Agenda Document Pack - Police and Fire & Rescue Scrutiny Sub-Committee - 31/10/2023
Renfrewshire Council · 31 October 2023
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25/10/2023 Notice of Meeting and Agenda Police and Fire & Rescue Scrutiny Sub-Committee Date Time Venue Tuesday, 31 October 2023 15:00 Council Chambers (Renfrewshire), Council Headquarters, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1AN Membership Councillor Marie McGurk (Convener): Councillor Robert Innes (Depute Convener): Councillor Janis McDonald; Councillor Cathy McEwan: Councillor Iain McMillan: Hybrid Meeting Please note that this meeting is scheduled to be held in the Council Chambers. However, it is a hybrid meeting and arrangements have been made for members to join the meeting remotely should they wish. Members of the Press and Public Members of the press and public wishing to attend the meeting should report to the customer service centre where they will be met and directed to the meeting. Further Information This is a meeting which is open to members of the public. A copy of the agenda and reports for this meeting will be available for inspection prior to the meeting at the Customer Service Centre, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley and online at http://renfrewshire.cmis.uk.com/renfrewshire/CouncilandBoards.aspx For further information, please email democratic-services@renfrewshire.gov.uk MARK CONAGHAN Head of Corporate Governance Page 1 of 26
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25/10/2023 Webcasting of Meeting This meeting will be filmed for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site – at the start of the meeting the Convener will confirm if all or part of the meeting is being filmed. To find the webcast please navigate to https://renfrewshire.public-i.tv/core/portal/home Page 2 of 26
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25/10/2023 Items of business Apologies Apologies from members. Declarations of Interest and Transparency Statements Members are asked to declare an interest or make a transparency statement in any item(s) on the agenda and to provide a brief explanation of the nature of the interest or the transparency statement. 1 Police Scotland - Quarterly Performance Report Report by Police Scotland. 5 - 16 2 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service - Quarterly Performance Report - Qtr 2 Report by Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. 17 - 26 3 Local Issues Verbal Report by Police Scotland and Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. Page 3 of 26
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OFFICIAL OFFICIAL Renfrewshire Performance Summary Report Reporting Period: 01/04/23 - 31/08/23 Total Crime 6,303 Crimes Incidents Recorded Overall Dishonesty Domestic Abuse Incidents +11.5% +21.3% +3.2% +9.9% -1.6% -35.9% Road Traffic Casualties -6.9%* Sexual Crime 23,108 804 1,573 876 890 181 41 2,826 Overall Violent Crime Missing People Counter Terrorism 298 98 Common Assault +1.0% Housebreaking Disorder Complaints The threat level from INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM is SUBSTANTIAL —an attack has been deemed as likely to occur. *All data provided is for the period 1 April 2023 - 31 August 2023 unless otherwise stated. All statistics are provisional and should be treated as management information. All data have been extracted from Police Scotland internal systems and are correct as of 31 August 2023. 0.0% +7.1% -23.4% Item 1 Page 5 of 26
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2 OFFICIAL OFFICIAL Renfrewshire Performance Summary Report Reporting Period: 1 Apr 2023 to 31 Aug 2023 Introduction I am pleased to present this report to the Police Fire and Rescue Committee for its information and consideration. Please note that all data included in this report are management information and not official statistics. All data are sourced from Police Scotland internal systems and are cor- rect as of date of publication. Unless stated otherwise, numerical comparisons are against the comparable period in the preceding reporting year. CI William Graham Renfrewshire Area Commander SECTION PAGE NUMBER Introduction 2 Executive Summary 3 Demand Analysis 4 Antisocial Behaviour, Violence & Disorder 5 Protecting Vulnerable People 6 Serious and Organised Crime 7 Counter Terrorism and Domestic Extremism 7 Acquisitive Crime 8 Cyber and Digital Crime 8 Road Safety and Road Crime 9 Public Confidence - Complaints & Allegations 10 Recent Initiatives and Results 11 Forthcoming Initiatives 11 Page 6 of 26
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3 OFFICIAL OFFICIAL PRIORITY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Overall violent crime has increased by 9.9% on the previous year, with a total of 890 crimes recorded in the reporting period. A greater number of murders, robberies, common assaults and threats and extortion were recorded as compared to last year. The detection rate for overall crimes of violence is 62.9%, a fall of 5.6% on the previous year. 181 sexual crimes have been recorded in Renfrewshire in the reporting period, three less than the previous year. However 20 more rapes / attempted rapes were recorded. The detection rate for sexual crimes has decreased by 12.6 percentage points, to 61.3%. Overall crimes of dishonesty have increased by 21.3%, with common theft, shoplifting and fraud (three of the highest volume acquisitive crimes) all continuing to rise. The detection rate achieved was 35.0%, an increase on the previous year of 6.7%. Over 40% of crimes tagged with the ‘cybercrime’ marker recorded in the current reporting year were acquisitive crimes, most commonly online frauds. Intelligence led policing resulted in 66 drugs detections in the current year, a rise of four on the previous reporting year. In Renfrewshire & In- verclyde Division, serious and organised criminals were deprived of £1,294,784 in cash and assets through use of the Proceeds of Crime Act. Two Serious and Organised Crime Group principal members and 41 SOCG associates were arrested in the current reporting year. Overall, road casualties have fallen by 23, to a total of 41. Offences re- lating to motor vehicles have fallen by 10.7% on the previous year, to a total of 1,284. The detection rate for offences relating to motor vehicles is 85.7%. RENFREWSHIRE POLICING PRIORITIES 2023/26 POLICE SCOTLAND’S POLICING PRIORITIES 2023/24 Protecting vulnerable people Renfrewshire & Inverclyde Division continues to support a multi-agency approach to reduce drug deaths, to engage with Scottish Govern- ment and stakeholders to influence approach- es to supporting individuals with complex men- tal health needs, and to work in partnership to develop local effective and efficient pathways to support vulnerable people. Working with communities The Division continues to support this Police Scotland priority and to develop strategic part- nerships to find synergy in policy making and shared resources. Police in Renfrewshire rec- ognise the importance of engaging with com- munities to understand their needs, and strive to support innovation in local partnership set- tings. Tackling crime in the digital age Police in Renfrewshire continue to benefit from the support of specialised Police Scotland units such as the Cybercrime Unit and the Economic Crime and Financial Investigation Unit, amongst others. There are continued efforts to ensure our Officers have the training, re- sources and equipment needed to tackle the threat arising from cyber related criminality and technological advancement. Support for operational policing Renfrewshire Police continue to link in closely with Police Scotland’s Corporate Services who enable and support operational resources to deliver against the strategic priorities and their outcomes. Significant developments arising from the Digitally Enabled Policing Programme which have resulted in direct benefits to Ren- frewshire Police include the National Network / Project ADEL, the rollout of mobile devices and the suite of applications delivered via Core Op- erational Systems (COS). Page 7 of 26
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4 OFFICIAL OFFICIAL DEMAND ANALYSIS PYTD - PREVIOUS YEAR TO DATE CYTD - CURRENT YEAR TO DATE CRIME PYTD CYTD INCIDENTS PYTD CYTD Total Crimes & Offences 6,304 6,303 Total number of incidents 21,574 23,108 The volume of recorded crime and offences has remained the same, however, with a rise in recorded crimes of violence, crimes of non-sexual violence and crimes of dishonesty. Record- ed police incidents have increased by 7.1%, however remain 2.6% below five year average figures. Page 8 of 26
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5 OFFICIAL OFFICIAL VIOLENCE, ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND DISORDER Violence Overall violent crime has increased by 9.9% on the previous year, with a total of 890 crimes recorded in the reporting period. A greater number of murders, robberies, common assaults and threats and extortion were recorded as compared to last year. The detection rate for overall crimes of violence is 62.9%, a fall of 5.6% on the previous year. Disorder and Antisocial Behaviour 55 wilful fireraising crimes have been recorded— a decrease of 6.8% on the previous year. The current detection rate is 12.7%, a drop of 7.6 percentage points on the previous year. Advice continues to be issued to all householders regarding the dangers of leaving combus- tible items in common close areas. Meanwhile, recorded vandalism crimes have fallen by 18.2% on the previous year, to a total of 435 crimes in the reporting period. Hate Crime 13 more hate incidents have been recorded in Renfrewshire in the reporting period (n=117) compared to the same period in 2022/23. 100 of these incidents resulted in a crime being recorded, an increase of 19.0% on the previous year. The detection rate for hate crimes in Renfrewshire in the reporting period is 60.0%, up by 2.9 percentage points on last year. Page 9 of 26
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6 OFFICIAL OFFICIAL Sexual Crime 181 sexual crimes have been recorded in Renfrewshire in the reporting period, a decrease of 1.6% on the reported crime volume in the previous year. However, this included an increase of over 64% in the number of recorded rapes and attempted rapes. The detection rate for sexual crimes has decreased by 12.6 percentage points on the previous year, to 61.3%. 42 cyber-enabled sexual crimes were rec- orded in the reporting period, with a large proportion of these relating to indecent communications with children and sending sexual images to children, Missing People In the period April 2023 to August 2023, 298 missing person reports have been recorded in Renfrewshire, a significant decrease on the 389 reports in the same period in 2022/23. 297 of the missing people in the re- porting period were traced alive, with the remaining missing person being found deceased. Repeat missing persons continue to be a concern, with the top five repeat missing people (all of whom were aged 16 or un- der) featuring in a total of 54 incidents – over 18% of the overall total of missing person incidents in the re- porting period. Police Scotland remains committed to reducing harm related to people who go missing and continues to develop and implement key measures to ensure missing persons and their friends and family receive a consistently high level of service wherever the person has gone missing from. In Renfrewshire, over 65% of missing people were traced within 24 hours of being reported as missing, with this proportion rising to approximately 84% being traced within two days. Domestic Abuse Victims of domestic abuse remain one of Renfrewshire and Inverclyde Division’s top priorities. Recorded domestic abuse incidents in Renfrewshire increased by 3.2% on the previous year, to a total of 876. 44.0% of all recorded incidents resulted in a crime being recorded – a decrease of 4.6 percentage points on the previous year. The detection rate for domestic crime fell by 26.3 percentage points on the pre- vious year, to 55.2% in the reporting period. Drug Related Deaths 31 confirmed or suspected drugs related deaths occurred in Renfrewshire in the reporting period - an in- crease of two on the previous year. Toxicology results are awaited for all but one of the suspected DRDs in the reporting period. Although almost all of the toxicology results are still awaited, Cocaine and Valium con- tinue to be the most commonly suspected substances to be involved. Following the Naloxone introduction in 2022, Renfrewshire & Inverclyde Division commenced their divisional rollout in February 2023. The rollout incorporated all forward facing police resources. Approximately 92% of officers deployed in Renfrewshire have completed Naloxone training, and there have been five instances in the past five months where Naloxone has been deployed. PROTECTING VULNERABLE PEOPLE Page 10 of 26
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7 OFFICIAL OFFICIAL SERIOUS AND ORGANISED CRIME Intelligence led policing resulted in 66 drugs detections in the current year. This comprised of 58 detected drugs supply / possession with intent to supply crimes and eight crimes relating to the production, manufacture or cultivation of drugs. In Renfrewshire & Inverclyde Division, serious and organised criminals were deprived of £1,294,784 in cash and assets through use of the Proceeds of Crime Act - an increase of over 186% on the previous year’s POCA total. Two Serious and Organised Crime Group principal members and 41 SOCG associates were arrested in the Division in the current reporting year. Intelligence-driven stop and search continues to be utilised to proactively target serious and organised criminals, with this tactic resulting in 80 drugs seizures in Renfrewshire in the report- ing period, with 46% of these seizures relating to Class ‘A’ substances. Over 57% of the drug seizures occurred within the Paisley North West ward. COUNTER TERRORISM & DOMESTIC EXTREMISM At this time there is nothing to suggest that there is any specific threat to Scotland. However, the threat from Islam-ic, Northern Ireland and Right-wing terrorism remains a serious threat. The terrorist threat picture in Scotland is diverse and complex with current investigative activity ongoing for activity linked to Islamist extremism, NIRT and ERWT. The threat from Self-Initiated Terrorists (S-ITs) continues to represent the most significant risk of a terrorist attack occurring in Scotland. Any terrorist attack in Scotland is most likely to be conducted by a S-IT using a low -sophistication methodology such as a bladed or blunt force weapon or vehicle as a weapon. The threat from S-ITs manifests in the form of their ability to successfully plan and conduct their attacks with little or no warning. This can be particularly challenging to detect and can be moti- vated by ideologies across the entire ideological spectrum, and on occasion with mixed or un- clear ideologies. Mental health issues are a persistent feature of investigations, and this grow- ing issue remains a risk in relation to S-IT activity. This continues to be evidenced across all threat areas, indicating how vulnerable individuals can be influenced by extremist narratives. Renfrewshire has an embedded CTLO (Counter Terrorist Liaison Officer) who provides expert guidance and support regarding emerging threats from national and international terrorism & Extremism. The CTLO has provided support, security advice and reassurance to locally elected representatives. CT Awareness and PREVENT training has been carried out over the last peri- od with partners and other agencies such as UWS staff, KIBBLE Paisley staff, ENGAGE, BAR- NARDO`S, WCS students. CTSA training was carried out with BRAEHEAD security and other shop staff. This consisted of national CT products such as ScAN and ACT. At the Glynhill Hotel in K Division a PROTECT CT Exercise was carried out with key managers from Renfrewshire council in attendance. Further CT Awareness and PREVENT training is planned over the com- ing months with ENGAGE, BEACONS Art centre staff, Domestic staff at Renfrewshire council. A CT PREVENT Presentation was given to all Head teachers in Renfrewshire with a view of additional CT Awareness training being provided to all school teachers and further details of the PREVENT referral process over the coming period. A Safe Steeple event by CT Emergency planning is being held at the Beacons Art centre Inverclyde with key partners invited. K Division has seen a 22% increase in referrals made to PREVENT since CT Awareness and PREVENT training has begun in 2021. K Division currently has 3 PREVENT nominals that are managed by the Prevent Delivery Unit. Work continues with all Op Bridger and Op Sandbed nominals in K Division with all addresses being offered security surveys and markers added to police sys- tems. Page 11 of 26
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8 OFFICIAL OFFICIAL ACQUISITIVE CRIME Overall crimes of dishonesty have increased by 21.3%, with common theft, shoplifting and fraud (three of the highest volume acquisitive crimes) all continuing to rise. The detection rate achieved was 35.0%, an increase on the previous year of 6.7%. 478 shoplifting crimes have been recorded – an increase of 41.4% on the previous year. The detection rate has risen by 4.6 percentage points to 59.6%. Housebreaking crimes (including attempts) decreased by 1.0% on the previous year, to a total of 98 crimes. HB crimes involved dwelling houses in Renfrewshire have risen by over 4% on the previous year. The HB detection rate is 16.3%, a decrease of 2.2 percentage points. Acquisitive crimes targeting motor vehicles have risen by 15.1% on the previous year, to a total of 137 crimes. Theft from a motor vehicle accounts for the highest proportion of motor vehicle crime (n=61). There continues to be a focus on proactive response and preventative work in Renfrewshire & Inverclyde Division to tackle the emerging trend of the keyless thefts of motor vehicles. The motor vehicle acquisitive crime detection rate is 36.5%, a decrease of 3 percent- age points on the previous year. CYBER & DIGITAL CRIME Cyber-enabled crime continues to impact on the communities of Renfrewshire, with analysis suggesting that cyber-enabled frauds remain the most commonly recorded type of cybercrime in Renfrewshire in the reporting period. Over 40% of all reported cybercrimes in Renfrewshire were acquisitive crimes. A range of online frauds and attempted fraud methods continue to be reported, including suspects posing as bank employees in order to gain access to complainer’s online bank accounts and online devices. Other crimes reported were internet order frauds and social engineering frauds in which suspects used messaging apps to contact complainers while purporting to be a relative in need of financial assistance, in order to fraudulently induce online payments to be sent to them. Over 30% of the overall number of recorded cybercrimes were miscellaneous offences includ- ing threatening and abusive communications, while cyber-enabled sexual offences constituted around 12% of the total. Just under 10% of cybercrimes in Renfrewshire were cyber enabled sexual-extortion crimes. Page 12 of 26
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9 OFFICIAL OFFICIAL ROAD SAFETY AND ROAD CRIME Road Traffic Casualties 2022/23 2023/24 Number of persons killed on our roads 1 1 Number of persons seriously injured 24 19 Number of persons slightly injured 36 18 Number of children seriously injured 3 3 Road Traffic Data from 01/04/2023 to 31/08/2023 Overall, road casualties have fallen by 23 on the previous year, to a total of 41. Road fatalities remained the same at one year-on-year, serious injuries have fallen from 24 to 19, while slight injuries have fallen by 18, to a total of 18. While no children have been killed on Renfrew- shire’s roads, three have been seriously injured in the current reporting year - the same figure as last year. Offences relating to motor vehicles have fallen by 10.7% on the previous year, to a total of 1,284. The detection rate for offences relating to motor vehicles is 85.7%, a fall of 1.7 percent- age points on the previous year. Drink and drug driving offences have decreased by 22.3% on the previous year, to a total of 73. While speeding offences have fallen from 244 last year to 222 this year, a drop of 9.0%. Page 13 of 26
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10 OFFICIAL OFFICIAL PUBLIC CONFIDENCE: COMPLAINTS & USER SATISFACTION COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE POLICE From 01/04/2023 - 31/08/2023 A total of 89 complaint cases and 119 allegations have been received in Renfrewshire in the reporting period. 83 allegations were ‘On Duty’ with a further 36 relating to quality of service. PUBLIC CONFIDENCE From 01/04/2023 - 31/08/2023 80.8% of respondents to the ‘Your Police’ survey reported that they felt very or fairly safe in their local area. 30.4% agreed, or strongly agreed that they had confidence in the police in their local area. 29.8% of Renfrewshire respondents felt that the police were doing a good job in the local area. While 40.4% strongly agreed that they had respect for the local police. Your Police survey results indicate that some local residents continue to feel Renfrewshire Police could be doing better by having more officers on patrol and more visibility. Issues which were highlighted which continue to cause concern in the local community include antisocial behaviour by youths, speeding motorists, drug dealing and a lack of police resources. Page 14 of 26
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11 OFFICIAL OFFICIAL LOCAL POLICING PRIORITY OUTCOMES – CASE STUDIES The partnerships team have an Inspector in post who is committed to developing and strength- ening partnership working in Renfrewshire. One focus for the team is supporting vulnerable people particularly in relation to missing episodes. Recently a missing person co-ordinator role has been created with an officer dedicated to supporting the public and partners. Ongoing work with the RAH continues along with continued and well established engagement with Kibble. A joint application between Kibble and Police Scotland secured assistance from the National Missing persons charity who are in the process of delivering additional training to Kibble staff, with the view of reducing missing episodes. The partnership teams are currently delivering training to Dykebar, Charleston Centre and addictions services with the offer of ongoing re- fresher training. This provides information on staff responsibilities and police procedures which aims to strengthen relationships and reduce periods of missing. Work is also ongoing with our cadre of supervisors and Inspectors to keep them apprised of the ongoing work by the preven- tions team. We are still continuing prevention work to deter vehicle crime incidents with a recent event at Asda, Linwood which was very well received. Organisations/locations who have an high popu- lation of our elderly community have received visits from the team to discuss doorstep scams, cyber-crime and frauds. In addition the team did some promotional work at financial premises speaking to people on the risks of financial harm and around 250 students at West college were met by the team to discuss the dangers of Sextortion. To target acquisitive crime, the team have visited every fuel station in Renfrewshire engaging staff, managers and business owners with crime prevention advice and promoting the civil re- covery scheme through the government. This allows retailers to report and reclaim funds for customers who forget to pay for fuel rather than reporting to Police on every occasion and which then keeps reports to police of purely criminal instances. This has proved positive with reduced reporting noted. FORTHCOMING INITIATIVES With the work ongoing with partners on missing person instances we are hoping to roll out training for partners to enter intelligence onto an online system which is then directed straight to our Intelligence team. This work is in the early stages however is an ideal opportunity to cap- ture intelligence that may have otherwise been lost. The preventions team are planning to deliv- er inputs to all care establishments in Renfrewshire on the not at home procedure along with the Philomena process. This is to ensure consistency, give staff reassurance and of course of- fer the best possible response to missing person incidents of children in a care setting. The team delivered this training to establishments in Inverclyde which was well received and report- ing has decreased. On the run up to Fireworks night the team have already started engagement with colleagues in SFRS and the local authority youth workers where joint inputs will be delivered to High Schools in Renfrewshire. We have a joint safety letter which will be circulated to schools for emailing to parents and we are planning on running an article with partners in local media to highlight safe- ty messages. We plan to conduct joint visits with Trading standards to engage with retailers and promote the joint working to keep people of Renfrewshire safe. Page 15 of 26
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Renfrewshire Performance Report 1st July 2023 - 30th September 2023 Q2 saw an increase of Item 2 Page 17 of 26
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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 Page 18 of 26
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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 Page 19 of 26
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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 Page 20 of 26
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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 Page 21 of 26
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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% Page 22 of 26
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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 Page 23 of 26
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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 Page 24 of 26
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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% Page 25 of 26
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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% Page 26 of 26