IRMP 5 YEAR PLAN

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IRMP 5 YEAR PLAN

• Review of Officers recommendations.
• IRMP Working Party.
• ACFO Des Tidbury
• 7 August 2006

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IRMP 5 YEAR PLAN

• Local standards for Dwelling Fires and Road
  Traffic Collisions (RTCs) agreed by CFA.

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RESPONSE STANDARDS

• DWELLING FIRES
• The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service is
  committed to
• achieving an optimum response standard of 8
  minutes for the first
• appliance and 10 minutes for the second appliance
  for dwelling
• fires.
• The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service is
  committed to
• a standard response of 10 minutes for the first
  appliance and 12
• minutes for the second appliance for dwelling
  fires.
• The higher risk localities where it is predicted
  that appliances will
• not reach dwelling fires within the standard
  response be prioritised
• for community safety initiatives to drive down
  the risk.

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ROAD TRAFFIC COLLISIONS

• The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service is
  committed to making an initial attendance to road
  traffic collisions, with the necessary resources
  to commence extrication of casualties, within 11
  minutes.

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IRMP 5 YEAR PLAN

• In addition, the CFA agreed to the re-deployment
  of the Incident Command Unit (ICU) from Windsor
  to Maidenhead and to crew the appliance with
  Retained Duty System Crews from Maidenhead and
  Cookham.

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IRMP 5 YEAR PLAN

• That the following recommendations require
  further detailed work to be conducted.
• The outcomes of which to be brought back to the
  Executive Committee, a special meeting to be
  convened if required, and subsequently to a full
  Fire Authority, prior to public consultation.
• That no decisions would be made prior to the
  further detailed work being concluded.
• That the final decisions would be taken by the
  full Fire Authority.

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IRMP 5 YEAR PLAN

• Following strategies will result in efficiency
  savings that can be re-invested to improve RBFRS
  performance against the standards set for
  dwelling fires and RTCs.
• Improve performance within existing budget (Doing
  more with the same).

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IRMP 5 YEAR PLAN KEY STRATEGIES

• Cookham
• Sonning and Wargrave
• Windsor
• Wokingham
• Crowthorne and Camberley
• Dee Road and Caversham Road

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Resolutions from CFA 28 June 2006

• Endorsed that Sonning Fire Station is closed with
  the crew being offered opportunities for
  re-deployment in preference to redundancy.
• Endorsed that work be progressed to secure a site
  for a new fire station at Twyford in readiness to
  transfer the unit from Wargrave to this preferred
  location.
• Endorsed (as amended) that future arrangements
  for operational response in the Windsor area be
  explored so that the Authority continue its
  permanent presence in Windsor, and that Officers
  be tasked to provide revised proposals that do
  not include the removal of fire station
  facilities from Windsor.

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Resolutions from CFA 28 June 2006

• Endorsed that Dee Road fire station is closed
  with the pump being moved to Caversham Road
  (crewing with 5 or 4 depending on role).
• Endorsed that efficiency savings be utilised to
  achieve either two 7-crewed shifts giving cover
  for 12 hours per day backed up by retained duty
  system firefighters, or full 24-hour shift cover
  at Wokingham.
• Endorsed that a trial is commenced to utilise
  Camberleys two 24-hour crewed pumps in the
  Crowthorne area.

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INCIDENTS IN COOKHAM

• FDR 1s
• 2004 9
• 2005 12
• RTCs
• 2004 0
• 2005 1 (no service rendered)

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FIRE RELATED INCIDENTS ATTENDED BY COOKHAM
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SPECIAL SERVICE CALLS ATTENDED BY COOKHAM
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COOKHAM

• Work has commenced to review the range of
  equipment that the smaller appliance (4x4
  Sprinter) will carry. In conjunction with this
  work, and following proper risk assessments, a
  decision will be made as to the category of
  incidents that this appliance will respond to.

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IRMP 5 YEAR PLAN

• Planning assumptions based on
• 7 years data for incident distribution and
• 3 years data for demand levels and turn
• out times.

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Run H1b
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Sonning

• Closure of Sonning Fire Station.
• Redeployment of Personnel.
• Transfer to Wargrave Fire Station
• Opportunities to transfer on to 24 hour shift
  system
• Opportunities to work within a bank system (Ops
  or Community
• Safety)
• Redundancy
• Medium Term Closure of Wargrave and build new
  station at Twyford.

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1st Pump in 8 minutes Sonning1 Output Area not
reached population 300
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1st Pump in 10 minutes Sonning0 Output Area
not reached population 0
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WINDSOR

• Review of emergency cover in the Windsor area.
• Original proposal involved moving the Pump from
  Windsor to Wokingham or Bracknell.
• CFA have given direction that they wish to see
  other proposals that retain a fire and rescue
  presence in Windsor.

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1st Pump in 10 minutes - Windsor to Bracknell8
Output Areas not reached population 2400
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1st Pump in 8 minutes - Windsor to Bracknell29
Output Areas not reached population 8700
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Slough Appliances attending Incidents in Windsor

• Random selection of incidents attended by Slough
  appliances in Windsor.
• From a total of 71 emergency journeys, all were
  on weekdays and 26 were during 0700-0900, and
  1700-1800 hours.
• 87.3 (62) were within 8 minutes.
• 91.5 (65) were within 10 minutes.

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Slough Appliances attending Incidents in Windsor
(additional data requested).

• All calls attended by Slough appliances in the
  Windsor area 1 April 2004 - 31 March 2006.
• Total calls in last two years 389
• Total journeys in last two years 509
• Journeys in 8 mins or less 475 (93.3)
• Journeys in 10 mins or less 493 (96.8)
• Calls attended between 0700-0900 1700-1800,
  weekdays only, excluding bank holidays and school
  holidays.
• Total calls 30
• Total journeys 38
• Journeys in 8 mins or less 36 (94.7)
• Journeys in 10 mins or less 36 (94.7)

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WINDSOR

• Crewing Options
• 24 hour crew (present system)
• 12 hour cover (Slough cover outside hours
  0800-2000)
• 12 hour plus Retained duty system
• Retained duty system only
• Location
• Town Centre area
• Windsor/Ascot borders

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WOKINGHAM

• Reinvest savings from other strategies to achieve
  a 24 hour crewed station or two 12 hour shift
  watches with cover outside these shifts by RDS
  firefighters. Say, cover from 0800 to 2000 hours
  every day with RDS outside these hours.

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1st Pump in 10 minutes- Wokingham WT46 Output
Areas reached population 13800
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1st Pump in 8 minutes- Wokingham WT70 Output
Areas reached population 21000
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CROWTHORNE

• Pinzgauer to be redeployed to Cookham.
• Trial the use of Camberleys pumps into the
  southern part of Crowthornes ground to monitor
  effect on response standards.
• Possibilities for additional reinvestment using
  Pumps at Bracknell, Camberley and Wokingham to
  cover the Crowthorne area. Additional saving of
  180k (revenue) and income of 1m (capital).

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DEE ROAD AND CAVERSHAM ROAD

• Closure of Dee Road Fire Station.
• Pump from Dee Road redeployed to Caversham Road.
• Transfer of 24 personnel to enable 13 per watch.
• Crewing of pumps 5 and 5.
• A small satellite fire station to be opened in
  Calcot/Theale area with one pump between
  1600-2000 hours.

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1st Pump in 10 minutes- Dee Road to Caversham
Road22 Output Areas not reached
population 6600
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1st Pump in 8 minutes- Dee Road to Caversham
Road72 Output Areas not reached population 21600
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Cadcorp revised turnout areas