Response Times To Incidents

[Tadees]

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?

[Owain]

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/

[wee brian]

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.

[Fishy]

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?

[wee brian]

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

[Dinnertime Dave]

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.

[JT]

Domestic fsit research worth a read:
https://chieffireofficers.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/fire-survivability-richard-walker.pdf