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Overview activities on behalf of the West Country Hamlyn Mills, a traditional Oak Bark tannery, of Ambulance Service. The on call (retained duty which there are only 2 still in operation system) section consists of twelve personnel - nationally. They employ about 60 staff. The one Watch Manager, two Crew Managers and station ground also includes a large rural area. nine fire fighters. The staff are also the main asset in undertaking a range of Community Below are the Officers in charge of this station. Safety (CS) activities that are primarily aimed at preventing fires and deaths and injuries in fires.

The station area is home to a range of risks, including Heritage buildings & thatched property. The rivers Axe & Coly flow through station ground. Together with the Holyford & Umborne Brooks, they pose risks of local flooding during This plan presents the risks in your area and persistent wet weather. the actions that Devon & Somerset Fire & Watch Manager Local Risk Manager Rescue Service (DSFRS) will take to make the Bordering on the northerly and southerly Richards - On call Rooms community safer. Our actions are a mix of boundaries are main roads the A35 & A3052, where the predominant number of RTC’s occur. activities based on prevention, protection and Miles of narrow roads & lanes criss-cross the emergency response, all undertaken by the countryside serving the rural communities and by people that are best suited for each activity. their geographical nature can provide the environment for isolated vehicular accidents. The Colyton Fire Station is located on South Street in local Authority areas served are Devon County Colyton, and covers the town of Colyton and part Council and East Devon District Council. Outside of Devon County Council. It covers an area of of the town, the station ground also covers an To discuss the content of this plan with a approximately 62.69 square kilometres and a extensive area of open fields and woodland member of the fire service, please use the population of 5,686 people. The station covers areas, which themselves can cause significant contact details below: several council wards including; Musbury, risks. Whitford, Colyford, Southleigh, Northleigh, Shute, Name: Local Risk Manager Graham Rooms Combpyne, Rousdon & Uplyme. The area has a mixture of agriculture, light Tel: 01392 456881 industry, domestic dwellings and retail shops, Email: [email protected] The Watch Manager has overall responsibility for and major employers include CeramTec UK Ltd, the station. The fire station houses one firefighting a Precision Ceramics manufacturer, employing For more information please visit appliance and undertakes valuable co-responding approximately 130 people and J&FJ Baker of www.dsfire.gov.uk/yoursafety

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Our Response

The map opposite shows an estimate of how long the fire engine will take to reach residents in Colyton from the time they make the call. It will naturally take us longer to get places further away from the station.

Residents of Colyton should take the following precautions to help keep them safe from fire:

 Fit a working smoke alarm  Take care when cooking and never leave cooking food unattended  Plan and practise your escape route  Make a bedtime check  Don't overload your electrics  Put cigarettes right out  Use candles carefully  Have your chimney swept regularly

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Prevention and Protection

We maintain a very simple philosophy that prevention is better than cure and we recognise that risk reduction begins with safe behaviours at home, at work, or on the road, and this leads to a safer society for all. We have developed a community safety strategy to focus our work and set our levels of resourcing where we have most risk. Using our knowledge, along with that of local organisations and partners we will target those people and properties that are more likely to be affected by fire and other emergencies, according to our risk analysis and risk profiling. The risks identified at Colyton station have been identified below, our prevention and protection work will be prioritised accordingly.

Youth Health Dwelling Business Road Community Water Development & Heritage Fires Safety Safety Resilience Safety & Community Wellbeing Cohesion

Risk Key

VERY HIGH HIGH MEDIUM LOW VERY LOW

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Our incidents

The activity information for this local community area is shown in the tables below.

Incidents attended (within station area)

Five Year 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 Station - 37 Colyton Average

All Fires 6 14 3 8 8 8 Fires where people live (primary) 1 5 1 2 3 2 Fires where people work and visit (primary) 2 5 0 5 3 3 Fires - outdoor and refuse fires (secondary) 0 2 1 0 2 1

Chimney Fires 3 2 1 1 0 1 All False Alarms 5 8 5 7 16 8 False Alarms - Automatic Fire Alarms 1 5 4 2 9 4 False Alarms - Good Intent 4 3 1 5 7 4 False Alarms - Malicious attended 0 0 0 0 0 0 All Special Service Calls 110 102 133 147 90 116 103 Co-Responding 93 91 123 130 79 Road Traffic Collisions 5 6 7 9 4 6 Flooding & Water Rescues 8 1 0 2 4 3 Other Special Service calls 4 4 3 6 3 4 All Incidents 121 124 141 162 114 132 All Incidents minus False alarms 124 116 116 136 155 98 All Incidents minus False alarms and Co-Res. 21 23 25 13 25 19

Station Availability In the 12 months from April 2015 to March 2016 the station was able to crew the following appliances % Hours Hours Unavailable Availability Fire Engine 1 Retained 741 91.5%

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Station Response Activity:

The table below shows the number of times the local fire station was called out (which may or may not have resulted in attending an incident). It also shows the number percentage of calls on and off the station ground. 5 year Station - 37 Colyton 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 average

Total Turnouts 82 110 76 102 87 91

Turnouts to incidents on Station Ground 22 41 18 30 29 28 % of Turnouts to Incidents on Station Ground 26.8% 37.3% 23.7% 29.4% 33.3% 30.6% % of Turnouts to incidents not on Station Ground 73.2% 62.7% 76.3% 70.6% 66.7% 69.4%

Station Demand 2012/13 - 2016/17)* The graphs below demonstrate the peak demand on the station in terms of time of the day and month of the year. (*Incidents in station area, not including false alarms or co-responding)

Hour of the day Month of the year

12 18 11 16 10 9 14 8 12 7 10 6 5 8 4 6 3 4 2 2 1 AnnualNumber ofIncidents AnnualNumber ofIncidents 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Hour of Day Month of Year 5 yr Average - Stn 37 2016/17 - Stn 37 5 yr Average - Stn 37 2016/17 - Stn 37

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40 50 30 Number of 40 Incidents 20 30 5 yr AverageNumber of 10 Incidents 20 5 yr Average 0 10 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 Month of the year 0 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 Month of the year