the draft london safety plan finance & support services overview and scrutiny committee 10...
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The Draft London Safety Plan
Finance & Support Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee
10 January 2005
10 January 2005
The Committee is invited to seek assurances from the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority that the proposals in the London Safety Plan 2005-8 to close Manchester Square fire station, alongside the removal of appliances from adjacent stations, will not increase risks to lives and property in Westminster
10 January 2005
Principal Proposals
• Improvement overall standard of emergency response across London
• Transfer of 10 appliances from existing stations across London:• Reduction of one appliance from Westminster Fire
Station
• Reduction of one appliance from each of Euston, Knightsbridge and Kensington Fire Stations
10 January 2005
Principal Proposals
• Closure of Manchester Square during 2005/6
• Loss of 72 operational fire staff from Westminster (from existing 228 - 32%)
• Removal of central government response criteria
• In Central London, two appliances to be sent initially to property fires rather than existing three
10 January 2005
Performance Proposals
“We intend to … maintain our current performance for how long it will take for the first fire engine to arrive at an incident (65% in approximately 5 minutes and 90% in approximately 8 minutes) but consider whether it would be appropriate and practicable to move towards a more even attendance.”
Source: The Draft London Safety Plan 2005/08, LFEPA, December 2004
10 January 2005
Performance Proposals
“We intend to … set a new standard that, where a second fire engine is needed, it will arrive within approximately 8 minutes on 75% of occasions and within approximately 10 minutes on 90% of occasions.”
Source: The Draft London Safety Plan 2005/08, LFEPA, December 2004
10 January 2005
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10 January 2005
Impact of closing Manchester Square
“291. We have looked at what would happen if we closed Manchester Square fire station and removed its two fire engines.
This research shows that if we closed the station we would still expect to get the first fire engine to an incident in Westminster within five minutes for nearly 58% of incidents, instead of 64% as now.”
Source: The Draft London Safety Plan 2005/08, LFEPA, December 2004
10 January 2005
Impact of closing Manchester Square
“292. The second fire engine would arrive at incidents in Westminster within 8 minutes for 93% of incidents, instead of just over 98% as now.”
Source: The Draft London Safety Plan 2005/08, LFEPA, December 2004
10 January 2005
Current appliance distribution
Kensington
N. Kensington
Paddington
Euston
Soho
Knightsbridge Westminster
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Source: The Draft London Safety Plan, Borough Profiles, City of Westminster
Map showing distribution of serious
fires, 2003/4Source: The Draft London Safety Plan, Borough Profiles, City of Westminster
10 January 2005
Proposed appliance distribution
6 appliancesredistributed
Kensington
N. Kensington
Paddington
Euston
Soho
Knightsbridge WestminsterMap showing
distribution of serious fires, 2003/4
Source: The Draft London Safety Plan, Borough Profiles, City of Westminster
10 January 2005
Source: The Draft London Safety Plan, Borough Profiles, City of Westminster
Distances from Manchester Square of existing Fire Stations
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Kensington
N. Kensington
Paddington
Euston
Soho
Knightsbridge
Westminster1.2 Miles
1.8 Miles
Map showing distribution of serious
fires, 2003/4
10 January 2005
Within ½ mile of Manchester Square
10 January 2005
Within 1/2 mile radius of Manchester Square
• 31 Embassies• Including United States and Chinese Embassies
• 7 Educational Establishments
• 3 London Underground Stations
• 5 Hospitals
• Plus BBC Broadcasting House, Madame Tussaud’s
10 January 2005
Within 1 mile radius of Manchester Square
• 49 Embassies• Including Saudi Arabia, France, Japan, US and
China
• 20 Educational Establishments
• 17 London Underground Stations
• 18 Hospitals
10 January 2005
Stations within 2 miles of Manchester Square
10 January 2005
Source: Safer London – News from the London Fire & Emergency Planning Authority, December 2004
10 January 2005
Borough Fire Deaths - 2003/4
Source: The London Safety Plan, LFEPA, January 2004
Westminster
10 January 2005
• 841 of the 1,464 fires on average annually are serious with injury or damage to property – 16 serious fires per week
• Westminster has the 5th highest number of serious fires in London
• More people are killed in road accidents per head of population than any other borough in the country
• Westminster is the largest licensing authority in England with over 3,000 premises
10 January 2005
Source: Westminster City Council
Kensington
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Current appliance distribution – density of licensed premises
Map showing density of licensed premises
10 January 2005
Kensington
N. Kensington
Paddington
Euston
Soho
Knightsbridge Westminster
Proposed appliance distribution – density of licensed premises
6 appliancesredistributed
Source: Westminster City Council
Map showing density of licensed premises
10 January 2005
Source: The Draft London Safety Plan, Borough Profiles, City of Westminster
10 January 2005
Source: The Draft London Safety Plan, Borough Profiles, City of Westminster
Correct population is 222,018 (Mid Year ’03)
Government Actuary suggesting growth to 282,000 by 2011
100 people per hectare - increases to 127 per hectare when Royal Parks are excluded
Area reduces to 1,755 hectares when Royal Parks are excluded (1/5th of the City is Royal Parks)
10 January 2005
Population
• Westminster becomes second most densely populated borough in London if the Royal Parks’ area is excluded
• Over half of the 21 most densely populated wards in London are in Westminster
• Over 1 million people visit the City every day – concentrated in the West End and Oxford Street commercial areas
10 January 2005
Accidental Fire Deaths – Types of Premises 2003/4
Source: The London Safety Plan, LFEPA, January 2004
10 January 2005
Housing
88% of private rented occupation in Westminster is multi-occupancy
Of which 50% are purpose-built and 28% are converted flats
The majority of conversions do not conform to the minimum building regulations today in terms of fire safety
Source: The Draft London Safety Plan, Borough Profiles, City of Westminster
“Levels of population density andovercrowding are high in Westminster.This is reflected in the fact that nearly90% of residents live in flats, apartmentsor maisonettes. Fire are statistically morelikely to occur in these types of property.”
10 January 2005
Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO)
• Approximately 95% of the multiple occupancy HMO properties within the private sector are at least three stories
• There is a significantly increased risk of dying or being injured in a fire within an HMO – the fatality rate in 3+ storey HMO’s is around four times that for 1-2 storey HMO’s.
• Westminster has the highest proportion on three or more storey HMO’s nationally
10 January 2005
Types of housing
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Source: The Draft London Safety Plan, Borough Profiles, City of Westminster
10 January 2005
“Hotspot” Map of HMO’s in Manchester Square’s Area
10 January 2005
Deprivation
10 January 2005
Source: The Draft London Safety Plan, Borough Profiles, City of Westminster
“We have a risk based fire safety inspectionProgramme and every workplace we check is riskgraded and given a score of between 10 and 90,
where 90 is the highest risk.So far 6,461 workplaces in Westminster have
been categorised (there are 31,920 non-domesticbuildings in Westminster).”
10 January 2005
Source: The Draft London Safety Plan, Borough Profiles, City of Westminster
10 January 2005
Risk rated buildings
Source: The London Safety Plan, LFEPA, January 2004
10 January 2005
Risk rated buildings with Manchester Square Area Overlay
Source: The London Safety Plan, LFEPA, January 2004
10 January 2005
Summary
• The quality and accuracy of the data in the draft London Safety report used to assess the needs of Westminster.
• Is the demographic profile of Westminster outlined in the plan accurate and comprehensive?
• Additional risks posed by housing tenure and status of risk rating
• Impact on Community Safety Fire initiatives
