Andrew Dismore

Mutual assistance and LFB [1]

Question No: 2018/3259

Andrew Dismore

By neighbouring brigade, on how many occasions over the last 12 months, for each month, has mutual assistance been called upon to support LFB operations?

Written response from the Mayor

 

Changes to mobilisation arrangements were introduced in March 2018 which has reduced the number of times London Fire Brigade has called on over-the-border resource.

Based on the numbers of appliances mobilised, rather than incidents, the data requested is presented in the table below.

 

	2017		2018
	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May		Jun		Jul		Aug	Sep	Oct
County Brigade into London	78	109	58	75	42	46	48	52		119		67		54	58
Buckinghamshire		3	1	2			1			1		1			2
Essex	23	17	6	14	10	13	8	8		16		8		6	6
Hertfordshire	30	37	20	21	13	10	17	31		36		19		17	28
Kent	3	6	2	5		5	6	3		18		5		2	4
Royal Berkshire			4	5	4	1	1	2		4		1		4	5
Surrey	22	46	25	28	15	17	15	8		44		33		25	13

 

 

 

Mutual assistance and LFB [2]

Question No: 2018/3260

Andrew Dismore

By neighbouring brigade, on how many occasions over the last 12 months, for each month, has mutual assistance been given by LFB to support their operations?

Written response from the Mayor

 

Since the changes to the mobilisation arrangements in March 2018, there are now approximately the same number of mobilisation of county appliances into London as LFB appliances into counties in the long run.

Based on the numbers of appliances mobilised rather than incidents, the data requested is presented in the table below.

 

	2017		2018
	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
LFB into County	33	33	45	56	41	46	48	50	113	57	52	53
Buckinghamshire	8	12	8	7	5	6	6	7	17	7	2	4
Essex	13	12	21	28	20	17	24	22	33	23	29	18
Hertfordshire	1	3	1	4	2	2	1		5	3	10	3
Kent			4	3	6	7	4	4	10	8	4	15
Royal Berkshire	2	2	2	7	4	6	3	3	14	5	4	4
Surrey	9	4	9	7	4	8	10	14	34	11	3	9

 

Mutual assistance and LFB [3]

Question No: 2018/3261

Andrew Dismore

By neighbouring brigade, what has been the cost to LFB, for the last 12 months, of mutual assistance called upon to support LFB operations?

Written response from the Mayor

 

The table calculates the cost using the hourly charge rates and assumes that each appliance attended an incident for one hour. For incidents in 2017/18, the hourly recharge rate for each appliance was £328 (excl VAT) and in 2018/19 is £333 (excl VAT). This is subject to a reconciliation process with the neighbouring brigades which determines how long the fire engines were at each incident and varies the charge.

	Total cost
County Brigade into London	£ 266,588
Buckinghamshire	£ 3,633
Essex	£ 44,605
Hertfordshire	£ 92,302
Kent	£ 19,567
Royal Berkshire	£ 10,258
Surrey	£ 96,223

 

 

Mutual assistance and LFB [4]

Question No: 2018/3262

Andrew Dismore

By neighbouring brigade, what has been the income to LFB, for the last 12 months, of mutual assistance given by LFB to support their operations?

Written response from the Mayor

 

The information set out in the table below has been calculated on the same basis as the data provided in Mayor’s Question 2018/3261.

	Total cost
LFB into County	£ 207,751
Buckinghamshire	£ 29,437
Essex	£ 86,110
Hertfordshire	£ 11,600
Kent	£ 21,580
Royal Berkshire	£ 18,563
Surrey	£ 40,461

 

 

 

Fire cadets

Question No: 2018/3263

Andrew Dismore

What financial contribution is made by a) the London Fire Brigade, b) individual boroughs and c) any other bodies to the running of the Fire Cadets programme in London?

Written response from the Mayor

 

The Fire Cadets programme in London is funded through a combination of permanent funding from LFB and sponsorship received from local authorities and corporate sponsors.

For 2018/19, forecast costs for the programme are £549k. This is comprised of £192k permanent funding from London Fire Brigade (LFB), £123k from local authorities and other sponsors and £234k funding from LFB reserves to support setting up new units in boroughs across London. The reserves are made up of £89k from the London Safety Plan implementation fund and £145k from LFB Enterprises.

 

Using Vision data for public good

Question No: 2018/3264

Andrew Dismore

Is any work being done to present the data captured by Vision in an open system that can be integrated with other public sector data sets? Do you see any opportunities for preventative work using this information?

Written response from the Mayor

Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly

 

Local authority resilience review

Question No: 2018/3265

Andrew Dismore

In response to my question “Learning from Kensington and Chelsea’s response to the Grenfell Tower fire” (19 Oct 2018), you wrote that local authorities were working on capacity, capability and standardisation. What changes have been made to procedures since the Riordan/Ney review?

Written response from the Mayor

 

Work has progressed to establish consistent understanding of how the London Local Authority Gold Resolution is applied to support the London Local Authorities collective and coordinated response arrangements. This includes publishing additional guidance to Chief Executives including reference to available peer support during an incident, enhanced training for Local Authority Gold officers and the establishment of a London Local Authority Concept of Operations which underpins the development of a standardised approach to core local authority emergency response functions, such as control centre staff, on-scene liaison officers and staff working in emergency centres.

Attacks on firefighters

Question No: 2018/3266

Andrew Dismore

How many a) verbally abusive and b) physical attacks on firefighters have been recorded in 2018 to date, 2017, 2016 and 2015? If possible, please break this data down by borough.

Written response from the Mayor

 

Table 1 – Incidents, by year and borough, where an attack on firefighters is recorded

 

 

Notes: Data for 2018 to 3 November 2018

“Other” includes objects thrown, harassment, and other acts

 

Flammable cladding

Question No: 2018/3267

Andrew Dismore

Do you support the Institution of Occupational Health and Safety’s call for the forthcoming ban on flammable cladding to be applied to existing buildings, to projects currently underway, and to residential and non-residential buildings?

Written response from the Mayor

 

Yes. In August I responded to the Government’s consultation, pointing out that the ban will be meaningless for the majority of Londoners unless steps are taken to force the removal of combustible materials from existing buildings. Furthermore, I support a ban which applies to all new buildings, regardless of height or use.

 

Consequences of fireworks

Question No: 2018/3268

Andrew Dismore

How many a) injuries and b) callouts connected to fireworks and bonfires were recorded by LFB in the periods 3 Nov to 8 Nov 2016, 2 Nov to 7 Nov 2017, and 1 Nov to 6 Nov 2018?

Written response from the Mayor

 

Date Period	Incidents (i.e. ‘callouts’)	Injuries to members of the public	Injuries to LFB staff
03/11/2016 to 08/11/2016	26	0	5
02/11/2017 to 07/11/2017	28	0	1
01/11/2018 to 06/11/2018	23	0	0

 

 

LFB estates strategy

Question No: 2018/3269

Andrew Dismore

What discussions have you had with the London Fire Brigade about the disposal of their surplus estate?

Written response from the Mayor

 

London Fire Brigade has six surplus sites: the former fire station and headquarters at 8 Albert Embankment, the former Southwark Training Centre and fire station, the former fire stations at Clerkenwell, Mitcham and Bounds Green, and the basement and part ground floor of 206 Brompton Road. My Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience has regular conversations with the London Fire Commissioner and Brigade officers about the status of the sites

 

 

Fire safe and well visits (1)Question No: 2018/3270 Andrew Dismore How many Fire Safe and Well visits has the London Fire Brigade conducted in 2018 to date, 2017, 2016 and 2015? Please provide this data by borough. Written response from the Mayor Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.

Fire safe and well visits (2)Question No: 2018/3271 Andrew Dismore What assessment has the London Fire Brigade made of a) the cost and b) the effectiveness of the Fire Safe and Well programme? Written response from the Mayor   A full programme of evaluation is due to commence in January 2019 after one year of delivery, using the National Fire Chiefs Council’s Standard Evaluation Framework. The evaluation process will include a cost benefit analysis of the pilot and other potential delivery options. An assessment of the overall impact across the health partnership of the interventions provided by the pilot will be included as part of the cost benefit analysis. Initial qualitative feedback from health and care partners and recipients of the visits has been extremely positive.   Fire safety audits since Grenfell Question No: 2018/3272 Andrew Dismore London Fire Brigade has said they have conducted more than 1100 fire safety audits to buildings with flammable cladding since June 2017. Other than flammable cladding, what fire safety issues have been identified by these audits? Written response from the Mayor   The audits carried out by London Fire Brigade have included an audit of the general fire precautions. This includes a review of the fire risk assessment, training records, maintenance records and a physical sampling of those areas to which the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies. The most common issues arising have been in relation to breaches of compartmentation, defects relating to fire doors and no or lack of a sufficient and suitable fire risk assessment. Where such issues have been found the responsible person for the premises has been informed. In more serious cases, an enforcement notice has been issued including a schedule for remediation.   Grange Estate fire [1] Question No: 2018/3273 Andrew Dismore What assessment has the London Fire Brigade done of the Grange Estate in East Finchley, and the inclusion of fire breaks in the rooves of flats after the recent fire in Willow House? Has the LFB also assessed the safety of the rest of the building, which has been re-occupied? Written response from the Mayor   A fire safety officer from London Fire Brigade attended this incident and did not identify any immediate fire safety concerns. While the fire involved an area of common roof space, the entire roof was divided by partition walls at regular intervals and these ‘breaks’ performed as expected and there was no unusual fire spread. A post fire audit to the affected block was scheduled by the local fire safety team, however access to the building was not possible due to the damage caused by the fire. Fire safety officers will be visiting the Grange Estate to carry out further fire safety checks and local crews have already conducted home fire safety visits on the estate as part of efforts to reassure residents. Grange Estate fire [2] Question No: 2018/3274 Andrew Dismore Was the evacuation of residents from the recent fire in Willow House performed in a satisfactory manner, and were all the required fire safety measures, such as suitable doors in place? Written response from the Mayor   There were no reported issues with the evacuation of residents at this incident and the attending fire safety officer did not identify any immediate fire safety concerns Grange Estate fire [3] Question No: 2018/3275 Andrew Dismore Will you put pressure on Barnet Council to ensure that those who lost their homes in the fire are rehoused nearby, and are kept in suitable local short-term accommodation until long term accommodation is found for them? Written response from the Mayor Although the fire must have been extremely distressing for all the residents who were evacuated, I was very relieved no one was injured. I’d like to extend my thanks to the emergency services who responded on the night. I understand from my team that all residents have now been provided with suitable short-term accommodation.

Attacks on firefighters

Question No: 2018/3266

Andrew Dismore

How many a) verbally abusive and b) physical attacks on firefighters have been recorded in 2018 to date, 2017, 2016 and 2015? If possible, please break this data down by borough.

Answer for Attacks on firefighters

The Mayor

Last updated: 07 December, 2018

Officers are drafting a response

Attacks on firefighters

The Mayor

Last updated: 10 December, 2018

Table 1 – Incidents, by year and borough, where an attack on firefighters is recorded – can be found here: https://www.london.gov.uk/questions/2018/3266

 

Notes: Data for 2018 to 3 November 2018

“Other” includes objects thrown, harassment, and other acts