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 the full behavioural framework1

North Tawton Risk Profile 2018/19

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Overview

retained duty system - consisting of one Watch Below are the Officers in charge of this station. Manager, two Crew Managers and nine fire fighters. The staff are also the main asset in undertaking a range of Community Safety activities that are primarily aimed at preventing deaths and injuries from fires.

The Station area includes a mixture of demographics with at one end, the lower scale socio - economic groups and, smart private dwellings at the other.

Watch Manager Quick - Local Risk Manager The station area has a range of risks that are also On call Donovan key local employers including ARLA and Gregory’s Transport. It also has several medium industrial This plan presents the risks in your area and sites towards Winkleigh and Bow and provides the actions that Devon & Somerset Fire & critical back up to major risks in Okehampton and Rescue Service (DSFRS) will take to make the the A30 trunk road. The station ground also covers community safer. Our actions are a mix of an extensive area of farm land, open fields and woodland areas. activities based on prevention, protection and

emergency response, all undertaken by the The town does not demonstrate any significant people that are best suited for each activity. socio economic difficulties in the form of fire setting, less than 0.7% of fire related calls are deliberate. North Tawton Fire Station is located on Barton Accidental fires in the home are about the Devon Street, North Tawton and covers North Tawton and average (per 1000 population) at 2%. its nearby communities extending to its boundaries To discuss the content of this plan with a with Okehampton, Crediton, Chagford and The risks mentioned above will, in association with member of the fire service, please use the Chulmleigh. It covers an area of approximately the station performance, be the focus for the stated contact details below: 157.52 square kilometres and a population of 5,381 actions within the plan. people. The station covers several council wards Name: Local Risk Manager John Donovan within North, Mid Devon, Torridge Districts and West Tel: 01237 423859 Devon Borough. Email: [email protected]

The Watch Manager has overall responsibility for the station. The fire station houses one firefighting For more information please visit

appliance. It is crewed by on call staff working a 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 North Tawton from the time they make the call. It will naturally take us longer to get places further away from the station.

Residents of North Tawton 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 North Tawton 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

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 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 Station - 12 North Tawton Average

All Fires 18 22 23 14 18 19 Fires where people live (primary) 3 4 4 5 3 4 Fires where people work and visit (primary) 8 7 9 7 10 8

Fires - outdoor and refuse fires (secondary) 2 4 2 1 5 3 Chimney Fires 5 7 8 1 0 4 All False Alarms 17 12 12 11 16 14

False Alarms - Automatic Fire Alarms 14 9 11 8 14 11 False Alarms - Good Intent 3 3 1 3 2 2 False Alarms - Malicious attended 0 0 0 0 0 0 All Special Service Calls 27 29 24 34 42 31 Co-Responding 9 7 6 17 30 14

Road Traffic Collisions 11 13 12 8 6 10 Flooding & Water Rescues 2 3 0 4 0 2 Other Special Service calls 5 6 6 5 6 6 All Incidents 62 63 59 59 76 64 All Incidents minus False alarms 45 51 47 48 60 50 All Incidents minus False alarms and Co-Res. 36 44 41 31 30 36

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

% Hours Hours Unavailable Availability

Fire Engine 1 Retained 60 99.3%

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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 - 12 North Tawton 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 average Total Turnouts 77 98 96 96 100 93

Turnouts to incidents on Station Ground 51 67 52 45 41 51 % of Turnouts to Incidents on Station Ground 66.2% 68.4% 54.2% 46.9% 41.0% 54.8%

% of Turnouts to incidents not on Station Ground 33.8% 31.6% 45.8% 53.1% 59.0% 45.2%

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

8 12 7 10 6 5 8 4 6 3 4 2

1 2 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 12 2016/17 - Stn 12 5 yr Average - Stn 12 2016/17 - Stn 12

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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