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Paignton Local Community Plan 2014/15
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“By 2014, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue
Service (DSFRS) will be saving lives and limiting
the number of injuries from preventable fires and
accidents because people and communities in
Devon and Somerset will be making better
informed decisions about their safety and spending
their time in safer buildings.
When local, regional or national incidents do occur,
our emergency response teams will be sufficiently
agile to deploy the skills and resources needed to
deal effectively and safely with the range of
challenges they face.
Our trained and qualified staff, our key
partnerships and the sustainable processes they
operate, will be responsive to a constantly
changing environment and will be recognised as
examples of good practice, as well as contributing
to wider society and the DSFRS reputation for
organisational excellence.”
This document sets out the activities happening in your local area to keep
your community safe.
The map below outlines the location of Paignton Fire Station and its station
ground. All activities mentioned in this document relate to the area below.
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Overview
This plan presents the risks in your area and
the actions that Devon & Somerset Fire &
Rescue Service (DSFRS) will take to make the
community safer. Our actions are a mix of
activities based on prevention (community),
protection (business) and emergency
response, all undertaken by the people that are
best suited for each activity.
This plan links into our strategy ‘Towards
2014’ which says we will:
Work with people, communities, businesses
and partners to make Devon and Somerset a
safer place to live work and visit
Respond to local, regional and national
emergencies with the appropriate skills and
resources
Work hard to be an excellent organisation
Paignton is located within the Western Command. The local Authority is Torbay Council which has unitary status.
The station ground also covers an area outside of Torbay, which form parts of Teignbridge and South Hams District Councils. Paignton has a static population of 50,710. Approximately 1% of the population are made of small ethnic groups composed primarily of Asian, Black, Eastern European and other ethnic groups.
The population figure will rise significantly with the influx of visitors during the holiday seasons. During the very busy summer months, the population can swell to almost double that of the static population.
Paignton has a higher proportion of elderly/retired persons compared to the national average. Paignton has a significant and growing number of migrant European workers employed within the lower paid service sector industries Approximately a third of the adult residents of Paignton are in receipt of some form of benefit (DWP) and a higher percentage number of people are unemployed.
Paignton is the second largest town in the Torbay area and has an extensive tourism and leisure industry. There is significant holiday trade based around many hotels, bed and breakfasts, restaurants, nightclubs, theatres and other tourist attractions. A small harbour is used primarily for private pleasure craft.
Paignton is accessed primarily via A roads and a main line rail link and railway station. In addition to the main line rail link, there is also a steam railway running through to Kingswear. On the outskirts of the
town there are villages, parishes and extensive areas of open fields and woodland, which can present additional risks.
Below are the Watch Managers in charge of each watch at this station.
Blue Watch Watch Manager to be confirmed
Watch Manager Tuckerman Green Watch
Watch Manager Perrett Retained
Watch Manager Hadley Red Watch
Watch Manager Glanfield White Watch
To discuss the content of this plan with a member of the fire service, please use the contact details below: Name: Station Manager Rod Schneider Tel: 01803 653745 Email: rschneider@dsfire.gov.uk For more information please visit www.dsfire.gov.uk/yoursafety
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Our behaviour and values
New core values and an associated behavioural framework have been agreed
following discussions with employees. We are working hard to ensure that
these important principles underpin everything we do and the way we
operate. To see the full behavioural framework, click here.
Risk To understand how we can best use our public resources we analyse
community risk and identify who would benefit most from our services.
This assures that we also remain as cost effective as possible and
continue to provide value for money. The following groups of people
have been identified as high risk by using a database (Experian
MOSAIC):
Residents of small and mid-sized towns with strong local roots
Key Risks
This group have an above average likelihood of having a Chimney Fire. This is because of the lack of access to mains gas in the rural areas in which these households are located
Residents with sufficient incomes in right-to-buy social houses
Key Risks
This group have a higher than average likelihood of being killed or serious injured in a road traffic collision.
Elderly people reliant on state support
Key Risks
This group have an above average likelihood of having an accidental dwelling fire. This fire is most likely to be related to cooking.
This group have an above average likelihood of having a smoking related dwelling fire.
For ease of interpretation, average figures have been used to produce the pie charts
above and have been rounded up or down to show whole numbers only. In some
instances this has resulted in some minor variances in the data by a maximum of +/-
3. Detailed incident data is available on request.
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What we do Description Number of events
undertaken in 2012/13
Number of events planned for Tauton
2014/15
Further information/contacts
Community action day
A Multi Agency day of action involving Fire Service personnel this event can be a fun day or
enforcement day involving watches or individuals. This event can also include station open days.
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Station visit
Any occasion when a group of individuals, members of public or organised groups visit a station for
general interest during which a community safety message is delivered.
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Community use of service premises
An event where by any member of the community or group use the service premises as a meeting place
for a formal or informal meeting this can also include partner agencies using any service premises.
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Hot Strike Following an incident, operational crews will deliver
fire safety leaflets to neighbouring properties. 23 100%
Our target will be to carry out a hot strike at all property fires
and on other occasions where there is opportunity
RTC reduction
Any event designed to reduce the number of casualties in Road Traffic Collisions and anti - social driving this can include all road safety initiatives such
as speed watch and drive safe.
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What we do Description Number of events
undertaken in 2012/13
Number of events planned for Paignton
2014/15
Further information/contacts
Community action day
A Multi Agency day of action involving Fire Service personnel. This event can be a fun day or
enforcement day involving watches or individuals. This event can also include station open days.
3 4 These will be targeted at high risk groups in conjunction with
partner agencies
Station visit
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Local community groups such as pre-school visit our Stations in the more rural locations to
further cement the community
Community use of service
premises
An event where by any group or member of the community use the services premises for a formal or informal meeting. This can include partner agencies
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Community use of stations varies from partnership
planning and training meetings, through Safeguarding to local
non-profit groups
Hot strike
12
Schools talks
Educating school children about fire safety and RTC reduction (from Nursery to Key Stage IV)
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Schools talks will be delivered following a request from a
school or using evidence to show a particular risk based on information provided from the
service targeting team
Prevention Activities
Our prevention activities are those we undertake to try and stop an emergency happening in the first place. These are targeted based on our community risk
profiles, operational intelligence and where our partners and members of our communities request and it is in line with our local identified need. The prevention
activities we will undertake in this local area are:
Prevention Activities Our prevention activities are those we undertake to try and stop an emergency happening in the first place. These are targeted based on our community risk
profiles, operational intelligence and where our partners and members of our communities request and it is in line with our local identified need. The prevention
activities we will undertake in this local area are:
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Special schools talks
Targeted intervention using a specially designed educational package to engage with recognised vulnerable and high risk groups of children and young people. These will take place in the local
Pupil Referral Units (PRU’s) or other Special Schools.
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Presentation to groups/ community
engagement
Any time spent presenting information on behalf of the Service.
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RTC reduction
Any event designed to reduce the number of casualties in Road Traffic Collisions and anti - social driving this can include all road safety initiatives such
as speed watch and drive safe.
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Targeted on the 16-19 and 20-24 year groups as well as
some other higher risk profiles. This will include BMAD;
Lemonfest and known popular gathering locations
Learn to live
A formal multi agency event aimed at sixth form students and in some cases young people aged
between 15 and 21. The event is led by council and police but involves fire service personnel in the
running and presentation of the event. Events are usually a day long with two sessions per day and
can be up to a week long
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Learn to live is presented 3 times during the year at South Devon College, The Riviera
International Centre and Dartmouth Royal Naval
College.
Supporting local
campaigns
Any event that involves fire service personnel delivering a fire prevention message in reaction to a
local need. This could be in partnership with any local agency or organisation. An example being a
prevention event as the result of a local risk or reacting to local incidents.
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Targeted intervention on either a proactive or reactive basis predominantly following an incident or where local risk
targeting identifies a particular need. This would be delivered
by both Prevention and Protection teams but could
equally involve partner agencies.
Community safety
campaigns
Any event including presentation of Community Fire Safety information tailored towards a specific
message or group (i.e. BBQ safety / Boat safety / Caravan / Camping / Extreme weather, etc.)
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Community safety campaigns will be timed wherever possible
to fall in line with national campaigns for greatest impact
and delivered in areas that
have the highest risk.
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Home fire safety visits
Standard HFSV will be carried out where a partner agency has referred a member of our community
whom is in one of the identified "at risk" groups. The group risk profile can be found at www.dsfire.gov.uk
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Our target will be to complete 100% of referrals received in the Paignton area within the
centrally set timescales
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What we do Description Number of events
undertaken in 2012/13
Number of events planned for Paignton
2014/15
Further information/contacts
Fire safety check
A Fire Safety Check allows our staff to conduct a simple check of fire safety standards in a premises,
and to identify if a more detailed fire safety audit needs to be carried out. For a Fire Safety Check, the inspector would typically spend 20-30 minutes at the premises. If a Fire Safety Check were to highlight fire safety deficiencies, the premises would be referred
to the Group Support Team so that a Fire Safety Audit could be completed.
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Compliance event
Compliance events are designed to assist businesses to comply with the Regulatory (Fire Safety) Order 2005. DSFRS identify business communities in their area and invite them to a compliance event tailored to suit their business profile. In addition to presentations given by
DSFRS, compliance events include opportunities to ask questions and get answers from fire safety
officers on any fire safety related matter.
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Protection event used to provide information to a number of responsible
person/businesses at one time encouraging compliance with
the requirements of the Regulatory Reform Order. Compliance events where possible will be with other agencies / organisations.
Special Event Fire
Safety Check
To be used when a Special Event Fire Safety Check of a premises is being carried. ‘Special Events’
include: festivals; agricultural shows; any other event at which temporary premises structures are being used and large numbers of people are likely to be
present.
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Protection activities Our protection activities are those we undertake to ensure people are protected from fire in public buildings and those we work in and visit. The protection activities
we will undertake in this local area are:
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The map opposite shows an estimate
of how long the fire engine will take to
reach residents in Paignton from the
time they make the call. Those further
away from the station should expect a
slower response than those closer to it.
Citizens of Paignton should take the
following precautions to help keep them
safe from fire:
Fit a working smoke alarm
Take care when cooking and
never leave cooking food
unattended
Plan and practise your escape
route
Make a bedtime check
Don't overload your electrics
Put cigarettes right out
Use candles carefully
Have your chimney swept
regularly
Station resources
Appliances: 2 x Fire Appliances 1 x Light off road vehicle (4x4)
Establishment: 42 (4 Wholetime watches and a Retained duty system section)
1 x Incident Support Unit
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All Devon & Somerset: Number &
percentage of incidents by type.
Four year average (2009/10 - 2012/13)
Paignton: Number & percentage of
incidents by type.
Four year average (2009/10 - 2012/13)
Paignton: All fires by type.
Four year average (2009/10 - 2012/13)
Number of fire deaths and injuries from 2009/10 to 2012/13
2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 4 year
average
Fire Deaths where people live 0 0 0 0 0
Fire Injuries where people live 5 0 1 1 2
Fire Incidents where people live 53 48 49 38 50
Fire Deaths where people work & visit 0 0 0 1 0
Fire Injuries where people work & visit 1 2 1 0 1
Fire Incidents where people work & visit 34 26 31 28 30
Station Availability
In the 12 months from April 2012 to March 2013 the station reported a fire engine unavailable through the
availability system (Gartan)
Hours
Unavailable % Hours
Availability
Fire Engine 1 Wholetime 0 100.0%
Fire Engine 2 Retained 154 98.2%
V.2.0 Updated 05/12/2014
Paignton: Special Service Calls by type. Four year average (2009/10 - 2012/13)
Number of and type of incidents
For ease of interpretation, average figures have been used to produce the pie charts
above and have been rounded up or down to show whole numbers only. In some
instances this has resulted in some minor variances in the data by a maximum of +/-
3. Detailed incident data is available on request.