Draft London Safety Plan 2010/2013 - Fire Brigades Union London

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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Councillor Brian Coleman AM FRSA, Chairman, London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority ..................................................................................................................................4 FOREWORD Ron Dobson, Commissioner for Fire and Emergency Planning............................................5 SECTION 1 - ABOUT US AND THIS PLAN ........................................................................................7 The Fire Authority and the Fire Brigade ...........................................................................................................7 The London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority........................................................................................................... 7 The London Fire Brigade ................................................................................................................................................. 7 The government’s requirements ....................................................................................................................8 The Mayor’s priorities...................................................................................................................................8 The Mayor’s Strategies .................................................................................................................................9 The economic context ..................................................................................................................................9 Looking further ahead ..................................................................................................................................9 Sustainability and climate change .................................................................................................................10 Our aims and values...................................................................................................................................10 SECTION 2 – UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING RISKS ................................................................. 11 Our approach to risk ..................................................................................................................................11 Preparing for emergency incidents ...............................................................................................................11 Positioning fire stations and fire engines.......................................................................................................................... 11 Supporting large incidents............................................................................................................................................. 12 Responding to complex buildings and structures ............................................................................................13 A changing London....................................................................................................................................14 Our prevention priorities.............................................................................................................................14 Mapping our prevention priorities .................................................................................................................................. 15 Our approach to prevention ........................................................................................................................16 Targeting our prevention work ....................................................................................................................16 Fires ........................................................................................................................................................................... 16 fires in dwellings .......................................................................................................................................................... 17 fires in non-domestic buildings ...................................................................................................................................... 17 Deliberate (or unknown) outdoor fires ............................................................................................................................ 18 Deliberate (or unknown) vehicle fires ............................................................................................................................. 18 False alarms from automatic fire alarm systems................................................................................................................. 18 People shut in liftS........................................................................................................................................................ 19 Malicious false alarms (hoax calls) .................................................................................................................................. 19 Transport incidents (including road traffic accidents) ........................................................................................................ 20 Delivering Home Fire Safety Visits.................................................................................................................................. 20 Fire Safety Regulation.................................................................................................................................21 Targeting buildings most at risk...................................................................................................................................... 21 Fire safety in residential property, including high rise premises .......................................................................................... 22 Guidance on carrying out risk assessments ...................................................................................................................... 22 Enforcement method and responsibility .......................................................................................................................... 22 LFEPA enforcement activity for residential premises ......................................................................................................... 22 Enforcement options .................................................................................................................................................... 23 The use of formal action ................................................................................................................................................ 23 Public interest factors ................................................................................................................................................... 23 SECTION 3 – WHAT WE PLAN TO DO .......................................................................................... 25 PREVENTION, PROTECTION AND RESPONSE..............................................................................................25 Protecting Londoners ................................................................................................................................................... 25 2
Operational improvements ............................................................................................................................................ 25 London Local Authority Co-ordination Centre ................................................................................................................. 26 Business continuity management ................................................................................................................................... 27 Business continuity planning for operational service delivery ............................................................................................. 27 Olympic and Paralympic Games ..................................................................................................................................... 28 National Regional Control Centres (FiRe Control) ............................................................................................................. 28 Our headline targets ..................................................................................................................................29 Our Priorities ............................................................................................................................................................... 30 AIM 1 – PREVENTION ...............................................................................................................................30 AIM 2 – PROTECTION ...............................................................................................................................31 AIM 3 – RESPONSE ...................................................................................................................................32 RESOURCES, PEOPLE AND PRINCIPLES ......................................................................................................33 Fire station major improvements .................................................................................................................................... 33 Fire station facilities ...................................................................................................................................................... 33 A modern apprenticeship scheme and employing young offenders .................................................................................... 34 Future options for delivering training .............................................................................................................................. 34 Sustainability ............................................................................................................................................................... 35 AIM 4 – RESOURCES.................................................................................................................................36 AIM 5 – PEOPLE........................................................................................................................................37 AIM 6 – PRINCIPLES..................................................................................................................................38 SECTION 4 – HOW EFFICIENT WE ARE ......................................................................................... 39 How efficient are we?.................................................................................................................................39 How do we compare with similar fire services.................................................................................................39 Why we need so many fire engines ..............................................................................................................40 Would we be more efficient if we worked more with our neighbouring fire brigades ............................................40 What other efficiencies have we achieved .....................................................................................................40 Better Value..............................................................................................................................................41 SECTION 5 – WHAT YOU HAVE TOLD US YOU WANT .................................................................... 42 Delivering efficiency and value for money .....................................................................................................42 What have we learned from our external colleagues? ......................................................................................42 Customer and stakeholder feedback.............................................................................................................42 Internal engagement ..................................................................................................................................42 Total Place................................................................................................................................................42 HOW WE ARE GOING TO CONSULT ON OUR PLANS ...................................................................... 43 About our consultation ...............................................................................................................................43 What happens next? ..................................................................................................................................43 For more information..................................................................................................................................43 APPENDIX OUR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK 3
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Page 7 and 8: SECTION 1 - ABOUT US AND THIS PLAN
Page 9 and 10: through the GLA Group responsible p
Page 11 and 12: SECTION 2 - UNDERSTANDING AND MANAG
Page 13 and 14: this incident was taking place. We
Page 15 and 16: MAPPING OUR PREVENTION PRIORITIES T
Page 17 and 18: FIRES IN DWELLINGS We attend around
Page 19 and 20: Around 20 percent of our calls to f
Page 21 and 22: We will however need to set our tar
Page 23 and 24: other enforcement actions (both for
Page 25 and 26: SECTION 3 - WHAT WE PLAN TO DO PREV
Page 27 and 28: This and other incidents in London
Page 29 and 30: OUR HEADLINE TARGETS The five-year
Page 31 and 32: AIM 2 - PROTECTION Influencing and
Page 33 and 34: RESOURCES, PEOPLE AND PRINCIPLES De
Page 35 and 36: the increased use of computer-based
Page 37 and 38: AIM 5 - PEOPLE Working together to
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Page 41 and 42: annual efficiency savings of £110m
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APPENDIX OUR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
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OUR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWOR
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