Notice of Meeting and Agenda Police and Fire & Rescue Scrutiny Sub-Committee Date Time Venue Tuesday, 17 August 2021 15:00 Council Chambers (Renfrewshire), Council Headquarters, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1AN KENNETH GRAHAM Head of Corporate Governance Membership Councillor Eddie Devine: Councillor James MacLaren: Councillor Mags MacLaren: Councillor Marie McGurk (Convener): Councillor John McNaughtan (Depute Convener): Apologies Apologies from members. Declarations of Interest Members are asked to declare an interest in any item(s) on the agenda and to provide a brief explanation of the nature of the interest. Recording of Meeting Elected members who are members of the Policy Board will be able to attend the meeting in person in the Council Chamber or to access the meeting remotely via the TEAMS platform. This meeting will also be broadcast live via the Council’s website. Following the meeting a recording of the meeting will be available to view on the Councils website. To locate the recording please follow the link which will be attached to this agenda once the meeting has concluded. If you have any queries regarding this please contact Committee Services on 07483914643. 10/08/2021 Page 1 of 38 Items of business 1 Scottish Fire & Rescue Service - Renfrewshire 3 - 12 Performance Report - 1 April - 30 June 2021 Report by Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. 2 Spotlight by Scottish Fire and Rescue Service on Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals (UFAS)/TAKE-5 Presentation by Local Senior Officer, Scottish Fire & Rescue Service. 3 Police Scotland Renfrewshire Performance Summary 13 - 22 Report - 1 April - 30 June 2021 Report by Police Scotland. 4 Police Scotland and Scottish Police Authority (SPA) - 23 - 32 Review of Development of Local Police Plans Report by Director of Communities and Housing Services. 5 Police Scotland Public Consultation on the Use of Body 33 - 38 Worn Video (BWV) Cameras Report by Director of Communities and Housing Services. 6 Local Issues Verbal Report by Police Scotland and Scottish Fire & Rescue Service. 10/08/2021 Page 2 of 38 Item 1 Q2 saw an increase of Renfrewshire Performance Report 1st April 2021 - 30th June 2021 Page 3 of 38 Renfrewshire Performance Report Table of Contents Local Fire and Rescue Service Plan Priorities 3 Renfrewshire Activity Summary 4 Domestic Safety - Accidental Dwelling Fires 5 Domestic Safety - Accidental Dwelling Fire Casualties 6 Unintentional Injury and Harm 7 Deliberate Fire Setting 8 Non-Domestic Fire Safety 9 Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals 10 2 Page 4 of 38 Local Fire and Rescue Service Plan Priorities The Local Fire and Rescue Service Plan has been developed to set out the priorities and objectives within Renfrewshire and allows our local authority partners to scrutinise the performance outcomes of these priorities. We will continue to work closely with our partners in Renfrewshire to ensure we are all “Working Together for a Safer Scotland” through targeting risks to our communities at a local level. The plan has been developed to complement key partnership activity embedded across Renfrewshire Community Plan and associated Delivery and Thematic plans. Through partnership working we will seek to deliver continuous improvement in our performance and effective service delivery in our area of operations. The Local Fire and Rescue Plan for Renfrewshire identified six areas for demand reduction and is subject to regular monitoring and reporting through the Police / Fire and Rescue Committee. A summary of the priorities and current activity is detailed below with further detail and analysis contained within this performance report. Accidental Non- Unwanted Accidental Unintentional Deliberate Dwelling Fire Domestic Fire Alarm Dwelling Fires Injury and Harm Fire Setting Casualties Fire Safety Signals Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank 4 1 2 7 0 9 Erskine and Inchinnan 2 0 5 14 0 20 Houston, Crosslee and Linwood 1 1 2 30 1 9 Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood, Lochwinnoch 11 0 0 15 0 5 Johnstone South and Elderslie 0 0 1 23 2 18 Paisley East and Central 5 1 2 29 2 30 Paisley Northeast and Ralston 3 1 2 10 1 11 Paisley Northwest 6 6 10 46 4 42 Paisley Southeast 0 0 0 12 1 11 Paisley Southwest 2 0 0 25 0 5 Renfrew North and Braehead 7 2 0 12 1 19 Renfrew South and Gallowhill 7 0 0 13 1 26 Total Incidents 48 12 24 236 13 205 Year on Year Change 26% -14% 60% 27% -28% 77% 3 Year Average Change -2% 0% -21% 1% -15% 0% About the statistics within this report The activity totals and other statistics quoted within this report are published in the interests of transparency and openness. They are provisional in nature and subject to change as a result of ongoing quality assurance and review. Because all statistics quoted are provisional there may be a difference in the period totals quoted in our reports after local publication which result from revisions or additions to the data in our systems. The Scottish Government publishes official statistics each year which allow for comparisons to be made over longer periods of time. Activity levels have reduced by more than 5% Activity levels have reduced by up to 5% Activity levels have increased overall 3 Page 5 of 38 Renfrewshire Activity Summary fires special false primary & alarms 19% services 24% 8% 323 secondary 134 412 ssociated Delivery and Thematic plans. Through partnership working we will seek to deliver continuous improvement in our 869 43 £403,850 total number of fire & non-fire 14% -2% economic cost of incidents casualties ufas incidents monitoring and reporting through the Police / Fire and Rescue Committee. A summary of the priorities and current activity is *data above is year on year change Activity by Time of Day 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Incidents by Classification Top 15 Incidents Types by % False Alarm (UFAS) 23.59% Outdoor Fire 14.84% False Alarm (Dwelling) 12.77% Annual Average Kilbarchan, Howwood, Refuse Fire 11.62% 37% False Alarm (Good Intent) 9.78% 36% Dwelling Fire 47% 6.67% 50% Special Service - Effecting… 5.52% Special Service - No action (not… 1.96% Special Service - RTC 1.61% 14% Vehicle Fire 1.50% Other Building Fire 1.50% 15% 3 Year Average False Alarm (Malicious) 1.15% Other Primary Fire 1.04% Special Service - Flooding 1.04% All Fires All Special Services All False Alarms Special Service - Removal of… 0.92% 1200 Renfrewshire Operational Trends 1000 800 600 400 200 0 2016/17 2017/2018 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 Total Incidents All Fires All Special Services All False Alarms 4 Page 6 of 38 Domestic Safety - Accidental Dwelling Fires Domesti Performance Summary 24 MainMain Source Source of Ignition Year on 3 Year Year Average 8 26% -2% 4 4 3 Cooking appliance Electricity supply Not known Matches and Heating Accidental Dwelling Fires candles equipment 51 48 42 Accidental Dwelling Fires by Time of Day 38 34 2300 0102 22 03 21 04 20 05 19 06 18 07 17 08 2017/2018 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 16 09 15 10 Accidental Dwelling Fires Activity by Ward (% share) 1413 1211 Severity of Accidental Dwelling Fires 8% 4% 2% Bishopton, Bridge of Erskine and Houston, Crosslee Weir and Langbank Inchinnan and Linwood No Firefighting Action Direct Firefighting 46% 27% 23% 0% 10% Johnstone North, Johnstone South and Paisley East No Heat/Smoke Damage No Fire Damage Kilbarchan, Howwood, Elderslie and Central Lochwinnoch 50% 19% Human Factors 6% 13% 0% Alcohol/Drug Distraction Paisley Northeast Paisley Impairment Paisley Northwest and Ralston Southeast 31% 19% Automatic Detection & Actuation 4% 15% 15% Detection Detection Calls Made via Linked Paisley Renfrew North Actuated Renfrew South Present Alarms Southwest and Braehead and Gallowhill 73% 94% 89% Accidental Dwelling Fires show an Increase of 26% (10 incidents) from Q1 2020/21. Cooking remains the most common source of ignition within Renfrewshire accounting for 24 of the accidental dwelling fires. 46% (22 incidents) required no firefighting action. 31% (15 incidents) had distraction as a contributing factor. 19% (9 incidents) had alcohol / drug impairment as a contributing factor. 73% (35 incidents) had detection present within the premises and in 89% of the incidents the detection actuated. 5 Page 7 of 38 Domestic Safety - Accidental Dwelling Fire Casualties Unintentional Injury and Performance Summary Fire Casualties by Time of Day Year on 3 Year 23 00 01 02 22 03 Year Average 21 04 -14% 0% 20 05 19 06 18 07 Accidental Dwelling Fires Casualties 14 17 08 12 11 16 09 15 10 14 13 12 11 4 Nature of Injury 2 Other 64% 2017/2018 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 Accidental Dwelling Fire Casualties by Ward (% share) Burns - slight 27% Breathing 9% 8% 0% 8% difficulties 0% Bishopton, Bridge of Erskine and Houston, Crosslee Weir and Langbank Inchinnan and Linwood 0% 0% 0% 0% 8% Extent of Harm Johnstone North, Johnstone South Paisley East Kilbarchan, Howwood, and Elderslie and Central Lochwinnoch Fatality Hospital - Serious Injuries 8% 0% 8% 50% 0% Hospital - Slight Injuries First Aid at Scene Paisley Paisley Paisley 50% 42% Northeast and Northwest Southeast Ralston Age / Gender Profile Female 0% Male 6 55% 0% 17% 45% 2 2 1 Renfrew North and Renfrew South 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paisley Southwest Braehead and Gallowhill 0 - 9 10 - 19 20 - 49 50 - 79 80+ A decrease of 14% (2 incidents) when compared to Q1 20/21.