RERP TA - Sevenoaks - Kent Fire and Rescue Service

Review of Emergency Response Provision: Sevenoaks
Incidents and Mobilisations Analysis
Mobilisation Analysis
Introduction
1. Stations in the Sevenoaks review area include 1 day-crewed station (S68 Sevenoaks) and
4 retained stations (S67 Borough Green, S69 Westerham, S70 Edenbridge, S71 Seal)
2. Mobilisations in the Sevenoaks review area consist of comparisons of 1 RPL’s (68R1), 1
EXP (70P1) and 4 pumps (67P1, 68P1, 69P1, 71P1).
3. Call signs and appliance numbers have been used throughout the charts and tables.
Details of which appliance is based where can be found at Annex 1
Direct Comparison Appliance Mobilisation Analysis
4. To assess how appliances perform in relation with activity to the rest of Kent & Medway the
appliances in the Sevenoaks area have been compared to the average number of
mobilisations of the same type across Kent & Medway. These averages have been broken
down into the following groups:
Rescue Pump Ladder – RPL (23)
Extended Pump – EXP (11)
Pump Ladder – PL (8)
Pump – P (44)
NB: We are aware that some appliances may have changed in type over the five year
period e.g. pump to an extended pump. For the purpose of this analysis an appliance’s
current function has been used to categorise it.
5. To create these averages five years of mobilisation data has been used between 1st
January 2005 and 31st December 2009. The list of incident types is given in the table
below.
Categories of Emergency Incidents Selected in Analysis
Fires Primary
Secondary
Chimney
False Alarms Malicious False Alarms
Fire Alarm Due to Apparatus
Good Intent False Alarm
Special Service Special Services
6. The table below shows the average number of incidents attended by pump type and will be
used within this document to compare the status of appliances located within the
Sevenoaks area.
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