Operational Resource Disposition
Introduction
On December 14 2007 the Chief Fire Officer made six recommendations to the Fire Authority on changes to emergency cover arrangements.
The Fire Authority in turn decided to consult with the public and other interested parties before making a final decision on whether to go ahead with the recommendations or not.
The consultation period ends on 31 March 2008.
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The Proposals
The Chief Fire Officer recommended that the following changes should be made to the disposition of fire stations and fire engines:-
Kingston upon Hull
- Close Hull Central and move its resources to North and West Hull stations
East Riding of Yorkshire
- Close Sledmere station crewed by retained duty system (RDS) firefighters.
- Change the arrangements for one of the fire engines at Goole fire station so that it is crewed by an RDS crew rather than a wholetime crew.
North Lincolnshire
- Remove one wholetime crewed fire engine from Immingham West station.
- Close Kirton in Lindsey station crewed by retained duty system (RDS) firefighters.
North East Lincolnshire
- Close Waltham station crewed by retained duty system (RDS) firefighters.
Why The Need To Change?
For almost 60 years fire cover arrangements have been determined using rules that were designed to protect property.
In 2004 new legislation required individual Fire Authorities to set their own standards for the speed and number of fire engines that are sent to emergency calls based on risk assessments to save lives.
The Government provided guidelines on how this should be done based on some extensive research carried out by a very respected statistician.
They also gave each authority some highly sophisticated computer software that enabled them to check their proposals before putting any changes in place – the computer program is called the Fire Service Emergency Cover model or FSEC for short
More Information
The links to the right allow anyone to read the document and contribute to the related survey. Additionally each link below is to a page containing further information about the proposals.
The Benefits of the proposals.
Information about the background and research of the proposals.
Frequently asked questions (FAQ) and answers.
More information is available in this series of PDF presentations about the Operational Resource Disposition proposal for each location.