1. PREVENTING PROTECTINGRESPONDING ESSEX FIRE AUTHORITY Southend & Rochford Community Command Briefing

2. PREVENTING PROTECTINGRESPONDING ESSEX FIRE AUTHORITY The Service fire cover and community safety intervention work is managed through Seven Community Commands. Other centres around the County include Training Centres at Wethersfield, Witham and Orsett, Service Vehicle Workshops at Lexden, near Colchester, (maintaining 135 fire appliances and 146 cars and vans)

3. PREVENTING PROTECTINGRESPONDING ESSEX FIRE AUTHORITY Uttlesford & Braintree Colchester & Tendring Chelmsford & Maldon Harlow & Epping Southend & Rochford Thurrock & Brentwood Castle Point & Basildon Community Commands

4. PREVENTING PROTECTINGRESPONDING ESSEX FIRE AUTHORITY Fire Stations

5. PREVENTING PROTECTINGRESPONDING ESSEX FIRE AUTHORITY The Service has 51 fire stations (17 full- time and 34 part-time), strategically located to provide protection to all areas of the County. It has an establishment of 934 full-time firefighters, 483 part- time firefighters, 214 support staff and 38 Control staff.

6. PREVENTING PROTECTINGRESPONDING ESSEX FIRE AUTHORITY Principle Management Structure

7. PREVENTING PROTECTINGRESPONDING ESSEX FIRE AUTHORITY Fire Services Act 2004 The Fire and Rescue Services Act has recently been revised (The last wholesale revision having taken place in 1947) and came into force in its newest incarnation on the 7 th of September 2004.

8. PREVENTING PROTECTINGRESPONDING ESSEX FIRE AUTHORITY Fire Authorities apply Local Solutions that address both National and Local issues. The FRSNF includes areas for consideration and concludes with Fire & Rescue Service Targets, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) Priorities and a complete summary of the Best Value Performance Indicators (BVPI). National Framework Document (FRSNF) 2005/6

9. PREVENTING PROTECTINGRESPONDING ESSEX FIRE AUTHORITY Regional Workstreams Procuremen t Control Human Resources Training Common Services Resilience PREVENTING PROTECTINGRESPONDING

10. ESSEX FIRE AUTHORITY FRSNF Targets and ODPM Priorities Fire Public Service Agreement By 2010 reduce the number of accidental fire related deaths in the home by 20% and the number of deliberate fires by 10%

11. PREVENTING PROTECTINGRESPONDING ESSEX FIRE AUTHORITY Number of Injuries from Accidental Dwelling Fires Statistics for the Southend & Rochford Areas Number of Accidental Dwelling Fires

12. PREVENTING PROTECTINGRESPONDING ESSEX FIRE AUTHORITY Number of Hoax 999 Calls Number of False Alarms due to Apparatus Statistics for the Southend & Rochford Areas

13. PREVENTING PROTECTINGRESPONDING ESSEX FIRE AUTHORITY Number of RTCs Number of Deliberate FDR1 fires Statistics for the Southend & Rochford Areas

14. PREVENTING PROTECTINGRESPONDING ESSEX FIRE AUTHORITY Thank you for your time Have you any questions?