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FOI / 3974/ 2019 - Pre-determined attendances

 

Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold this information.

Please see below the answer to your request.

Initial Request:

I’m writing under the Freedom of Information Act to request the following information:

1. For each of the years 2010 to 2019 please provide the following information from your Pre-Determined Attendance plan in place at the time.  In the absence of your own definition, please take a high rise block to mean any building of a height above 18m as set out in Building Regulations.

– the number of pumps overall required to attend a high rise fire

– the number of aerial ladders required to attend a high rise fire

– the number of Fire Rescue Units required to attend a high rise fire

2. For each of the years 2010 to 2019 please provide

– the average number of pumps available within the service

– the average number of aerial ladders available within the service

– the average number of Fire Rescue Units available within the service

3. If your PDA has changed during this period please explain the reasons for any change either by way of a new statement or by disclosing existing documents.

Final response:

1. For each of the years 2010 to 2019 please provide the following information from your Pre-Determined Attendance plan in place at the time. In the absence of your own definition, please take a high rise block to mean any building of a height above 18m as set out in Building Regulations.

 For the period which has been stated above the following high rise ‘offers’ (ECFRS does not have PDA’s) are:

– the number of pumps overall required to attend a high rise fire –

4 X Pumps and a Level 2 Incident Commander for AFA’s, increased to 6 X Pumps, Level 2 Incident Commander, 2 X Level 2 Command Support Officers and an Incident Command Unit.

– the number of aerial ladders required to attend a high rise fire –

Attendance only upon request from Incident Commander

– the number of Fire Rescue Units required to attend a high rise fire

ECFRS does not have Fire Rescue Units.

2. For each of the years 2010 to 2019 please provide

– the average number of pumps available within the service

We do not record the average number of pumps available.

– the average number of aerial ladders available within the service

We do not record the average number of aerial ladders available.

– the average number of Fire Rescue Units available within the service

We do not record the average number of fire rescue units available.

3. If your PDA has changed during this period please explain the reasons for any change either by way of a new statement or by disclosing existing documents.

We have not changed our PDA during this period.

Thank you for your interest in Essex County Fire & Rescue Service.