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Overview

geography of the South West coastline and the Below are the Officers in charge of this station. Dartmoor National Park.

Buckfastleigh is a thriving market town with industries developed around the world famous Abbey of Buckfast, which is a major tourist attraction. In recent years the town has seen an increase in housing which is supported by light industrial development to provide local employment.

The towns of Buckfastleigh, Ashburton, Bovey Tracey, Moretonhampstead and Chagford border the Dartmoor National Park, which attracts many visitors Watch Manager Local Risk Manager to view its natural and rugged beauty and also to Watkin Taylor This plan presents the risks in your area and participate in outdoor pursuits. As well as being a the actions that Devon & Somerset Fire & leisure destination for many it remains a working Rescue Service (DSFRS) will take to make the environment supporting a farming industry. Due to its community safer. Our actions are a mix of remoteness and accessibility the National Park activities based on prevention, protection and presents many challenges in providing community safety and also safeguarding the natural environment emergency response, all undertaken by the including its many Sites of Special Scientific Interest people that are best suited for each activity. (SSSI’s). Buckfastleigh Fire Station is located in Bossell Road, The area is home to a range of risks, including a Buckfastleigh, within the South Devon Area. The local major ‘A’ road – the A38, the main rail link between Authority areas served are Devon County Council and London and the South West of England and the To discuss the content of this plan with a Teignbridge District Council. It covers an area of private South Devon Steam Railway. Outside of the member of the fire service, please use the approximately 103.70 square kilometres and a town, the station area also covers an extensive area contact details below: population of 7,909 people. of open fields and woodland areas, which themselves Name: Local Risk Manager Dan Taylor can cause significant risks. The station area includes a mixture of demographics Tel: 01803 653745 ranging from social housing (many privately owned by Email: [email protected] registered landlords) to exclusive private housing. For more information please visit The South Devon Area supports an extensive tourism www.dsfire.gov.uk/yoursafety and leisure industry concentrated around the natural www.dsfire.gov.uk V1.0 Published April 2018 Buckfastleigh Risk Profile 2018/19 3

Our Response

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

Residents of Buckfastleigh 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 Buckfastleigh 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 - 22 Buckfastleigh Average

All Fires 19 28 26 24 22 24 Fires where people live (primary) 7 3 3 5 5 5 9 Fires where people work and visit (primary) 7 11 11 7 10 Fires - outdoor and refuse fires (secondary) 2 7 3 4 7 5 Chimney Fires 3 7 9 8 0 5 All False Alarms 15 19 27 35 23 24

False Alarms - Automatic Fire Alarms 9 5 12 21 11 12 False Alarms - Good Intent 6 14 15 14 12 12 False Alarms - Malicious attended 0 0 0 0 0 0 All Special Service Calls 18 26 17 42 46 30 Co-Responding 0 1 3 20 21 9

Road Traffic Collisions 8 11 10 17 10 11 Flooding & Water Rescues 2 4 0 1 1 2 Other Special Service calls 8 10 4 4 14 8 All Incidents 52 73 70 101 91 77 All Incidents minus False alarms 37 54 43 66 68 54

All Incidents minus False alarms and Co-Res. 45 37 53 40 46 47

Station Availability In the 12 months from April 2016 to March 2017 the station was able to crew the following appliances % Hours Hours Unavailable Availability

Fire Engine 1 Retained 795.75 90.9%

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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 - 22 Buckfastleigh 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 average

Total Turnouts 95 116 125 131 119 117 Turnouts to incidents on Station Ground 53 73 66 75 63 66

% of Turnouts to Incidents on Station Ground 55.8% 62.9% 52.8% 57.3% 52.9% 56.3% % of Turnouts to incidents not on Station Ground 44.2% 37.1% 47.2% 42.7% 47.1% 43.7%

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 16 10 14 8 12 10 6 8 4 6 4 2

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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 22 2016/17 - Stn 22 5 yr Average - Stn 22 2016/17 - Stn 22 www.dsfire.gov.uk V1.0 Published April 2018

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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