PREVENTING PROTECTINGRESPONDING ESSEX FIRE AUTHORITY Southend & Rochford Community Command Briefing.

PREVENTING PROTECTING RESPONDING

ESSEX FIRE AUTHORITY

Southend & RochfordCommunity Command

Briefing



• The Service fire cover and community safety intervention work is managed through Seven Community Commands.

• Other centres around the County include Training Centres at Wethersfield, Witham and Orsett, Service Vehicle Workshops at Lexden, near Colchester, (maintaining 135 fire appliances and 146 cars and vans)



Uttlesford &

Braintree Colchester &

Tendring

Chelmsford &

Maldon

Harlow &

Epping

Southend &

Rochford

Thurrock &

Brentwood Castle Point &

Basildon

Community Commands



Fire Stations



The Service has 51 fire stations (17 full-time and 34 part-time), strategically located to provide protection to all areas of the County. It has an establishment of 934 full-time firefighters, 483 part-time firefighters, 214 support staff and 38 Control staff.



Principle Management StructureChief Fire OfficerDavid Johnson

Deputy Chief Fire Officer

Assistant Chief Fire Officer

(Performance and Service Support)

Assistant Chief Fire Officer

(Service Delivery)

Assistant Chief Officer(Civil Contingencies)

Finance Director andTreasurer

Operations

Fire Safety

Water

Community Fire Safety

Corporate Risk &Performance Management

(Incl. Internal Audit)

A E & UTechnical

Human Resources

Training

Health & Safety

Civil Contingencies

CBRN/USAR

Finance

Stores & Supplies

ProcurementOccupational

Health & Welfare

Property(Incl. Environment)

Regional Control/Firelink

IT/Communications

Workshops

Corporate Services

Communications(Tech)

Control



Fire Services Act 2004

The Fire and Rescue Services Act has

recently been revised (The last

wholesale revision having taken place

in 1947) and came into force in its

newest incarnation on the 7th of

September 2004.



Fire Authorities apply Local Solutions that address both National and Local issues. The FRSNF includes areas for consideration and concludes with Fire & Rescue Service Targets, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) Priorities and a complete summary of the Best Value Performance Indicators (BVPI).

National Framework Document(FRSNF) 2005/6



Regional Workstreams

Procurement

ControlHuman Resources

Training

Common Services

Resilience




FRSNF Targets and ODPM Priorities Fire Public Service Agreement

By 2010 reduce the number of accidental fire related deaths in the home by 20% and the number of deliberate fires by 10%



Number of Injuries from Accidental Dwelling Fires

Statistics for the Southend & Rochford Areas

Number of Accidental Dwelling Fires



Number of Hoax 999 CallsNumber of False Alarms due

to Apparatus




Number of RTCsNumber of Deliberate FDR1 fires




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