - Primary Outdoor 1 1 Fire - Secondary 1 1 2 SSC - Other 1 1 2 C70P1 FA - Apparatus 52 38 47 44 43 40 264 FA - Good Intent 10 5 10 10 4 7 46 FA - Malicious 3 1 1 5 Fire - Chimney 4 13 6 7 6 5 41 Fire - Primary Boat 2114 Fire - Primary Dwelling 6 4 4 8 8 7 37 Fire - Primary NonResidential 4 6 5 4 7 26 Fire - Primary OtherResid 34 52 2 420 Fire - Primary Outdoor 1 1 1 3 Fire - Primary OutdoorStr 21 14 Fire - Primary RoadVehic 55 33 218 Fire - Secondary 8 4 5 2 5 5 29 SSC - Other 10 16 7 13 12 4 62 SSC - RTC 11 4 6 8 4 8 41 C70P2 FA - Apparatus 8 8 FA - Good Intent 11 Fire - Primary Dwelling 3 3 Fire - Primary RoadVehic 11 SSC - Other 1 1 SSC - RTC 3 3 Total 140 109 112 105 91 93 650
4 Fire Risk Profile
The following table details the total number of incidents, per category, that have occurred in the LSOAs that are nominally attached to the Station Area.
Incidents 2003/4 ‐ Incidents 2004/5 ‐ Incidents 2005/6 ‐ Incidents 2006/7 ‐ Incidents 2007/8 ‐ Incidents 2008/9 ‐ Incidents 2009/1 ‐ Incidents 2010/11 ‐ C70 Windermere Risk Profile 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 2008/9 Risk 2009/10 Risk 2010/11 Risk 2011/12 Risk 2012/13 Risk 2013/14 Risk 2014/15 Risk 2015/16 Risk
Score Risk Grade No. of No. of No. of No. Of No. Of No. Of No. Of No. Of Risk Score SOAs Risk Score SOAs Risk Score SOAs Risk Score SOAs Risk Score SOAs Risk Score SOAs Risk Score SOAs Risk Score SOAs 76 and above High 0000000000000000 35 to 75 Medium190418041584802441000000 34 and below Low 18 1 18 1 16 1 72 3 100 4 110 5 112 5 118 5 20851985174515251445110511251185 Total Risk Score 198 174 152 144 110 112 118 208 ‐4.81% ‐16.35% ‐26.92% ‐30.77% ‐47.12% ‐46.15% ‐43.27% Risk Score Increase/Reduction over the period
Next nearest Supporting Appliances
The following table indicates the travel distance in miles from Windermere Fire Station to the next nearest three fire stations.
Distance by Station Name Road (MILES) Staveley 4 Ambleside 5.5 Kendal 8.5
Other contextual information Windermere is a large village situated in the heart of the Lake District. As Windermere is a famous holiday destination the resident population increases significantly during summer periods who occupy the many hundreds of hotels and boarding houses within the area significantly increasing the sleeping risk. Apart from the risks from the hotel and holiday industry, Lakeland Limited, which is an international company, has a large distribution and retail centre within the village which employs hundreds of people and is a multi-million pound operation.
One of the most serious fires that the station attended in recent times involved the unique Round House on Belle Isle in the middle of Lake Windermere. Over the Christmas period of 1994 a fire caused extensive damage to the property and at the height of the blaze 80 personnel were required to deal with the incident. This proved extremely challenging as all these people and equipment had to be ferried over using boats provided by the Lake Wardens in the early hours of the morning of the fire.
Windermere Risk in station area
Brockhole Grade I listed: Moor Crag, Newby Bridge Road, Cartmel Fell Broadleys, Newby Bridge Road, Cartmel Fell Church of St Anthony (Formerly Listed As Chapel of St Anthony), Cartmel Fell Town End with attached Outbuilding, Troutbeck Parish Church Of St Martin, Lake Road, Bowness on Windermere Belle Isle (Also known as Island House and Longholme), Belle Isle, Windermere Calgarth Hall, Calgarth, Windermere Blackwell School, Bowness on Windermere
Grade II* listed: Entrance Lodge, Broadleys, Newby Bridge Road, Cartmel Fell Cowmire Hall and Wall running approx 20m To East, with Gate Piers Wood Farmhouse, Troutbeck Jesus Church, Troutbeck Barn at Town End Troutbeck Heritage Monument to John Wilkinson, Lindale Barrow Wife (Formerly Listed as Meeting House), Height Road, Windermere Rayrigg Hall, Rayrigg Road, Windermere Rayrigg Hall Farmhouse, Rayrigg Road, Windermere Low Miller Ground (Ferry Cottage), Rayrigg Road, Windermere Far Orrest Old Farm Cottage, Holehird Estate, Troutbeck Helm Farm House & Cottage with Attached Barn, Helm Road, Bowness on Windermere Longmire, Troutbeck Causeway Farmhouse, Windermere Near Orrest Farmhouse, Windermere Storrs Hall, Newby Bridge Road, Bowness on Windermere Storrs Hall (Garden House), Storrs Temple, Newby Bridge Road, Bowness on Windermere Hodge Hill Farmhouse with Barn, Cartmel Fell Rectory (St Martin's), Glebe Road, Bowness on Windermere
Environment 5 Sites of Specific Scientific Interest Site Specific Belle Isle House (Level 4 Tactical plan) Risks Bowness Bay, The Glebe and Whitecross Bay are susceptible to flooding and during the recent floods of 2009 significant areas and businesses around the lake were under several Flooding feet of water. Other areas of both Windermere and Bowness suffer from flash flooding and surface water run off generally resulting in demand to pump out flooded basements and cellars. According to the DEFRA Urban/Rural classifications the 5 Super Out Put Areas that make Rurality up Windermere all are “Town and Fringe”.
7 The maps below examine the profile of the station in regard to broader risks. In this context, the maps represent the vulnerability (or risk) of a LSOA to a particular incident type, not a prediction of such an event happening in the future. Please note, a threshold has been set across the county in order to identify areas of greater risk from specific incident types, to inform prevention strategies and resource provision.
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