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Introductory Statement

Introductory Statement. The local community, Dacorum Council and local MP’s. REJECT The proposal to close Bovingdon Fire Station. Presented by Sharon Sims/John Sanderson - 29th Nov 2005. Our Campaign. US Airforce ex-servicemen - the “Bovingdon Bunch” give their support. Statistics.

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Introductory Statement

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  1. Introductory Statement The local community, Dacorum Council and local MP’s REJECTThe proposal to close Bovingdon Fire Station Presented by Sharon Sims/John Sanderson - 29th Nov 2005

  2. Our Campaign • US Airforce ex-servicemen - the “Bovingdon Bunch” give their support

  3. Statistics • Population of Bovingdon: +5000 • Population of Surrounding villages: +2000 • There are two primary schools and several pre-schools. • Highly volatile flammable pipe line • Population of the prison: 700

  4. Local Traffic

  5. Bovingdon Market Normal attendance on a Saturday is 8,000 to 10,000 people (The population of the village is therefore trebled) • +20,000 visitors alone on a Bank Holiday.

  6. High Risk Incident Frequency Rate by Station 2003/04

  7. High Risk Incident Frequency Rate by Station 2003/04 • If Bovingdon Station closes all calls will be the responsibility of the 2nd busiest station in the area.

  8. Turn out support to other areas 2004/2005 Cover for other Hertfordshire stations • Cover for Buckinghamshire

  9. Represents the ten minute border for an engine attending from Hemel Hempstead Chesham is retained but is only currently operating at night Greater than ten minute response time at night Greater than ten minute response time Amersham is day crewed.

  10. Have the weather conditions been considered? Have the peak traffic periods been considered?

  11. Cutting Costs • £500k/£36m < 2% • £90k/£500k = 18% • £90/£36m = 0.25% • Retained fire fighters are a very cost effective resource

  12. Government Review Findings “ “ The RRT’s report can be accessed on the ODPM website: www.odpm.gov.uk

  13. Community Safety Recent Local Fire Safety initiative

  14. Unreliable Data EXAMPLE 1: Data supplied from Herts County Council unaudited summary accounts 2004/05 illustrates Herts Fire and Rescue attended approx. 17,000 incidents. Herts County Council confirmed that these details are from 2003/04 and the correct figure should be shown as approx. 13,000 incidents. Should we trust the facts and figures?

  15. Unreliable Data EXAMPLE 2: Fire service records show a house fire in Bovingdon as Hemel Hempstead engine first on scene, when it was actually the Bovingdon crew that “made pumps 4” when they 1st arrived before the Hemel Hempstead tender. Should we trust the facts and figures?

  16. Unreliable Data EXAMPLE 3: Roy Wilsher quoted a number of facts and figures on specific incidents in the Bovingdon area at the Parish Council Meeting and how Hemel Hempstead and surrounding stations met the ten minute attendance times. The times quoted were from the time the station was alerted NOT from the time of the 999 call. Should we trust the facts and figures?

  17. Attendance Time = Time from 999 call Attendance times: The Mount and Dudley House > 10 minutes Attendance times: Bovingdon (Tower Hill) = approx. 9 minutes Kings Langley (Tower Hill) = approx. 11minutes Attendance times: Amersham (Birch Lane) = approx. 16 minutes Hemel Hempstead (Green Dragon) = approx. 14 minutes.

  18. Future Developments No-one can predict the future, but other future developments will impact further the responsiveness of the local services • Working with the Ambulance service • Re-location of call centre • Local Knowledge • Further reduction in retained stations • Global warming • Increased Housing

  19. Summary • Population • Prison and Market • Attendance times • Cost Cutting • Data Reliability • Future Developments We invite you to visit us.

  20. We would like the County Council to: The Draft Community Safety Plan 2006 -2007 proposal Support the local community and REJECT

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