LFB - Responding to New Challenges in an Uncertain WorldRon Dobson CBE QFSM FIFireE – London Fire Commissioner

Greater London Authority (GLA) Group

Central Government

Mayor of London/GLA

London Fire & Emergency

Planning Authority

Metropolitan Police

Transport for London

London Development

Agency

LFB Area

• 32 boroughs plus the City of

London

• 113 fire stations including river

station

• 169 pumping appliances

• 82 specialist and resilience

vehicles

Top Management Structure

Finance

Technical and Service

Support

Information and

Communications Technology

Operations and Mobilising

(Third Officer)

Procurement

Communications

Fire Safety Regulation

Legal and Democratic Services

Commissioner

Deputy Commissioner

Director Finance and Contractual Services

Director Operational

Resilience and Training

Strategy and Performance

Health and Safety Services

HR and Development

Operational Procedures

Operational Resilience

Training

Strategic Advisor to the

Commissioner

Facts and Figures

• Over 7,000 staff with nearly 6,000 operational firefighters

• Revenue budget in 2010/2011 £437m budget

• Revenue budget in 2012/2013 £409m budget

• All day every day service, across the whole of London

• Range of other resilience equipment

• Play a major role in National Developments

More Facts and Figures

• In 2010/11 we received 212,000 calls and attended 122,000 emergencies. This included:

- 13,000 serious fires

- 5,884 accidental fires in the home

• 12% of the fires in the country happen in London

• 22% of the false alarm calls in the country are made in London

Fire Safety Regulation

• 14,500 fire safety inspections carried out each year

• 630 enforcement notices issued this year

• 6 fire safety prosecutions carried out in the previous year

• We have a team of highly qualified fire safety engineers

Fire Safety Regulation

• In recent years our fire safety engineers have been involved in the following high profile new builds:

- Wembley Football Stadium

- London Heathrow Terminal 5

- White City Shopping Centre (Westfield)

- Stratford City Shopping Centre (Westfield)

- The Shard

- Olympic Park

Community Safety

Home Fire Safety Visits

• In 2010/11 our target for HFSVs was 63,000 but we achieved 70,039

• The target for 2011/12 is 66,000

• The target for 2012/13 is 69,000

Youth Engagement Programme

• Schools team - 1million school children visited in 10 years

• LIFE programme – 500 courses, 5,000 young people since 2002

• Fire Cadets

Highly Effective (2007/08 – 2010/11)

• 16% Reduction in fires overall

• 10% Reduction in fire deaths

• 15% Reduction in all incidents attended

• 66% Increase in home fire safety checks

• 29% Increase in fire safety audits

• 43% Reduction in lift release incidents

2012 and beyond…….

Industrial Action

Civil Unrest

Riots

Acts of Terrorism

Resurgence of Dissident Groups

Emerging Terrorist Threats

Olympic and Paralympic Games

Before

After

Aquatics Centre Velodrome

Before

Olympic Stadium

After After

Before

2012 is not just an Olympic year in London

Other events London will be hosting in 2012:

• Olympic torch relay

• Cultural Olympiad

• Queens Diamond Jubilee

• Notting Hill Carnival

• WorldPride 2012

• London Marathon

• Wimbledon Tennis Championships

• Premier League football

Join us at the London Excel Centre

Contact: simon.davis2@london-fire.gov.uk