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RERP TA - Sevenoaks - Kent Fire and Rescue Service

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Review of Emergency Response Provision: <strong>Sevenoaks</strong><br />

Incidents <strong>and</strong> Mobilisations Analysis<br />

Introduction<br />

1. The <strong>Sevenoaks</strong> area consists of 1 Wholetime day crewed station (S68 <strong>Sevenoaks</strong>) <strong>and</strong> 4<br />

retained stations (S67 Borough Green, S69 Westerham, S70 Edenbridge <strong>and</strong> S71 Seal).<br />

Direct Comparison Station Ground Incident Analysis<br />

2. To assess how station locations with their present disposition of appliances compare with<br />

other stations within <strong>Kent</strong> & Medway, a service wide average for each specific type of<br />

station has been created using station grounds. The analysis is based on these areas, not<br />

by which appliance historically attended.<br />

3. The types of stations have been broken down into the following so an affective comparison<br />

can be made:<br />

Wholetime appliances only 1 (7 stations)<br />

Wholetime, retained mixed 2 (6 stations)<br />

Day crewing 3 (which includes a retained second appliance) (9 stations)<br />

St<strong>and</strong> alone retained station (43 stations)<br />

4. To create these averages five years of incident data has been used between 1st of January<br />

2005 <strong>and</strong> 31st December 2009.<br />

Categories of Emergency Incidents Selected in Analysis<br />

<strong>Fire</strong>s Primary<br />

Secondary<br />

Chimney<br />

False Alarms Malicious False Alarms<br />

<strong>Fire</strong> Alarm Due to Apparatus<br />

Good Intent False Alarm<br />

Special <strong>Service</strong> Special <strong>Service</strong>s<br />

Actual <strong>and</strong> Average Incident Numbers for Station Types<br />

5. Table 1 below shows the total numbers of incidents by station type. The next table shows<br />

the average of these calls by the number of stations within each station type.<br />

6. Whilst averaging the value gives ballpark figures for ready reckoning, it should be kept in<br />

mind that some stations, taking for example the retained station Swanley attend far more<br />

calls than others e.g. Chilham. Average values can therefore be influenced by very busy<br />

stations <strong>and</strong> very quiet ones.<br />

7. <strong>Kent</strong> <strong>and</strong> Medway also varies considerably in demography <strong>and</strong> geography <strong>and</strong> covers a<br />

range spanning from high urban developments to extensive rural villages. Most retained<br />

stations serve rural areas of <strong>Kent</strong> & Medway, sparsely populated <strong>and</strong> with few triggers of<br />

risk, whilst wholetime stations are located in busy urban areas. This uniqueness should be<br />

considered when comparing <strong>and</strong> contrasting averages for the station types across <strong>Kent</strong> &<br />

Medway.<br />

1 <strong>Sevenoaks</strong>, Dartford, Maidstone, Medway, Strood, Thames-side, Thanet.<br />

2 Ashford, Dover, Folkestone, Margate, Ramsgate, Tunbridge Wells<br />

3 Deal, Faversham, Herne Bay, Larkfield, <strong>Sevenoaks</strong>, Sheppey, Sittingbourne, Tonbridge,<br />

Whitstable<br />

3

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