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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => Operational => Topic started by: Tadees on April 25, 2017, 03:29:16 PM
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Hi,
From the time a call is received of an incidence of fire, is there a national stated response time or an average time that crews will arrive by at the scene?
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This explains that national response times were abolished in 2003
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/about-us/key-documents/freedom-of-information/disclosure-log/response-times
If you search for 'integrated risk management plan' and your local fire service name you should find yours.
London's response times are here
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/responsetimes.asp
And the gov't publishes stats here
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fire-incident-response-times-april-2015-to-march-2016-england
This is an example of mapping response times across postcodes
https://www.mysociety.org/services/case-study-mapping-fire-engine-response-times-for-the-fpa/
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When looking at this kind of thing you need to be carful. The time that an appliance arrives at a scene isn't the same as the time that fire-fighters enter the building/apply water.
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In 30-odd years working in fire safety, having worked on the design of all sorts of buildings (some of National and International importance), I have never needed to know what the fire brigade response time to any of them was.
Purely as a matter of interest - why do you need to know?
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Sometimes gets used for assessing insurance risks - all a bit dodgy but you're more likely to get a firefighter turning up in a city centre than in nucklefrumpton
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In 30-odd years working in fire safety, having worked on the design of all sorts of buildings (some of National and International importance), I have never needed to know what the fire brigade response time to any of them was.
Purely as a matter of interest - why do you need to know?
Dealt with a MOD aircraft parts storage facility once. The tendering process required them to be within a 10 minute attendance time for the police and fire service.
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Domestic fsit research worth a read:
https://chieffireofficers.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/fire-survivability-richard-walker.pdf