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Porlock Risk Profile 2018/19
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Overview
both used for tackling fire on remote heath and Below are the Officers in charge of this station. moorland. In addition the land rover also serves as a co-responder unit providing medical emergency response in the Porlock area.
The Watch Manager has overall responsibility for the station. The station is staffed by 12 personnel on full or part cover, consisting of a Watch Manager, two Crew Managers and six firefighters. In addition to response activities personnel undertake a range of Community Safety activities that are primarily aimed Watch Manager Crew Manager at preventing fires and other emergencies through Rob Manicom Chris Horne
education, advice and other activities.
This plan presents the risks in your area and The station area is home to a range of risks, including
the actions that Devon & Somerset Fire & ‘A’ roads into and out of the town, and some light Rescue Service (DSFRS) will take to make the industrial/commercial the town has a small shopping community safer. Our actions are a mix of area, which is surrounded by a predominately rural activities based on prevention, protection and landscape with open farmland. Porlock is part of the Tourism industry, and is located on the edge of emergency response, all undertaken by the Exmoor. The local Authority areas served are people that are best suited for each activity. Somerset County and West Somerset District Council. Outside of the town, the response area also Porlock Fire Station is crewed by staff operating the covers an extensive area of open farmland, moorland retained duty system which means personnel are on and woodland areas, which themselves can cause call to respond to the station at any time. The fire To discuss the content of this plan with a significant risks. station is located on High Bank in Porlock. Crews member of the fire service, please use the provide an emergency response for Porlock and other The area has a mixture of light industry and contact details below:
parts of West Somerset Council and Exmoor National commerce, with the primary employers being Exmoor Name: Somerset West Group Admin Office Park area. It covers an area of approximately 82.42 National Parks and the Tourist industry. square miles and a population of 2074. Number: 01823 365352 Email: [email protected] The fire station houses three firefighting appliances; one fire engine, one land rover with a mobile water For more information please visit
pump and one all-terrain vehicle with a firefighting unit, www.dsfire.gov.uk/yoursafety
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Our Response The map opposite shows an estimate of how long the fire engine will take to reach residents in Porlock from the time they make the call. It will naturally take us longer to get places further away from the station.
Residents of Porlock 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 Porlock 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 - 68 Porlock Average
All Fires 11 10 15 14 7 11 Fires where people live (primary) 0 0 2 4 3 2 Fires where people work and visit (primary) 1 1 1 0 0 1
Fires - outdoor and refuse fires (secondary) 3 3 8 7 4 5 Chimney Fires 7 6 4 3 0 4 All False Alarms 12 9 14 11 2 10 False Alarms - Automatic Fire Alarms 9 4 9 10 2 7 False Alarms - Good Intent 3 5 5 1 0 3 False Alarms - Malicious attended 0 0 0 0 0 0 All Special Service Calls 44 69 92 44 27 55 Co-Responding 42 66 86 41 19 51
Road Traffic Collisions 2 1 3 0 4 2 Flooding & Water Rescues 0 1 0 3 1 1 Other Special Service calls 0 1 3 0 3 1 All Incidents 67 88 121 69 36 76 All Incidents minus False alarms 55 79 107 58 34 67
All Incidents minus False alarms and Co-Res. 13 13 21 17 15 16
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 1225.75 86.0%
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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 - 68 Porlock 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 average Total Turnouts 27 33 39 39 33 34 Turnouts to incidents on Station Ground 17 17 24 27 23 22
% of Turnouts to Incidents on Station Ground 63.0% 51.5% 61.5% 69.2% 69.7% 63.2% % of Turnouts to incidents not on Station Ground 37.0% 48.5% 38.5% 30.8% 30.3% 36.8%
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
7 9 6 8 7 5 6 4 5 3 4 3 2 2
1 1 AnnualNumber ofIncidents 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 68 2016/17 - Stn 68 5 yr Average - Stn 68 2016/17 - Stn 68
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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