Question/Comment Response Where/ Who Home Fire Safety Visits Is it now regulation to install mains smoke detectors in all new build Yes, Building Regulations require smoke detectors to be fitted to Waterlooville - P homes? all new houses in the escape routes. We also go a step further, looking at individual rooms and floors based on a risk assessment. How many alarms should a house have? The government opinion is one alarm per floor within the escape Waterlooville - P route. We recommend fitting detectors in rooms used for living in, but not in the kitchen. Does one alarm trigger another, this used to be the case. Can you Yes, you can still get that make of alarms. The models we fit are Waterlooville - P still get these made? not linked and operate on a very high frequency to improve the chance of them being heard. When the smoke detector battery runs out, will you go back round to We are considering this as an option for the future. We focus on Waterlooville - P homes and change them all? the risk in the home and some homes will be checked again early if there is a higher risk. Do you check overloading power points, multi plugs? Yes, we always give advice on main safety points and assess Waterlooville - P the risk of kitchen fires. We have been involved in HFSVs at Yateley and we want to be more Training is being provided to all R/T crews to support fitting of Rushmoor - S involved in this, will this be possible? We raised a lot of money for ...
Question/CommentResponseWhere/WhoHome Fire Safety Visits IsitnowregulationtoinstallmainssmokedetectorsinallnewbuildYes,BuildingRegulationsrequiresmokedetectorstobefittedtoWaterlooville-Phomes?allnewhousesintheescaperoutes.Wealsogoastepfurther,looking at individual rooms and floors based on a risk assessment. How many alarms should a house have? ThegovernmentopinionisonealarmperfloorwithintheescapeWaterlooville-Proute. We recommend fitting detectors in rooms used for living in, but not in the kitchen. Doesonealarmtriggeranother,thisusedtobethecase.CanyouYes,youcanstillgetthatmakeofalarms.ThemodelswefitareWaterlooville-Pstillgetthesemade?notlinkedandoperateonaveryhighfrequencytoimprovethechance of them being heard. Whenthesmokedetectorbatteryrunsout,willyougobackroundtoWeareconsideringthisasanoptionforthefuture.WefocusonWaterlooville-Phomesandchangethemall?theriskinthehomeandsomehomeswillbecheckedagainearly if there is a higher risk. Doyoucheckoverloadingpowerpoints,multiplugs?Yes,wealwaysgiveadviceonmainsafetypointsandassessWaterlooville-Pthe risk of kitchen fires. WehavebeeninvolvedinHFSVsatYateleyandwewanttobemoreTrainingisbeingprovidedtoallR/TcrewstosupportfittingofRushmoor-Sinvolvedinthis,willthisbepossible?Weraisedalotofmoneyforsmokedetectorsfollowinganincident.Weareformingaworkwithchildrenandwewanttobeinvolvedintheseareas?proposaltoinvolveallR/TcrewsincarryingoutHFSVsinthefuture to fully involve all of our staff in risk reduction in their communities. As the CFO often says, who knows better than the retained, the risks within their communities. The pilots had to come to an end due to funding but we have learnt from these and we have to put bids forward as a result. Have you got any figures as to how the HFSVs have reduced the number of deaths and injuries in the county? Yes, Merseyside are the front runners in this area. They have been able to prove statistically that the number of HFSC's completed have reduced the number of deaths and injuries they have had. What they did find however is that if they could have targeted risk areas better they could have reduced this even more. This is something we need to do. We need to become more sophisticated at how we target our risk groups. We are quite new in terms of this and we need to develop this further. Rushmoor - S
IsthenumberofHFSVswedobeingtargetedtotownsorisitequalWetargetareaspostincidentatthemomentwhichworksveryHQ-Sacross the county? well. We do a lot of our HFSV's in homes where people are happy to receive them. However, we are still learning and we want to target more of our hard to reach groups. There hasnt been a cut in the budget but there has been a movement of funding from elsewhere. We will always respond to incidents, but what we need to do is stop those preventable fires. The way to do this is to use our resources in a smarter way. AreweanywherenearerreviewingthepartoftheGreyBookwhichItisnotaconditionofservicebutthisissomethingthatwasHQ-SshowswehavetohavetwopeopledoingHFSVs?agreedwiththeUnions.WecurrentlyhaveGreenBookstaffworking alone on HFSC and have risk assessments that support this. We are reviewing this issue in relation to Grey Book staff to try and address the concerns of staff and the representative bodies. AreyoutalkingaboutHFSVsbeingcarriedoutonbankholidays?OurworkpatternsmustmeettheneedsofthepublicandiftheySouthsea-Sare only available on a day that is a bank holiday then we should be providing the service at those times. This applies to HFSV as well as general prevention activities. [This question was in relation to the work carried out on stations, talks TheroleofthefirefighterandstationbasedstaffincludesRedbridge-Sto old people, HFSVs etc.]WhydontweincreasetheCFSdeliveringpreventionactivityaswellasrespondingtoincidents.department?YoucouldrecruitpeopleforUSARorCFSandleaveAllstaffhavearoleinmakingtheircommunitiessaferandwhilstpeopleonstationtodothejobtheyareheretodo.Wearetrainedtowearealwaysgoingtogotoincidentsthepeopleonthedo fires and RTCs etc.frontline also have a responsibility to prevent fires. [This question relates to the objective to ensure that all homes in No,thisisaspecificobjectivecreatedbyHFRSalthoughsomeAndover-PHampshire have smoke detectors fitted by 2010]IsthissomethingotherFireServicesaretakingthesameapproach.that is done across the UK? Withregardstothetransferof2%ofthebudgettoPreventionAlloftheresourceswemoveintoPreventionactivitiescountEastleigh-Sactivities,whatcountstowardsthistargetandwhatispaidforbythetowardsourtargetofmoving2%intothisareaofactivity.This2%includesdomesticsprinklers.
What is the objective of this? Youth Engagement HistoricallywehavebeenanorganisationthathavejustfoughtWaterlooville-Pfires. Now we are looking to prevent the fire just as much as fight it. We want to work with the public preventing fires and other incidents. We are working with young people in schools and in agencies with the aim of educating the adults of tomorrow. ArethereplanstoexpandtheYouthEngagementDept?TheCFSdepartmentisbeingrestructuredtodeliverthetargetsWaterlooville-Swithin the IRMP and there will be some changes within the Youth Engagement team structure to achieve this. Howaboutsponsoringcompetitionson,forexample,PowerFM,withThisseemslikeareasonablesuggestionandwewillensurethatP-Emailafireorroadsafetymessage?theCFSdepartmentconsiderthissuggestion.Wedocurrentlyadvertise on local radio stations, such as Power and Wave, usually with other agencies to cut the costs to target younger people with road safety messages. Safety Campaign Management YoumentionedthecampaignsyoudosuchastheelectricblanketWedoputtheseonlocalradioandinnewspapers.LocalAndover-Pcampaign,howdopeoplefindoutaboutthese?stationsalsoadvertisesomeoftheseinitiatives.CouldthisbesomethingthatcouldbeincludedinHFSVs?Thetestingoftheblanketiscarriedoutbyaspecialistcompanywith specialist equipment. The firefighters dont do the tests themselves but we use the stations to enable these tests to take place. ThecampaignrunsintheAutumnwiththeTradingStandardsRedbridge-PDepartment in the county. This is designed to coincide with the arrival of winter and the increased use of electric blankets. Dates and venues where electric blanket checks are to be carried out are advertised and public relations activity is used to promote the campaign through the local media. MinorcallshaveincreasedintermsoffireworksetcontheAndover-Pestates. We have actually asked people if they have seen the wardens in these areas and unfortunately the answer is no at the moment, this is reflected in the amount of calls that we have had. When do you check electric blankets? Do you feel that incidents have gone up in this area as far as fireworks etc go?