Appleby 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..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

The fire station was situated in Holme Street. The station is currently crewed by 14 firefighters working the on call duty system.

On-call Fire Engine Availability 2014

During 2014 the Appleby On-call fire engine had been off the run on 502.5 hours or 5.74% of the time.

Activity

Considering incident numbers and types over time, the following table illustrates that Appleby Station has seen a considerable reduction in the number of incidents in their area:

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 Appleby 63 41 35 3.7 5.7 3.7 1 On Call

The following number of incidents have occurred in Appleby Station Area but not necessarily attended by the Appleby fire engine:

2 Activity continued

3 Appleby fire engines have been called to 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 C62 Station Pumps CallSign Incident_Type 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 Total C62M1 FA - Apparatus 2 4 6 FA - Good Intent 11 FA - Malicious 1 1 Fire - Chimney 1 1 Fire - Primary Dwelling 1 1 2 Fire - Primary Outdoor 1 1 Fire - Primary RoadVehicle 1 1 2 Fire - Secondary 2 1 1 4 SSC - Other 2 1 1 1 5 SSC - RTC 1 1 2 C62P1 FA - Apparatus 6 15 4 4 4 4 37 FA - Good Intent 86 441528 FA - Malicious 1 2 3 Fire - Chimney 10 10 6 13 8 1 48 Fire - Primary Aircraft 1 1 Fire - Primary Dwelling 5 5 1 6 1 6 24 Fire - Primary NonResidenti 2 3 5 2 7 4 23 Fire - Primary OtherResiden 11 2 Fire - Primary Outdoor 1 1 2 Fire - Primary OutdoorStructure 3 3 Fire - Primary RoadVehicle 2 1 4 5 6 2 20 Fire - Secondary 10 6 6 4 1 3 30 SSC - Other 10 5 5 9 1 4 34 SSC - RTC 7 15 9 15 8 10 64 Total 74 76 49 64 39 42 344

Next nearest Supporting Appliances

The following table indicates the travel distance in miles from Appleby Fire Station to the next nearest three fire stations.

Distance by Station Name Road (MILES) 10.5 Shap 11 Penrith 13

If required, additional support into Appleby is available from Durham FRS with Barnard Castle Fire Station (1 fire engine) 27 miles away.

4 Fire Risk Profile

The high level fire risk profile below, for the station, illustrates how the exposure to fire risk over the last eight years has moved.

Incidents 2003/4 ‐ Incidents 2004/5 ‐ Incidents 2005/6 ‐ Incidents 2006/7 ‐ Incidents 2007/8 ‐ Incidents 2008/9 ‐ Incidents 2009/1 ‐ Incidents 2010/11 ‐ C62 Appleby 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 Medium561561561601601000000 34 and below Low 583603563603563844844824 11441164112412041164 844 844 824 Total Risk Score 116 112 120 116 84 84 82 114 1.75% ‐1.75% 5.26% 1.75% ‐26.32% ‐26.32% ‐28.07% Risk Score Increase/Reduction over the period

Other contextual information Appleby, the old county town of , is situated in East Cumbria in a rural location. The fire station covers approximately a seven mile radius which includes a large farming community and is also divided by the notorious A66 trunk road.

Being in a very rural location the majority of incidents involve farm fires, the usual domestic incidents, and because of the locality of the A66, road traffic collisions represent a high percentage of our turnouts.

Notable incidents over the years include two RAF Tornadoes colliding near the small village of Milburn with the sad loss of all four aircrew.

Appleby: Risk in station area

Grade I listed:  Parish Church of St Lawrence  Lady Anne's Bee-house, in copse to north-east of former stable block at Appleby Castle  Nos.1 and 2 Castle Park, The Flat, Castle Park, and Former coach- houses and stables, Castle Park  Gateway to Appleby Castle courtyard, Gatehouse Cottage, and Castle Moat Cottage  Main Building of Appleby Castle  Caesar's Tower at Appleby Castle  Grange Hall and adjoining buildings, Asby  Parish Church of St Columba, Warcop  Church of All Saints, Bolton  Church of St Margaret & St James,  Church of St James, Bandleyside  Howgill Castle, Milburn Grade II* listed:  High Cross, Boroughgate  Rear wing to east of No 27 and The White House, Boroughgate Heritage  Low Cross, Boroughgate  No 30 Boroughgate  Lamp Post on north side of High Cross, Boroughgate  Nos 63 to 66 (Consec), Moot Hall, Boroughgate  The Cloisters, Boroughgate  Church of St Michael  Nos 1-5 (consec) and Nos 7-13 (consec), St Anne's Hospital and Chapel at St Anne's Hospital, Boroughgate  Well to east of Grange Hall, Asby  Gaythorne Hall, Asby  Warcop Hall, Warcop  Bank barn to north- west of Barwise Hall, Bandleyside  Brackenber Hall and adjoining garage, Murton  Nether Hoff farmhouse, Colby  Crackenthorpe Hall, Crackenthorpe  Holesfoot House, Crosby Ravensworth  Drybeck Hall and attached buildings, Bandleyside  Asby Hall, area railings and central gate, Asby  Old Rectory, Asby  Ormside Hall and adjoining barns, Bandleyside

 Kirkby Thore Hall, Kirkby Thore  Church of St Michael, Kirkby Thore  Murton Hall, adjoining store, and area wall to rear, Murton  Warcop Old Bridge over River Eden to south-west of Eden Gate, Warcop

Environment 8 Sites of Scientific Interest An action plan exists to deal with Appleby Fair, an annual event which regularly Site Specific attracts between 10 and 12 thousand gypsy travellers and up to 30,000 visitors Risks in the first week of June The Town of Appleby is situated where the River Eden turns through two 180- degree bends. A large portion of the development in the town has taken place on the natural floodplain enclosed by the river. Appleby suffers frequesnt flood damage with undefended properties in the Sands being particularly vulnerable. Flooding There are approximately 331 properties within the risk zone, including properties on the Sands (undefended) including the Police Station and properties on Chapel Street (east bank defended), including the Fire Station and Edenside Old Peoples Home. According to the DEFRA Urban/Rural classifications the 4 Super Out Put areas Rurality that make up Appleby 2 are “Town and Fringe” and 2 are “Village and Hamlet”.

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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