SFRS Renfrewshire Q2 23-24
Renfrewshire Council · 31 October 2023
Back to Police and Fire and Rescue Scrutiny Sub-Committee — 31 October 2023 and its agenda
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Renfrewshire Performance Report 1st July 2023 - 30th September 2023 Q2 saw an increase of
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2 Renfrewshire Performance Report Table of Contents Local Fire and Rescue Service Plan Priorities 3 Renfrewshire Activity Summary 4 Domestic Safety - Accidental Dwelling Fires 5 Domestic Safety - Accidental Dwelling Fire Casualties 6 Unintentional Injury and Harm 7 Deliberate Fire Setting 8 Non-Domestic Fire Safety 9 Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals 10
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2 0 0 3 0 8 1 0 0 8 1 4 0 0 1 9 0 5 3 0 0 13 2 6 2 0 1 24 2 9 2 0 0 10 2 23 3 1 2 3 0 3 6 0 0 27 1 27 0 0 0 6 1 7 4 0 0 5 0 3 5 0 0 19 3 12 4 2 4 10 1 9 32 3 8 137 13 116 -22% -25% -76% 1% 44% -59% -3% 10% -20% 4% 3% -13% 3 Year on Year Change 3 Year Average Change Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank Erskine and Inchinnan Houston, Crosslee and Linwood Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood, Lochwinnoch Johnstone South and Elderslie Total Incidents Renfrew North and Braehead Renfrew South and Gallowhill Paisley East and Central Paisley Northeast and Ralston Paisley Northwest Paisley Southeast Paisley Southwest Accidental Dwelling Fires Deliberate Fire Setting Non- Domestic Fire Safety Accidental Dwelling Fire Casualties Unintentional Injury and Harm Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals Local Fire and Rescue Service Plan Priorities The Local Fire and Rescue Service Plan has been developed to set out the priorities and objectives within Renfrewshire and allows our local authority partners to scrutinise the performance outcomes of these priorities. We will continue to work closely with our partners in Renfrewshire to ensure we are all “Working Together for a Safer Scotland” through targeting risks to our communities at a local level. The plan has been developed to complement key partnership activity embedded across Renfrewshire Community Plan and associated Delivery and Thematic plans. Through partnership working we will seek to deliver continuous improvement in our performance and effective service delivery in our area of operations. The Local Fire and Rescue Plan for Renfrewshire identified six areas for demand reduction and is subject to regular monitoring and reporting through the Police / Fire and Rescue Committee. A summary of the priorities and current activity is detailed below with further detail and analysis contained within this performance report. About the statistics within this report The activity totals and other statistics quoted within this report are published in the interests of transparency and openness. They are provisional in nature and subject to change as a result of ongoing quality assurance and review. Because all statistics quoted are provisional there may be a difference in the period totals quoted in our reports after local publication which result from revisions or additions to the data in our systems. The Scottish Government publishes official statistics each year which allow for comparisons to be made over longer periods of time. Activity levels have reduced by more than 5% Activity levels have reduced by up to 5% Activity levels have increased overall
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Renfrewshire Activity Summary 4 local publication which result from revisions or additions to the data in our systems. The Scottish Government publishes 0 200 400 600 800 1000 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Renfrewshire Operational Trends Total Incidents All Fires All Special Services All False Alarms 26% 17% 57% 31% 17% 51% All Fires All Special Services All False Alarms Annual Average 3 Year Average 20.67% 17.63% 11.09% 10.79% 9.12% 5.62% 5.32% 2.58% 2.13% 1.98% 1.98% 1.98% 1.37% 1.37% 1.06% False Alarm (Dwelling) False Alarm (UFAS) Refuse Fire False Alarm (Good Intent) Outdoor Fire Dwelling Fire Special Service - Effecting… Special Service - Flooding Special Service - No action… False Alarm (Malicious) Vehicle Fire Other Building Fire Special Service - RTC Other Primary Fire Special Service - Assist other… Top 15 Incidents Types by % 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Kilbarchan, Howwood, Bishopton, Bridge of 205 fires primary & secondary special services 115 false alarms 338 -38% total number of incidents 658 -27% -7% fire & non-fire casualties 14 -68% economic cost of ufas incidents £228,520 Activity by Time of Day -14% Incidents by Classification *data above is year on year change
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-22% -3% 5 Main Source of Ignition Year on Year 3 Year Average 93% Detection Actuated Automatic Detection & Actuation Domestic Safety - Accidental Dwelling Fires Domesti Detection Present 84% Calls Made via Linked Alarms 84% 18 3 3 3 2 Cooking appliance Electricity supply Matches and candles Other domestic appliance Smoking Related Main Source of Ignition 27 36 43 41 32 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 41% 22% 63% 19% No Firefighting Action Direct Firefighting No Heat/Smoke Damage No Fire Damage Alcohol/Drug Impairment 3% Distraction 38% 01020304 05 06 07 08 09 10111213141516 17 18 19 20 21222300 6% Erskine and Inchinnan 3% 0% Houston, Crosslee and Linwood Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood, Lochwinnoch Johnstone South and Elderslie Paisley East and Central Paisley Northeast and Ralston Paisley Northwest 9% 6% 6% 19% 0%9% Paisley Southeast 13% 16% Paisley Southwest Renfrew North and Braehead Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank Performance Summary Accidental Dwelling Fires by Time of Day Severity of Accidental Dwelling Fires Human Factors Accidental Dwelling Fires Activity by Ward (% share) Accidental Dwelling Fires show a decrease of 22% (9 incidents) from Q2 2022/23. Cooking remains the most common source of ignition within Renfrewshire accounting for 18 of the accidental dwelling fires. 41% (13) of the incidents required no firefighting action, 38% (12) were due to distraction and 3% (1) were due to alcohol/drug impairment. 27 of the 32 incidents had detection installed and 93% (25) of them operated and raised the alarm. Renfrew South and Gallowhill 13% Accidental Dwelling Fires
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-25% 10% 6 Year on Year 3 Year Average Domestic Safety - Accidental Dwelling Fire Casualties Burns - severe Breathin difficulties Overcame by smoke 33% 33% 33% 0% 0% 0% 0 0 0 3 00 0 0 0 0 0 - 9 10 - 19 20 - 49 50 - 79 80+ Male 100% Female 0% 2 1 5 4 3 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Accidental Dwelling Fires Casualties 0% 67% Paisley Southwest Renfrew North and Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank 0% Erskine and Inchinnan 0% 0% Houston, Crosslee and Linwood Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood, Lochwinnoch Johnstone South and Elderslie Paisley East and Central Paisley Northeast and Ralston Paisley Northwest 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%33% Paisley Southeast Unintentional Injury and 01 0203 04 05 06 07 08 09 101112131415 16 17 18 19 20 21 2223 00 First Aid at Scene Hospital - Serious Injuries Hospital - Slight Injuries 33% 33% 0% Fatality 33% Performance Summary Fire Casualties by Time of Day Nature of Injury Extent of Harm Age / Gender Profile Accidental Dwelling Fire Casualties by Ward (% share) Accidental Dwelling fire casualties continue to decrease on the year on year figures. This reporting period sees them reduce to 3. One incident resulted in a fatality. Renfrew South and Gallowhill 0%
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-76% -20% 7 Year on Year 3 Year Average Unintentional Injury and Harm Back / Neck injury (spinal) Fracture Chest / Abdominal injury Unconscious Not known Other physical injury 25% 25% 13% 13% 13% 13% 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 9 10 - 19 20 - 49 50 - 79 80+ Male75% Female 25% Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank Erskine and Inchinnan 0% 13% Houston, Crosslee and Linwood Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood, Lochwinnoch Johnstone South and Elderslie Paisley Northwest 0% 13% 0% 0% 0%25% 0% Paisley Northeast and Ralston Paisley East and Central Paisley Southeast 0% 0% Paisley Southwest Renfrew North and Braehead Road Traffic Collision Water Rescue Assisting Other Agencies 63% 0%38% 01 0203 04 05 06 07 08 09 101112131415 16 17 18 19 20 21 2223 00 First Aid at Scene Hospital - Serious Hospital - Slight 0% 50% 38% Fatality 13% 26 22 13 34 8 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Deliberate Bishopton, Bridge of Weir Performance Summary Non-Fire Casualties by Time of Day Nature of Injury Extent of Harm Non-Fire Emergency Activity Age / Gender Profile Non-Fire Casualties by Ward (% share) Non-fire casualties reduced by 76% to 8 casualties compared to the same period last year. Of the 8 casualties 5 were as a result of Road Traffic Collisions (63%). Incidents involving Assisting Other Agencies accounted for 38% (3 incidents) of all the activity within this indicator. One fatality was recorded this period. Renfrew South and Gallowhill 50% Non-Fire Casualties
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1% 4% 8 Year on Year 3 Year Average Deliberate Fire Setting Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank Erskine and Inchinnan 6% 7% Houston, Crosslee and Linwood Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood, Lochwinnoch Johnstone South and Elderslie Paisley East and Central Paisley Northeast and Ralston Paisley Northwest 9% 18% 7% 20% 4%2% 2% Paisley Southeast 4% 14% Paisley Southwest Renfrew North and Braehead 139 121 153 136 137 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 01 0203 04 05 06 07 08 09 101112131415 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 16% 16% 21% 18% 16% 17% 84% 84% 79% 82% 84% 83% 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Primary Secondary 22% 17% 35% 26% Other Buildings Dwellings Vehicles Other Primary 56% 44% Refuse Other Secondary 897 856 739 828 901 658 200 117 96 125 114 114 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 All Incidents Deliberate Secondary Fires Non Bishopton, Bridge of Weir Kilbarchan, Howwood, Performance Summary Deliberate Fires by Time of Day Deliberate Fires by Classification Primary Fire Ratio by Activity Type Secondary Fire Ratio by Activity Type Deliberate Fires Compared to Operational Activity Deliberate Fires by Ward (% share) Deliberate fire setting shows a small increase of 1% (1 incident) from Q2 last year. Secondary fires accounted for 83% (114) of the incidents within this indicator. 7% Renfrew South and Gallowhill Definitions Primary Fires - all fires in buildings, vehicles and outdoor structures or any fire involving casualties, rescues or fires attended by five or more appliances Secondary Fires – fire incidents that did not occur at a primary location, was not a chimney fire in an occupied building, did not involve casualties (otherwise categorised as a primary incident) and was attended by four or fewer appliances. Deliberate Fires
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44% 3% 9 Year on Year 3 Year Average Non Domestic Fire Safety 20 12 10 9 13 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Non Domestic Fires Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank Erskine and Inchinnan 8% 0% Houston, Crosslee and Linwood Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood, Lochwinnoch Johnstone South and Elderslie Paisley East and Central Paisley Northeast and Ralston Paisley Northwest 15% 15% 15% 8% 8%0% 0% Paisley Southeast 0% 23% Paisley Southwest Renfrew North and Braehead 69% 23% 8% Accidental Deliberate Not Known 15% 54% 46% 46% No Firefighting Action Direct Firefighting Heat/Smoke Damage No Fire Damage 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 Other private non-residential building Car Parks, Multi-Storey Community centre/Village or Parish Hall Secondary school Offices and call centres, Converted office Boarding House/B&B for homeless/asylum seekers Industrial Manufacturing Unwanted Kilbarchan, Howwood, 01020304 05 06 07 08 09 10111213141516 17 18 19 20 21 222300 Performance Summary Non-Domestic Fires by Time of Day Non-Domestic Fires by Nature of Origin Non-Domestic Fires by Ward (% share) Severity of Non-Domestic Fires Non-Domestic Fires by Premises Type An increase of 44% (4 incidents) to 13 for the year-on-year measure. Two incidents required no firefighting action and 6 incidents resulted in No Fire Damage. Renfrew South and Gallowhill 8%
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-59% -13% 10 Year on Year 3 Year Average Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals 291 217 253 284 116 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank Erskine and Inchinnan 3% 4% Houston, Crosslee and Linwood Johnstone South and Elderslie Paisley East and Central Paisley Northeast and Ralston Paisley Northwest 5% 8% 20% 23% 6%3% 7% Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood, Lochwinnoch Paisley Southeast 3% 10% Paisley Southwest Renfrew North and Braehead 27% 22% 10% 10% 7% Residential Home, Nursing/Care Student Hall of Residence Hospitals and medical care Sheltered Housing Residential Home, Children's 18% UFAS Percentage Against all Incidents UFAS Percentage Against all False Alarms 34% Human Influence and Alarm Activations 46% 0.0 1.0 2.0 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 01 0203 04 05 06 07 08 09 101112131415 16 17 18 19 20 21 2223 00 Performance Summary Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals by Ward (% share) Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals by Time of Day Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals - Top 5 Premises Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals Activity Average Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals per Day Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals (UFAS) show a 59% (168 incidents) decrease year on year. Residential Care Homes accounted for 27% (31) of incidents in this category. 46% (53 incidents) were found to be as a result of human interactions i.e. not isolating the system before testing, cooking, smoking etc. Renfrew South and Gallowhill 8%