Item 7b - Fire and Rescue WD 23 24 Q3
West Dunbartonshire Council · 28 February 2024
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West Dunbartonshire Performance Report Q3 - 1st October 2023 - 31st December 2023 Annick ITEM 7b
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West Dunbartonshire Performance Report Table of Contents Local Fire and Rescue Service Plan Priorities 3 WestDunbartonshire 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 2
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7 0 1 11 0 9 9 1 1 17 3 19 4 0 0 5 1 1 4 0 0 3 1 1 4 1 1 8 4 3 6 0 0 5 3 9 34 2 3 49 12 42 89% 0% -57% 9% 100% -69% 14% 0% -16% -29% 16% -19% 11% 18% 9% 15% 43% 9% Year on Year Change 3 Year Average Change 5 Year Average Change Clydebank Central Clydebank Waterfront Dumbarton Kilpatrick Leven Lomond Total Incidents Local Fire and Rescue Service Plan Priorities Accidental Dwelling Fires Accidental Dwelling Fire Casualties Non- Domestic Fire Safety Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals Unintentional Injury and Harm Deliberate Fire Setting The Local Fire and Rescue Service Plan has been developed to set out the priorities and objectives within West Dunbartonshire and allows our local authority partners to scrutinise the performance outcomes of these priorities. We will continue to work closely with our partners in West Dunbartonshire 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 West Dunbartonshire`sCommunity 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 West Dunbartonshireidentified 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. * Regarding 3 Year Average and 5 Year Average percentages. These values indicate the percentage change between the current 3 or 5 year average and the previous 3 or 5 year average. The value does not reflect the difference between the current quarter against the 3 or 5 year average. Activity levels have reduced by more than 5% Activity levels have reduced by up to 5% Activity levels have increased overall 3
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West Dunbartonshire Activity Summary 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 129 161 110 80 99 56 56 80 95 71 179 192 207 208 115 364 409 397 383 285Total Incidents All Special Services All False Alarms All Fires 0 100 200 300 400 500 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Total Incidents All Fires All Special Services All False Alarms 31% 18% 51% 35% 25% 40% All Fires All Special Services All False Alarms Incidents by Classification Annual Average 5 Year Average 14.74% 12.63% 12.28% 11.93% 9.47% 9.12% 6.67% 5.26% 4.21% 2.46% 2.11% 1.75% 1.75% 1.05% 0.70% False Alarm (UFAS) False Alarm (Dwelling) False Alarm (Good Intent) Dwelling Fire Refuse Fire Special Service - Effecting entry/exit Outdoor Fire Special Service - Flooding Other Building Fire Special Service - RTC Special Service - No action (not… Vehicle Fire Special Service - Assist other… Special Service - Animal assistance… False Alarm (Malicious) Top 15 Incident Types by % of Total Incidents West Dunbartonshire OperationalTrends 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 99 fires primary & secondary special services71 false alarms 115 -45% totalnumber of incidents 285 -26% 24% fire & non-fire casualties 11 -27% economiccost of ufas incidents £82,740 Activityby Time of Day -25% (19) (-24) (-93) (-98) (-4) 4
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89% 14% 11% Main Source of Ignition Year on Year 3 Year Average* 5 Year Average* Domestic Safety - Accidental Dwelling Fires Domesti Detection Present 82.4% 82.1% Detection Actuated Calls Made via Linked Alarms 79.4% 20 6 4 2 2 Cooking appliance Other/Other Domestic Appliance/ Other Equipment/ Industrial Equip Electricity supply Not known Smoking Related 20 24 27 18 34 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 64.7% 8.8% 44.1% 76.5% No FirefightingAction Direct Firefighting Heat/SmokeDamage Only Nofire Damage Alcohol/Drug Impairment 11.8% Distraction 32.4% 01 0203 04 05 06 07 08 09 101112131415 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 20.6% Clydebank Waterfront 26.5% 11.8% Dumbarton Kilpatrick Leven Lomond 11.8% 11.8% 17.6% Clydebank Central Performance Summary AccidentalDwelling Fires to Date Main Source of Ignition Accidental Dwelling Fires by Time of Day Severity of Accidental Dwelling Fires Human Factors Automatic Detection & Actuation AccidentalDwelling Fires Activity by Ward (% share) (7) (9) (4) (4) (4) (6) (22) (3) (15) (26) (11) (4) (28) (23) (27) 5
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0% 0% 18% Year on Year 3 Year Average* 5 Year Average* Domestic Safety - Accidental Dwelling Fire Casualties Burns - slight 50.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Breathing difficulties 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 1 0 - 9 10 - 19 20 - 49 50 - 79 80+ Male 0% Female 100% 6 2 2 2 2 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Clydebank Central 0.0% Clydebank Waterfront 50.0% 0.0% Dumbarton Kilpatrick Leven Lomond 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% Unintentional Injury or 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 101112131415 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 First Aid at Scene Hospital -Serious Injuries Hospital-Slight Injuries Fatality Performance Summary Fire Casualties by Time of Day AccidentalDwelling Fire Casualties Year to Date Nature of Injury Extent of Harm Age / Gender Profile Accidental Dwelling Fire Casualties by Ward (% share) (0) (1) (0) (0) (1) (0) (2) (0) (0) (0) 50.0% 6
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-57% -16% 9% Year on Year 3 Year Average* 5 Year Average* Unintentional Injury or Harm Chest / Abdominal injury Collapse Back / Neck injury Fracture Hypothermia Bruising/Cuts/Lac erations 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 0 0 0 2 00 0 0 1 0 0 - 9 10 - 19 20 - 49 50 - 79 80+ Male 67% Female 33% Clydebank Central Clydebank Waterfront 33.3% 0.0% Dumbarton Kilpatrick Leven Lomond 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 33.3% Road Traffic Collision Water Rescue Assisting Other Agencies 66.7% 0.0% 33.3% 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 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Fatality 66.7% 10 7 11 7 3 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Deliberate Performance Summary Non-Fire Casualties Year to Date Non-Fire Casualties by Time of Day Nature of Injury Extent of Harm Non-FireEmergency Activity Age / Gender Profile Non-FireCasualties by Ward (% share) (1) (1) (0) (0) (1) (0) (0)(2) (2) (0) (0) (0) (1) 7
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9% -29% 15% Year on Year 3 Year Average* 5 Year Average* Deliberate Fire Setting Clydebank Central Clydebank Waterfront 34.7% 10.2% Dumbarton Kilpatrick Leven Lomond 6.1% 16.3% 10.2% 22.4% 91 117 70 45 49 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 11.0% 17.1% 11.4% 13.3% 10.2% 89.0% 82.9% 88.6% 86.7% 89.8% 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 Primary Secondary 0 1 3 1 Other Buildings Dwellings Vehicles Other Primary 26 18 Refuse Other Secondary 364 409 397 383 285 81 97 62 39 44 0 200 400 600 0 200 400 600 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 All Incidents Deliberate Secondary Fires Non Performance Summary Deliberate Fires Year to Date Deliberate Firesby Time of Day Deliberate Firesby Classification Primary Fire Ratio by Activity Type Secondary Fire Ratio by Activity Type Deliberate Fires Compared to Operational Activity Deliberate Fires by Ward (% share) (11) (17) (5) (3) (8) (5) 8
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100% 16% 43% Year on Year 3 Year Average* 5 Year Average* Non Domestic Fire Safety 9 9 4 6 12 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Clydebank Central Clydebank Waterfront 25.0% 8.3% Dumbarton Kilpatrick Leven Lomond 8.3% 33.3% 25.0% 0.0% 83% 9% 8% Accidental Deliberate Not Known 50.0% 41.7% 33.3% 58.3% No FirefightingAction Direct Firefighting Heat/SmokeDamage No FireDamage 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 Other Residential/Hotel/Motel/Sh… Retail, Large Supermarket/ Retail, Single Shop Non Residetial, Private Garage/ Non Residential… Hospitals and medical care, Hospital Residential Home, Retirement/Elderly Education, Pre School/nursery Entertainment and culture, Library Non Residential, Private Summer house Unwanted 01 0203 04 05 06 07 08 09 101112131415 16 17 18 19 20 21 2223 00Performance Summary Non-Domestic Fires Year to Date Non-Domestic Firesby Time of Day Non-Domestic Fires by Nature of Origin Non-Domestic Fires by Ward (% share) Severity of Non-DomesticFires Non-Domestic Fires by Premises Type (0) (3) (1) (1) (4) (3) (6) (5) (4) (7) 9
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-69% -19% 9% Year on Year 3 Year Average* 5 Year Average* Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals 106 113 123 136 42 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Clydebank Clydebank Waterfront 45.2% 2.4% Dumbarton Kilpatrick Leven Lomond 2.4% 7.1% 21.4% 21.4% 18 16 4 2 2 Residential Home, Nursing/Care/Retirement/Elder ly Hospitals and medical care, Hospital Residential Home, Childrens/ Sheltered Not Self Contained/Other Warehouses & Bulk Storage/ Retail - Shopping Centre Education Other, Other Residential, Hotel/Motel 15% UFAS Percentage Against all Incidents UFAS Percentage Against all False Alarms 37% Human Influenceand Alarm Activations 35.7% 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 22 23 00 Performance Summary Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals Year to Date Unwanted Fire AlarmSignals by Ward (% share) Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals by Time of Day Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals- Top 5 Premises Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals Activity Ratios Average UnwantedFire Alarm Signals per Day (9) (19) (1) (1) (3) (9) 10