1. Public Consultation Service Redesign Proposal 2014

2. Introduction: Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service is required to save around £2.4 million pounds over a four year period, that equates to 12% of its overall funding. As part of these savings we have had to look at how we can deliver frontline services differently. The response model improves our current emergency response standard. If implemented we will respond to serious incidents in rural areas within 10 minutes on 80% of occasions. That has reduced our current response time by half and means that if you live in a small town or village anywhere in the county you will receive the same level of response as our large urban centres. Change is always difficult, however we would reassure the public in Warwickshire that this would not impact on our priorities: Protect the public Protect our firefighters Do our very best Rob Moyney Area Commander Operational Response

3. Background & Context: Key Aims The key aims of the proposed delivery model are to: o Improve outcomes to the community o Maintain high levels of Training and Operational equipment to keep our Firefighters safe o Redesign the Service o Save money

4. Background & Context: Savings Implementation o The Service Redesign proposal is based on a plan to achieve a target saving of £2.4m over a four year period o This consultation focusses on the implementation required within years 1 & 2 o Further implementation detail of years 3 & 4 is dependant on review and validation at the end of years 1 & 2 Service Redesign Proposal Savings YearSavings £000 Stage 1 (Years 1 & 2) 2014/15530 2015/16733

5. Background & Context: WFRS contribution target of £2.4m over four years towards the WCC overall savings target means a reduction in staff numbers … which requires a new Delivery Model That incorporates an amended wholetime duty system and is supported by appropriate vehicles, equipment and managerial structures

6. Background & Context: Current Fire Engines Pumps DayPumps Night Wholetime (WT) Shift 88 Wholetime (WT) Day Crewed 22 Retained Duty System (RDS) 12 TOTALS22 o Wholetime (WT) fire stations maintain fire engine availability by operating either shift crewed or day crewed systems o Retained Duty System (RDS) fire stations facilitate fire engine availability using on call firefighters

7. Background & Context: Current Fire Stations Pumps Wholetime (WT) Nuneaton2 Rugby2 Leamington Spa2 Stratford1 WT + 1 RDS Alcester1 Day Crewed Atherstone1 WT + 1 RDS Coleshill1 WT + 1 RDS Retained (RDS) Bedworth1 Polesworth1 Kenilworth1 Southam1 Fenny Compton1 Shipston on Stour1 Bidford1 Henley in Arden1 Wellesbourne1

8. The 2 year savings target will require the removal of: o 30 Wholetime (WT) posts o 5 Fire Control Room Officer posts WTRDS (FTE) Current Establishment 230 114 £1.3m savings, 2 year savings target 200114 Background & Context: Operational Staff

9. Activity Levels: Life Risk Incidents Life Risk P1 & P2 Incidents Non Life Risk P3 & P4 Incidents Incidents in Warwickshire 2011 - 2012 Priority Level ExamplesNo. of Incidents P1 Highest Priority Building fire, persons reported Road Traffic Collision, persons trapped 1441 P2 Building fire P3 Vehicle fire 5851 P4 Small fire in the open P5 Lowest Priority Fire believed to be already out

10. Location of P1 & P2 Incidents Heat Map Activity Levels: Life Risk Incidents Incidents in Warwickshire 2011 - 2012

11. Activity Levels: Engine Availability Average RDS Engine Availability compared to Incident Demand … by hour of day Average RDS appliance availability Time of Day Number of incidents Appliances with full crew available to respond to life risk incidentsIncident hourly profile

12. Activity Levels: Conclusion By analysing activity levels and incident demand we have found that: o Retained (RDS) appliance availability is reduced during the day o Maximum number of appliances are available when incident activity is at its lowest o Operational staff capacity needs to be aligned with incident demand o Single appliance locations are required to achieve better response times across the whole County o Both Whole-time (WT) and Retained (RDS) duty systems are required to achieve a flexible response

13. Proposed Response Model The overall aim of the proposed Response Model is to: o Provide a quicker response to life risk incidents such as building fires and road traffic collisions (RTCs) across the whole of the County o Maintain the current response of 10 minutes to urban areas o Significantly improve the response times within rural areas (currently 20 minutes) o Enable the Fire and Rescue Service to achieve a target saving of £1.3m over a two year period

14. Proposed Response Model: Duty Systems Response Model – Duty Systems WT WT staff operating a 12 hour peak demand day shift WT staff operating a 12 hour night shift WT staff providing nucleus crewing at RDS locations RDS RDS staff crewing appliances with 24 hour availability RDS staff crewing appliances with 12 hour night time availability WT & RDS A strategic reserve staff pool to facilitate resilience pumps when required

15. o The proposed response model will be phased in over the next four years o Fire engines in the model are distributed across single vehicle locations to achieve geographic coverage o Following implementation of the response model, the effectiveness of response locations will be continually evaluated Proposed Response Model

16. Proposed Response Model: Response Locations Hubs Nuneaton Rugby Coleshill Leamington Stratford Response Point Bedworth Polesworth Atherstone Kenilworth Southam Fenny Shipston Bidford Alcester Henley Wellesbourne Proposed New Response Points Ryton on Dunsmore Gaydon

17. Proposed Response Model : Year 1, 2015, Available Fire Engines Available Pumps 2015 Pumps Hubs Nuneaton 2 WT (1 x 24hr, 1 x 12hr) Rugby 3 WT (2 x 24hr, 1 x 12hr) Coleshill 1 WT (24hr) + 1 RDS Leamington 4 WT (2 x 24hr, 2 x 12hr) Stratford 2 WT (1 x 24hr, 1 x 12hr) + 1 RDS Response Points Bedworth 1 RDS Polesworth 1 RDS Atherstone 1 RDS Kenilworth 1 RDS Southam 1 RDS Fenny 1 RDS Shipston 1 RDS Bidford 1 RDS Alcester (pump deployed from hub) Henley 1 RDS Wellesbourne 1 RDS Ryton on Dunsmore (pump deployed from hub) Gaydon (pump deployed from hub)

18. Response Model, Year 1, 2015 Day Model, Crewing Type Night Model, Crewing Type Vehicle Deployments NuneatonWT BedworthRDS Coleshill WT RDS 12 hour PolesworthRDS Atherstone WTPump deployed from Nuneaton Hub RDS 12 hour Rugby WT KenilworthRDS Leamington WT SouthamRDS FennyRDS ShipstonRDS Stratford WT RDS 12 hour BidfordRDS AlcesterWTPump deployed from Stratford Hub HenleyRDS Wellesbourne WTPump deployed from Leamington Hub RDS Ryton on DunsmoreWT Pump deployed from Rugby Hub GaydonWT Pump deployed from Leamington Hub Total WT127 Total RDS912 Total Pumps2119 Proposed Response Model : Year 1, 2015, Dynamic Dispersal

19. Proposed Response Model: 2015 Year 1, Day

20. Proposed Response Model: 2015 Year 1, Night

21. Proposed Response Model : Year 2, 2016, Overview Because of changes in the numbers of whole-time firefighters, to achieve the required savings, year 2 sees the introduction of: o An additional RDS fire engine at Rugby o A change at the Leamington hub from 4 to 3 whole-time fire engines

22. Available Pumps 2016 Pumps Hubs Nuneaton 2 WT (1 x 24hr, 1 x 12hr) Rugby 3 WT (2 x 24hr, 1 x 12hr) + 1 RDS Coleshill 1 WT (24hr) + 1 RDS Leamington 3 WT (2 x 24hr, 1 x 12hr) Stratford 2 WT (1 x 24hr, 1 x 12hr) + 1 RDS Response Points Bedworth 1 RDS Polesworth 1 RDS Atherstone 1 RDS Kenilworth 1 RDS Southam 1 RDS Fenny 1 RDS Shipston 1 RDS Bidford 1 RDS Alcester(pump deployed from hub) Henley 1 RDS Wellesbourne 1 RDS Ryton on Dunsmore(pump deployed from hub) Gaydon(pump deployed from hub) Proposed Response Model : Year 2, 2016, Available Fire Engines

23. Response Model, Year 2, 2016 Day Model, Crewing Type Night Model, Crewing Type Vehicle Deployments NuneatonWT BedworthRDS Coleshill WT RDS 12 hour PolesworthRDS Atherstone WTPump deployed from Nuneaton Hub RDS 12 hour Rugby WT RDS 12 hour KenilworthRDS LeamingtonWT SouthamRDS FennyRDS ShipstonRDS Stratford WT RDS 12 hour BidfordRDS AlcesterWTPump deployed from Stratford Hub HenleyRDS Wellesbourne WTPump deployed from Leamington Hub RDS Ryton on DunsmoreWT Pump deployed from Rugby Hub GaydonWT Pump deployed from Leamington Hub Total WT117 Total RDS913 Total Pumps20 Proposed Response Model : Year 2, 2016, Dynamic Dispersal

24. Proposed Response Model: 2016 Year 2, Day

25. Proposed Response Model: 2016 Year 2, Night

26. Response Model: Resilience Arrangements o Availability of 20 fire engines at all times will be achieved by maintaining a strategic reserve, crewed by firefighters that are recalled to duty o Mobilising of resilience appliances will be achieved within a 30 to 90 minute time period depending on the location of responding firefighters within the County.

27. Proposed Response Model : Performance The proposed model will: o Get a fire engine to life risk emergencies across the County within 10 minutes on 80% of occasions (which is an increase of 6% on current performance across the County) o Get a second fire engine to life risk emergencies across the County within 15 minutes on 80% of occasions

28. Response Model: Performance The proposed Response Model is designed to achieve a quicker response to life risk incidents such as building fires and road traffic collisions (RTCs) across the whole of the County and is benchmarked against 10 minute and 15 minute performance. Proposed Response Model Improved Performance Levels Current Response Stage 1 Model (Year2, 2016) 10 minute performance P1 + P2 Incidents attended within 10 minutes 74.0%81.8% 15 minute performance P1 + P2 Incidents attended within 15 minutes 94.0%97.2%

29. P1 & P2 Incidents, Building Fires & RTCs, by hour of day Time of Day Number of Incidents 64.5% of P1&P2s occur between 1000hrs and 2200hrs Wholetime Duty System: Demand… by hour of day

30. Property Fires (P1&P2) 1000 hrs to 2200 hrs (Day) Property Fires (P1&P2) 2200 hrs to 1000 hrs (Night) More RED persons reported 10:00 – 22:00 WT Duty System: Demand… by hour of day

31. RTCs (P1) 1000 hrs to 2200 hrs (Day) RTCs (P1) 2200 hrs to 1000 hrs (Night) More P1 RTCs 10:00 – 22:00 WT Duty System: Demand… by hour of day

32. WT Duty System: Conclusion By analysing activity levels and incident demand by hour of day we have found that we can: 1.Improve our initial response standards and fire engine availability by deploying whole-time firefighters at more response locations. 2.Have more fire engines and firefighters available between the peak hours of 10am and 10pm. 3.Match peaks in demand by changing firefighters shifts

33. Delivery Model Vehicles and Equipment Provide replacement fire appliances and equipment as required to support the model New Delivery Model: Support & Capacity Building Operational Training Deliver training systems to ensure well trained operational crews Management Structure Introduce a management structure to support and enhance the proposed response model

34. New Delivery Model: Implementation Timeline 2015 - 2016 YearActionSavings £000 Year 1 2015 (2014/15) Introduce WT duty system Adopt proposed response model Implement new response management structure Begin phased reduction of WT establishment by 15 posts Validate and review performance of implemented response model 530 Year 2 2016 (2015/16) Continue phased reduction of WT establishment by a further 15 posts Introduce a RDS fire engine at Rugby Reduce fire engines at the Leamington hub from 4 to 3 Validate and review performance of implemented response model 733