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Our Vision and Mission

Our Vision is to make Devon and Somerset a ‘safer place to live, work and visit.’

Our mission is to act to protect and save – to prevent emergencies, create safer communities and respond, when required, in order to save life.

Our Priorities

We have three key priorities. We use these priorities to guide how we use our diminishing resources and assess the importance of new work.

 public safety

 staff safety  effectiveness and efficiency Our Behaviour and Values

Our core values and associated behavioural framework have been agreed following discussions with employees. We work hard to ensure that these important principles

underpin everything we do and the way we operate. To see 1 the full behavioural framework, click here.

1. http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/AboutUs/WhatWeDo/CoreValues

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Overview

requiring 14 personnel – one Watch Manager, three Below are the Officers in charge of this station. Crew Managers and ten Firefighters. Staff are the main asset in undertaking a range of Community Safety activities, which are primarily aimed at equipping people with the knowledge to be aware of their own ability to reduce the chances of them becoming involved in a preventable fire or other types of emergency.

Specific risks in the station area include:

 The designated special risk premises of HM Prison Dartmoor, a Category C training prison, housing Watch Manager Barrett Local Risk Manager approximately 680 prisoners. - On call Marsh  Light industry comprising small business

This plan presents the risks in your area and complexes and a brewery  Large expanses of rural areas, which during the the actions that Devon & Somerset Fire & Hot weather periods can bring a heavy burden on Rescue Service (DSFRS) will take to make the the resources of the Service community safer. Our actions are a mix of  68 buildings which Fire Safety legislation applies activities based on prevention (community), including schools, hotels and shops; 3 of which are high risk protection (business) and emergency  Transport infrastructure – the minor roads running response, all undertaken by the people that are through the area bring with them the normal best suited for each activity. hazards of Road Traffic Collisions and an increased risk during the holiday period and Princetown Fire Station is a Retained Fire station, inclement weather. located in the centre of the Dartmoor national Park, and  A large number of rural premises are in areas of To discuss the content of this plan with a covers the towns and villages of Princetown, Huccaby, limited water supply and can be difficult to access member of the fire service, please use the Hexworthy and Postbridge. It is located within the during times of inclement weather. A number of contact details below: Lydford Ward of West Devon Borough Council. It the properties in the area are also listed status and covers an area of approximately 173.48 square some have thatch roofs. Name: Local Risk Manager Dave Marsh kilometres and a population of 2047 people. Tel: 01752 333608 Email: [email protected] The Watch Manager has overall responsibility for the station. The Fire Station houses one fire fighting For more information please visit appliance and a co-responder vehicle. The station is www.dsfire.gov.uk/yoursafety crewed by on call staff under the retained duty system www.dsfire.gov.uk V1.0 Published 01 April 2017 Princetown Local Community Plan 2017/18 4

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

Residents of Princetown 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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Risk To understand how we can best use our public resources we analyse community risk and identify who would benefit most from our services. This assures that we also remain as cost effective as possible and continue to provide value for money. To help us with our risk analysis we utilise a database (Experian MOSAIC) that assists with identifying where those most at risk are likely to be situated. The following table displays the percentage of households in each of

the MOSAIC groups within Princetown station ground compared against the profile for Devon & Somerset.

Key to Mosaic Groups Descriptions

Well-off owners in rural locations enjoying the A Country Living benefits of country life

Established families in large detached homes living B Prestige Positions upmarket lifestyles

High status city dwellers living in central locations C City Prosperity and pursuing careers with high rewards

Thriving families who are busy bringing up children D Domestic Success and following careers

Mature suburban owners living settled lives in mid- E Suburban Stability range housing

Elderly people with assets who are enjoying a F Senior Security comfortable retirement

Householders living in inexpensive homes in village G Rural Reality communities Younger households settling down in housing priced H Aspiring Homemakers within their means Residents of settled urban communities with a strong I Urban Cohesion sense of identity Educated young people privately renting in urban J Rental Hubs neighbourhoods Mature homeowners of value homes enjoying stable K Modest Traditions lifestyles Single people privately renting low cost homes for the L Transient Renters short term Families with limited resources who have to budget to M Family Basics make ends meet Elderly people reliant on support to meet financial or N Vintage Value practical needs Urban renters of social housing facing an array of O Municipal Challenge challenges

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Public Safety Our prevention activities are those we undertake to try and stop an emergency happening in the first place. These are targeted based on our community risk

profiles, operational experience and local intelligence provided by partners and members of the public. Our protection activities are those we undertake to ensure people are protected from fire in public buildings and those we work in and visit. A range of activities will be undertaken to reduce the risk in this local area as outlined below. If you are interested in any of the activities in this plan and wish to discuss this with a member of the fire service, please get in touch using the contact details at the start of the document.

Community Community Community use of Cadet Schemes Safety Compliance Event Action Day Service Premises Campaign

Early Learning Children and Court Deliberate Fire Fire Safety (ELFS) Compliance Visit Young People Attendances Reduction Activities Box - Collection/ Activity Delivery

Fire Safety Home Fire Safety Fire Investigation Fire Safety Audit Hot Strike Check Check

Presentation to Learn to Live / Groups / Job Centre Plus Junior Life Skills Media Activity Contract for Life Community Engagement

RTC Reduction & Special Event Fire Road Safety Rural Safety Schools Talks Station Visit Safety Check Advice

Youth Engagement Unwanted Call Support Local (inc Duke of Reduction Campaign Edinburgh / Scouts / (Domestic) Soccer safe)

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Effectiveness and Efficiency

A key part of being an effective and efficient organisation is to understand performance. The activity information for this local community area is shown in the tables below.

Incidents attended (within station area)

Five Year 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 Station - 56 Princetown Average

All Fires 18 12 4 19 8 12 Fires where people live (primary) 0 0 0 1 0 0 Fires where people work and visit (primary) 8 2 2 8 4 5 Fires - outdoor and refuse fires (secondary) 6 7 0 8 4 5 Chimney Fires 4 3 2 2 0 2

All False Alarms 5 2 5 5 4 4 False Alarms - Automatic Fire Alarms 1 1 3 2 1 2 False Alarms - Good Intent 4 1 2 3 2 2 False Alarms - Malicious attended 0 0 0 0 1 0 All Special Service Calls 52 53 35 54 68 52

Co-Responding 43 43 31 44 62 45 Road Traffic Collisions 2 3 0 7 3 3 Flooding & Water Rescues 1 1 1 1 1 1 Other Special Service calls 6 6 3 2 2 4 All Incidents 75 67 44 78 80 69

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 2868 67.3%

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Station Response Activity: 5 year Table A: Station - 56 Princetown 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 Table A shows the number of times average the local fire station was called out

Total Turnouts 40 31 20 25 22 28 (which may or may not have resulted Turnouts to incidents on Station Ground 30 20 15 23 14 20 in attending an incident). It also % of Turnouts to Incidents on Station Ground 75.0% 64.5% 75.0% 92.0% 63.6% 73.9% shows the number percentage of calls on and off the station ground. % of Turnouts to incidents not on Station Ground 25.0% 35.5% 25.0% 8.0% 36.4% 26.1%

Table B shows the number of fire 5 year Table B: Station - 56 Princetown 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 incidents, deaths and injuries where average people live and where people work Fire Deaths where people live 0 0 0 0 0 0 and visit. Fire Injuries where people live 0 0 0 0 0 0 The graphs below demonstrate the Fire Incidents where people live 0 0 0 1 0 0 peak demand on the station in terms

Fire Deaths where people work & visit 0 0 0 0 0 0 of time of the day and month of the Fire Injuries where people work & visit 0 0 0 0 0 0 year. Fire Incidents where people work & visit 8 2 2 8 4 5

Station Demand 2011/12 - 2015/16 (Hour of day) Station Demand 2011/12 - 2015/16 (Month of the year)

*Incidents in station area, not including false alarms or co-responding *Incidents in station area, not including false alarms or co-responding

9 16 8 14 7 12 6 10 5 8 4 6 3 2 4 2

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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