Kirkby Stephen 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

Kirkby Stephen Fire Station has one fire engine and is crewed by 12 firefighters working the on call duty system.

On-call Fire Engine Availability 2014

During 2014 the Kirkby Stephen On-call fire engine had been off the run on 185.25 hours or 2.11% of the time

Activity

Considering incident numbers and types over time, the following table illustrates that Kirkby Stephen station area has seen a small 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 K/Stephen 54 36 42 3 8.3 7 1 On Call

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

2 Activity continued

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Activity continued

The Kirkby Stephen 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 C65 Station Pumps CallSign Incident_Type 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 Total C65P1 FA - Apparatus 102371730 FA - Good Intent 2 6 7 4 5 6 30 FA - Malicious 3 3 Fire - Chimney 6 5494533 Fire - Primary Aircraft 1 1 Fire - Primary Dw elling 3 4 3 5 3 6 24 Fire - Primary NonResidential 1 3 5 4 3 16 Fire - Primary OtherResidential 1 1 1 3 Fire - Primary Outdoor 1 1 2 Fire - Primary OutdoorStructure 2 2 4 Fire - Primary RoadVehicle3 1277525 Fire - Secondary 3 4424825 SSC - Other 3 4 4 5 1 17 SSC - RTC 10188129966 Total 434838504852279

4 Fire Risk Profile

The high level risk profile below, for the station, illustrates how the exposure to 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 ‐ C65 Kirkby Stephen 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 Medium102236136100000000381 34 and below Low 281542522723763723763582 130 3 90 3 88 3 72 3 76 3 72 3 76 3 96 3 Total Risk Score 90 88 72 76 72 76 96 130 ‐30.77% ‐32.31% ‐44.62% ‐41.54% ‐44.62% ‐41.54% ‐26.15% Risk Score Increase/Reduction over the period

Next nearest Supporting Appliances

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

Distance by Station Name Road (MILES) Appleby 10.5 14 Shap 19.5

If required, additional support into Kirkby Stephen is available from North Yorkshire FRS and Durham FRS, with Hawes Fire Station (1 fire engine) 18 miles away and Barnard Castle Fire Station (1 fire engines) 22 miles away.

Other contextual information Kirkby Stephen is a small market town on the eastern edges of Cumbria bordering Yorkshire and Durham. The fire station covers one of the largest areas in Cumbria, which includes the Settle and Railway Line, and part of the M6 motorway and the main West Coast Railway. The area covered is very rural and calls within the station area are varied and include fell, farm and private dwelling house fires, floods and road traffic collisions.

Kirkby Risk in station area Stephen

 Brough Castle Grade I listed:  Pendragon Castle, Mallerstang  Church of St Andrew, Crosby Garrett  Church of St Oswald, Ravenstonedale  Wharton Hall, Wharton Grade II* listed:  Church of St Stephen Heritage  Church of St Michael, Brough  Smardalegill Viaduct over Scandal Beck, Crosby Garrett  The Old Rectory, Crosby Garrett  Helbeck Hall with retaining wall to rear, Helbeck  The Lane Cottage with attached barn and stable, Ravenstonedale  Tarn House and stable adjoining west return, Ravenstonedale  Smardale Hall and adjoining buildings, Waitby  Manor House, Winton

SAC: Helbeck and Swindale Woods (NY784164) Environment 18 Sites of Specific Scientific Interest Site Specific Warcop Army Camp Risk Flooding No significant Flood Risk identified within the Station area According to the DEFRA Urban/Rural classifications the 3 Super Out Put Rurality Areas that make up Kirkby Stephen 1 is “Town and Fringe” and 2 are “Village and Hamlet”.

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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