Lazonby 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 is currently staffed by 11 firefighters working the on call duty system and has one engine. It is located at Banktop.

On-call Fire Engine Availability 2014

During 2014 the On-call Fire Engine had been off the run on 4365.5 hours or 49.83% of the time. Availability over time is represented graphically below.

Activity

Considering incident numbers and types over time, the following table illustrates that Lazonby station area has seen a considerable 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 Lazonby 31 28 13 2.7 1.5 4 1 On Call

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

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Activity continued

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Activity continued

The Lazonby fire engine has ‘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 C24 Station Pumps CallSign Incident_Type 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 Total C24P1 FA - Apparatus 54131519 FA - Good Intent 1 1 1 4 7 Fire - Chimney 68111219 Fire - Primary Dwelling112 116 Fire - Primary NonResidential 2 3 1 1 2 1 10 Fire - Primary OtherResidential 1 1 2 Fire - Primary Outdoor 1 1 Fire - Primary OutdoorStructure 1 1 Fire - Primary RoadVehicle 3 2 1 1 3 10 Fire - Secondary 3 3 1 3 10 SSC - Other 2 1 1 2 6 SSC - RTC 111 317 Total 2425117 9 2298

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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 ‐ C24 Lazonby 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 Medium14631443641882381000000 34 and below Low 42 2 50 2 102 4 58 3 80 4 102 5 106 5 102 5 18851945166514651185102510651025 Total Risk Score 194 166 146 118 102 106 102 188 3.19% ‐11.70% ‐22.34% ‐37.23% ‐45.74% ‐43.62% ‐45.74% Risk Score Increase/Reduction over the period

Next nearest Supporting Appliances

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

Distance by Station Name Road (MILES) Penrith 7.5 14 Alston 18

Other contextual information Lazonby is a village and in the Lower Eden valley, about 8 miles NNE of Penrith. The village is quite large by local standards, offering a number of amenities to its local inhabitants which include, two public houses, a primary school, a co-operative store and post office, swimming pool, railway station and a large bakery.

In recent years many new housing developments have sprung up in the village, with the village being mainly lived in by people who work in Carlisle and Penrith.

The station provides cover to a remote rural area of approximately 31,000 hectares, and is bounded by high fells to the east. The risks are mainly residential, industries include the large bakery, agriculture and forestry.

Firefighters attend a wide range of incidents which include property fires, grass and heath land fires, and road traffic collisions. In recent years the station has also attended a number of swift water rescues from the ‘white water’ section of the river Eden past Nunnery Crags and through the gorge.

Lazonby Risk in station area  Long Meg Stone Circle Grade I listed:  The College, Kirkoswald  The Nunnery, Staffield  Grade II* listed:  Church of St Michael, Addingham  Armathwaite Castle, Armathwaite  The Old Pele and Rectory Farm and barn, Croglin  Outbuilding to east of White House Farmhouse, Glassonby  The Rectory, Great Salkeld  Church of St Cuthbert, Great Salkeld Heritage  Ona Ash, High Bankhill  Church of St Mary, High Hesket  Byre to north of Croglin Low Hall, Kirkoswald  Bell Tower north-east of Church of St Oswald, Kirkoswald  Croglin Low Hall, Kirkoswald  Demesne Farmhouse, Kirkoswald  Nether Haresceugh, Kirkoswald  Church of St Oswald, Kirkoswald  The Watermill, attached house, barn and stables, Little Salkeld  Salkeld Hall, Little Salkeld  Byre west of Townhead, Newbiggin  Newbiggin Hall, Newbiggin

Environment 3 Sites of Specific Scientific Interest Site Specific Eden Valley Minerals Ltd Risks Flooding No significant Flooding Risk identified within the Station area Of the 5 Super Output Areas that make up Lazonby all are designated as Rurality “Village and Hamlet” according to DEFRA Urban/Rural classifications

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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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