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Consulaion

For a major communicaionsprojec, his has been lacking:

Monday 21 Sepember 2010:Councillors and public given 24hours noice o inenion o includeproposal o ranser IW Fire Conrolo Surrey, wih Paper B added jus24 hours beore he Full CouncilMeeing.

uesday 22 Sepember 2010:Full Council Meeing; IW Councillorsvoe or a delegaed decision.

Friday 15 April 2011: Fire ConrolBusiness Case published by he Isleo Wigh Council/Isle o Wigh Fire& Rescue Service.

Friday 15 April 2011: Public hadjus 10 working days o commen onproposal via heir Councillors.

However, with four bank holidaysand wo weekends during his period,hey had jus ve working days o

commen by uesday 26 April2011.

uesday 3 May 2011: Delegaeddecision made by Cllr Barry Abraham,IW Council cabine member.

Augus/Sepember 2011 : ranser

o he Isle o Wigh Fire ConrolCenre o Reigae, Surrey (Surrey Fire& Rescue Service) is due o ake place(a he ime o going o prin).

Tere is no evidence ha Sakeholders(general public, reghers, unions, media,parner agencies, volunary organisaions, businesses, schools, emergency services,Parish Councils, own Councils ec.) havebeen consuled, on he ranser, hrough a

srucured, audiable and open process.

Key Audiences and Stakeholders

o ensure we mos ullyundersand he needs o he diversecommuniies we serve, we willclosely engage and communicae wih relevan audiences in ourcommuniies...

6.1 Communicate and consultwith all stakeholders.

6.4 Continually consult andseek the views, opinions andinvolvement of stakeholders inorder to deliver improvements

and make the island safer.source:Isle o Wigh Fire & Rescue Service Communicaionsand Engagemen Sraegy 2011-2012

published 19 April 2011

Tey have made the decisionanyway, beore they get anyonesopinion!

It is such a stupid idea, how canit make the response time quicker,well have to spell everything out tosomeone in Surrey and then explainexcactly where it is, as I have had todo when I phoned the police abouta burglary in Adgestone.

We are an island and things are

dierent here, we need to be keptseparate.Judih Robers

posed 5 May 2011 onacebook.com/urewonwai


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Public &Firegher Saey Mis-mobilisations (wrong address,hereore wrong re appliance),

resuling in unnecessary emergencyblue-ligh driving, increasing he risk ooher road users and reghers alike,as well as diversion and availabiliy ore service resources.

Surrey Fire Control Operators willbe wihou local knowledge - he losso valuable local knowledge in anemergency conrol.

Delay in response due to inevitablelonger call aking imes leads o moredeveloped and serious incidensincreasing he risk or he Isle o Wighpublic, businesses, visiors and Islandreghers alike.

Surrey call takers, who DO NOT havelocal knowledge will hereore need oask more quesions o he caller o ryand conrm he correc locaion o heinciden, hereby exending he callaking ime.

RisksFire Conrol Business Case,

published 15 April 2011:

18 unconrolled risks idenied

10 high/very high risks6 medium risks

2 low risks

VERY HIGH RISK:Poor transfer damages

reputation of theIsle of Wight

Fire & R escue Service.

HIGH RISK:System failure exacerbating

death or injury.

source: Annex E o Appendix A ,Fire Conrol Business Case

published by he Isle o Wigh Council/Isle o Wigh Fire & Rescue Service, April 2011

I know my own postcode andaddress, and the name o some othe roads on the Island, but mostlyI just know where I am.

How am I supposed to describe tosomeone in Surrey just where I am iI am in need o a re appliance?

I dont think something like

the crossroads just north o the Brownrigg arm on the way toNiton will cut it, do you?

Annieposed 4 May 2011 on vennorblog.com

1,800plussignaories (colleced over ve weeksrom 14 March 2011) on he ongoingSave he Isle o Wigh Fire ConrolCenre peiion submited o Cllr

Abraham on 27 April 2011.

Tis shows srong public opinionagains he ranser o he Isle o

Wigh Fire Conrol Cenre o hemainland.

100plusserving Isle o Wigh Fire & RescueService sa sign he peiion,including reghers (wholeime,reained and conrol), ofcers andcivilian sa.


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echnicalI has been saed ha auomaed callerlocaion echnology will ouperormand compensae or he loss o vial

local knowledge.

Automated caller location technologyonly assiss wih call handling; idoes NOT replace local knowledge,

which is vial or accurae and imelyemergency call-aking.

Automated caller location technology

CANNOT locate callers not at aninciden, iner-emergency services,iner-agency, VoIP or emergencyroamer calls.

Triangulation of mobile phonesignals requenly locaes calls inhe Solen or English Channel orIsle o Wigh land based calls. Localknowledge ensures hese calls are deal

wih accuraely and quickly by sa inhe Isle o Wigh Fire Conrol Cenre.

Isle of Wight Fireghters may havelocal knowledge on he re appliance,BU i hey are given he incorrecaddress, inciden locaion or inciden

inormaion by he Surrey Fire Conroloperaor, hen he local knowledgepossessed by he Isle o WighFireghers on he re appliance is all

bu useless.

40 minuesrecorded and repored ime akeno locae a semi-conscious callerin Gloucesershire via her mobile

phone signal; iniial 4km radiusaccuracy or auomaed callerlocaion echnology.

Tis is Gloucesershire26 January 2011

source:hp://www.hisisgloucesershire.co.uk/news/Paramedics-racked-woman-mobile-phone-signal/aricle-3143165-deail/aricle.hml

42km/26 miles

source:Four major U.K. mobile phone nework providers

30km radius:

30km/19milesaccuracy o

auomaed callerlocaion echnology

in rural areas

Teres no sense in a controller in Surrey trying to work out where a call iscoming fom when its somebody who is fightened and conused on the otherend.

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE SAVES LIVES.

Dave Quigleyposed 28 March 2011 on acebook.com/urewonwai

42km/26 miles


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TeGoldenHourI has long been esablished

wihin he medical and emergencyservices ha Te Golden Hour isimperiive o he rauma care oseriously injured paiens:

rauma is he leading cause o deah in he rsour decades o lie wihin modern indusrializedcounries.

Deah rom rauma has a rimodal disribuion:

1. wihin seconds o minues,2. minues o hours (GOLDEN HOUR),3. several days or weeks aer he iniial injury.

rauma cus across he enire eld o medicine,requiring he physician o have a broadknowledge base o reamen principles and anappreciaion or muliple varieies o injury. Anorganized consisen approach o he raumapaien aords an opimal oucome.

Te Advanced rauma Lie Suppor (ALS)Course was developed in Nebraska and soonadoped by he American College o Surgeonsin 1979. Te primary ocus o ALS is on hers hour o rauma managemen, when rapid

assessmen and resusciaion can be carried ouo reduce deahs wihin he Golden Hour.

source:

htp://www.rauma.org/archive/anaeshesia/iniialassess.

hml

Any delay or inaccuracy in heemergency call aking procedure

and subsequen arrival o he Fire &Rescue Service could have seriousimplicaions or he rauma care ohose seriously injured a incidens.

Plan o pinpoinVoIP 999 calls

raugh wih

problemsTere is sill no easy way o ensureemergency calls over VoIP are geo-aggable, according o ISP imico.Ta could cause a major saeyissue as more homes and businessesmove o VoIP elephony.

Ofcom conrmed to PC Pro that ithad commissioned research company

Analysys Mason o review heechnical easibiliy o ensuring 999calls made over VoIP services could

be accuraely posiioned.

Tis soluion sems really rom

nework archiecures amiliar o largeelcos and my rs reacion is ha i is

very expensive.

Unlike landline calls, which can beposiioned by he physical sar poino he call, VoIP calls are ar harder opinpoin, which means ambulances[and oher emergency services] mighno easily be able o locae vicims ihere was conusion over an address.

However, any solution is likely to beexpensive and unwieldy, according oTrefor Davies, CTO of Timico.

pcpro.co.uk, 13 April 2011

source:hp://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/366760/plan-o-pinpoin-voip-999-calls-raugh-wih-problems


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AlernaivesOher alernaives have no been ully invesigaed andcosed.

Only one option has beeninvesigaed and cosed (i.e. ransero Surrey Fire & Rescue Service).Tere is no evidence ha oheropions o work wih oher Fire& Rescue Services or emergencyservices have been ully invesigaed

and cosed.

Isle of Wight Ambulance Service toopen a new emergency conrol cenrein Newpor, Isle o Wigh, Summer2011. Tis opion would allow or:

Shared facilities, some systems andechnology/coss.

Joint and new ways of workingbeween Island emergency services.

Retain local knowledge andexperience wihin he Isle o WighFire Conrol o he building.

Very resilient, especially if coupled wih a buddy Fire and RescueService conrol rom ouside o hegeographical area as a back-up.

Works very eectively and ecientlyin the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey,as well as a ri-service conrol inGloucester.

Like other options, this option hasno been ully invesigaed, cosed norrepored upon.

ri-service:

A colleague rom he ri-serviceconrol in Glouceser explains

he benes: How does it saves costs?

Tere are cos savings in having a sharedbuilding, only one lo o uiliy paymens,savings o scale, a common ICCS, onlyone se o raes ec.

Joint working:

Tis has been he bigges posiive o heri-Service environmen. Tere is a much

beter ow o inormaion beween heConrols as a resul o sharing he building,and a much beter undersanding o eachohers roles. Whils we sill ranser iniialcalls via phone or audi purposes, here is

a lo o ace o ace communicaion whichprevens some o he misundersandingsha used o occur.

Mobilising systems:

In he early days, we were all going o usehe same sysem (Seria Sorm), bu wereunable o ge his o work or Fire. Policeand Ambulance did use he Sorm sysem,

bu since moving o a regional rus he Ambulance have moved ono heir ownsysem.

Resilience:

Te building is very resilien in erms o

power supplies and alernae rouings orelephone lines and comms generally. Allhree services have heir own independenall back arrangemens.


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Local knowledge:Tis is reained by all hree servicesand used on a day o day basis. Havinga large number o people in he workenvironmen means ha a wider breadh

o local knowledge is presen across allhree services i required.

Eciencies:

Improvement over single service/individual conrols and in wha way?

Yes. We have access o inormaion andequipmen we never had beore (Air

Ambulance/ Police Helicoper Cameraooage and CCV are 2 examples). Asindicaed earlier, here is beter exchangeo inormaion relaing o incidens. Froma sa wellbeing poin o view, here are a

wider variey o social conacs and oulesavailable and a busier and more vibran

environmen. Technical complexity?

I can really commen on his, bu anyprojec o his naure is going o beechnically complex. How complex willdepend on wha approach is aken oshared sysems.

Technology - EISEC, BOSS, AVLS -how eecive, reliable, auls, enhancinghe call aking process or jus an aid o callaking?

We currenly have EISEC availablehrough our ICCS. I is a useul aid ocallaking. We have no AVLS ourselves

currenly, bu having he abiliy osee Ambulance locaions is useul indeermining locaions o incidens andesablishing EAs more accuraely.

Spate conditions:

Being in a shared facility means thathe oher services are more aware oour workload when experiencing spaecondiions and can provide pracical help.

I also enables us o liaise wih he Policeregarding road condiions ec.

Advantages:

Everyhing above, coupled wih a newbuilding wih modern aciliies.

Disadvantages:

Is noisier, and occasionally we can beseen as a enan raher han a rue parner

by some Police sa.

Simon HarrisConrol Room Manager

Wilshire Fire & Rescue Service

9 March 2011

Ever tried to nd someone trappedin a building who doesnt knowwhere they are[?]. All they can do islook out o the window and describe

what they can see.

Tankully local knowledge meansthere is a chance o nding them.

echnology works most o the timebut not always. Maybe Surrey has alot o crystal balls.

Wendy Newnham

posed 15 March 2011 on:acebook.com/urewonwai


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Learning he Lessons o Hisory

Hisory shows a reliance on echnology wihou deailedlocal knowledge can lead o misundersanding, delays and

mis-mobilisaion or non mobilisaion o re appliances:

Coroners Inques ino heLondon Bombings of 7 July 2005

published 6h May 2011

134.

In respect of the LFB [London Fire Brigade], while by-and-large their control roomcoped wih he increased radio rafc, here were delays in deploymen o resourceso 29 Kings Cross and, o a lesser exen, Edgware Road. Should an inciden occurin a tunnel on the London Underground, the LFB apply a tried, tested and trustedsysem o spli atendance in which hree appliances are mobilised o he primaryunderground saion and a single appliance o he secondary underground saion.In July 2005, o assis in any deploymen, he LFB operaed a compuermobilising sysem known as ProCad. Tis mached poenial addresses or aninciden on he inormaion provided.Addresses would include he possibiliyo a spli atendance being required, such as Liverpool Sree unnels, AldgaeSaion. Tis sysem worked eecively in respec o he inciden a Aldgae, wherehe rs appliance arrived a 09.00, bu i was less successul in respec o heincidens a Kings Cross and Edgware Road.

135.Te ProCad sysem or Kings Cross included ory our dieren possibleaddresses; one o which was Euson Square Underground Saion (because i hadunnels which linked o Kings Cross). In a conversaion beween he NeworkConrol Cenre and he LFB here was a misundersanding ha was nocorreced. is resulted in the LFBs mobilising a split aendance with EustonSquare as he primary saion and Kings Cross as he secondary saion (raherhan Kings Cross as he primary saion and Russell Square as he secondarystation). Consequently, three LFB appliances were initially deployed to EustonSquare, a single appliance was deployed o Kings Cross (arriving a 09.13) and noappliances were deployed o Russell Square. I was no unil 09.42, nearly anhour afer deonaion o he bomb ha a second appliance arrived a KingsCross. In he inerim, urher appliances coninued o be deployed o EusonSquare, where heir services were no required.


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136.A combinaion o human and compuer error also conribued o delays indeploymen o LFB resources o Edgware Road. Edgware Road UndergroundSaion is in wo separae locaions; he Circle and Hammersmih line saion islocated on Chapel Street and the Bakerloo line station is situated on the EdgwareRoad. Opposie Chapel Sree, on he oher side o he Edgware Road, is PraedStreet. At 08.58 the LFB was initially alerted by a member of the public to asuspected gas explosion at Praed Street. Unbeknown to the LFB at the time thisrepored explosion was acually he explosion on he wesbound Circle line rain,as he unnel ran under Praed Sree.

137.At 09.07 the Network Control Centre contacted the LFB Control, requested theiratendance a Edgware Road Underground Saion, and provided he address oChapel Sree.I also made specic reerence o he Circle and Hammersmih line.Iniially, he LFB did no mobilise any urher resources. Tey believed his

was a duplicae reques or atendance o he suspeced gas explosion a PraedSree.However, once i was esablished ha he Nework Conrol Cenresreques was no a duplicae reques, resources were incorrecly mobiliseda 09.13 o he Edgware Road Bakerloo line saion, in par because heProCad sysem did no include Chapel Sree amongs he possible machesor Edgware Road Underground Saion. e rst LFB appliance arrived at thecorrec Edgware Road Underground Saion a 09.18.

218.Tere is one las mater ha has been specically raised in connecion wih heatendance o he emergency services a London Underground saions, andit concerns the LFB. Diculties were encountered by the rst four-man LFB

vehicle (a pump machine) a Kings Cross. I arrived around 09.13 as par o aspli atendance beween Kings Cross and, erroneously, Euson Square. Yeis crew was orced o wai unil a second appliance had arrived a Kings Cross

beore hey were able o use breahing apparaus and hus ully deploy ino heunnels. Te second appliance (a pump ladder) did no arrive unil 09.42, hedelay, acknowledged by he LFB, being brough abou by conusion as o helocaion o he inciden.

The Rt. Hon Lady Justice Hallett DBEH.M. Coroner

Coroners Inquest into theLondon Bombings of 7 July 2005

Report under Rule 43 of The Coroners Rules 19846th May 2011


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38p

* Price at Sainsburys, Newport, Isle of Wight: February 2011

A small 150g in o baked beans.

Te curren IslandFire Conrol Cenrecoss jus 37 pence

per monh per islandresiden. For a amily

o our has 17.76 per year, as

per he Fire Conrol Business Casecosings, April 2011.

A small price o pay or local people, delivering a qualiy localservice o he Island residens,

businesses and visiors; all orless han he price o a small in oHeinz baked beans per monh.

Island Fire ConrolCenre cos perisland residen permonh, as declared

by Deparmen orCulure and Local Governmen,Summer 2009.

30p

Coss Full Business Case reers o cos percall - a crude, erroneous, disingenuousand misleading analogy.

In addition to transitional costs of208,000, I.W. residens would bepaying 216,000 per annum subsidizinghe Surrey Fire Conrol.

Full costs not in the public domainas saed as commercial in condence.

Wih only one supplier his does no

hold rue.

Costs beyond 5 year contract withSurrey Fire & Rescue Service areunknown.

130,000 invested in I.W. FireConrol Cenre in 2010; o allow oraddiional capabiliy.

Indemnity costs could be high inhe even o liigaion or corporaemanslaugher charges brough againshe Isle o Wigh Fire & RescueService/Isle o Wigh Council, in heeven o sysem ailure exacerbaingdeah or injury.

High risk if we get it wrong.

High cost if we get it wrong.

Paul SreeChief Fire Ocer

Isle o Wigh Fire & Rescue Service26 April 2011

37p


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FireBrigades

Union

concerns e lack of full, formal and auditablepublic consulaion process.

e reports and process have not beenindependenly audied and assessed.

e process pre-empts the ongoing

Deparmen or Communiies andLocal Government consultation andreport into the future of U.K. Fire andRescue emergency re conrol cenres.Buddying arrangemens are hougho be he ocus and recommendaion ohe repor.

Buddying arrangements would seelocal emergency re conrol cenresbuddied wih emergency re conrolscenres ou o he geographical area;his avoids he issues surrounding spaecondiions overloading a re conrol inhe same region and is ar more resilienas i reains local knowledge in hehome re and rescue service couny,

only revering o he buddy conrol inhe even o overload.

No statistics for how many times thehe Surrey mobilising sysem (Forek)has experienced problems over he las

year. How can elected members makedecisions wihou being ully appraisedo he eeciveness o anoher re and

rescue services mobilising sysem?

ere are no details of Surreys fall- back arrangemens conained wihinhe Business case hereore a like orlike resilience comparison canno bemade.

Lack of clarity what will happen to Isleo Wigh Fire Calls, when Surrey Fire &Rescue Service are experiencing highcall volumes, exended call handlingcondiions (which will happen on aregular basis) or proraced incidens?

Will the call be placed in a queue(which is likely o happen on a regular

basis), or will i be passed hrough oanoher Fire & Rescue Service likeLondon, Essex, Oxfordshire?

e importance of local knowledgeand he impac o is loss in relaion oaccurae emergency call aking, rapidand correc appliance mobilisaion and

inciden handling has and coninues obe grosslyunderestimated.

All risks have not been identiedwihin he Fire Conrol Business Casepublished 15 April 2011.

Risks identied other than in therepor have no been heeded nor

invesigaed.

e impact of the transfer, and anydelay in he emergency call akingprocess, on he esablished proocolo ensuring maximum care wihine Golden Hour when dealing withrauma paiens, has no been examinedor he associaed risks idenied

(see e Golden Hour, page 5).

Tis decision is an absolute disgrace. Marie Sheldrakeposed 4 May 2011 on vennorblog.com


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9 May 2011

Fire Brigades Union observaions and commens on

Isle o Wigh Council Delegaed Decision Repor 15/11 (15 April 2011)

ranser o Fire Conrol o Surrey Fire and Rescue Service

Outcomes - Section 2 of the report states:

Te increased resilience oered as a resul o he proposed ranser o Surrey Fire Conrol,alongside he advanced echnology which will be employed, will decrease risk o hecommuniy and improve he saey o he Island.e FBU strongly dispute this statement and argue that this decision will actually

increase the risk to the Islands community.

e technology that is referred is not guaranteed to improve the response to emergencycalls. ere is no proven technical evidence to support this and the loss of vital localknowledge has been dismissed without supporting evidence.

e loss of local knowledge could, in fact, have a detrimental eect on emergencycall handling times and in any emergency situation a delay could have fatal

consequences.Background - Section 3 of the report states:

Te Full Council meeing o 22 Sepember 2010 resolvedha an in-principle decision was made o combine heIsle o Wighs re conrol cenre wih ha o anoherauhoriy in order o deliver a cos eecive service andimprove resilience.

We wish to bring it to your aention that the proposal(Paper B) to the meeting agenda was submied just24 hours prior to the meeting and it would have been inconceivable that membersof the public and councillors could have sucient opportunity to fully appraise thedocument and its implications. No outline business case was submied to this meetingto support the proposal.

We are community leaders,not community followers.

Councillor Barry Abraham26 April 2011

We should be making openand transparent decisions.

Councillor Paul Fuller J.P.26 April 2011

24 hours noiceor Councillors and he

public o he inclusiono Paper B (proposalo ranser Fire Conrol)o he agenda or heFull Council meeing o22 Sepember 2010.


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Background - Secion 4 o he repor saes:Tere is much discussion naionally amongs re services concerning mergers andransers based on regional and/or echnological grounds. However, hese discussions aregenerally a an early sage and are unlikely o proceed o implemenaion unil 2012/13or many re and rescue services.

Currently mainland FRSs are awaiting the outcomes of a DCLG consultation exercise.e Delegated Decision is pre-emptive of the outcomes that could see major changesto the Fire Control structure throughout the United Kingdom. ere are questionsover the future of Surrey Fire control as a result of London Fire Service movinginto the RCC building, located in Merton, Surrey. London is seeking alternativearrangements for their control function including the outsourcing to the privatesector or collaboration with bordering FRSs.

Consulaion - Secion 10 o he repor saes ha:

e transfer of Fire Control has been subject to consultation with the Fire Brigades Union,he senior managemen eam o he Fire and Rescue Service and Fire Conrol sa .

is statement is incorrect. e FBU have not been involved in any meaningfulconsultation process. If consultation had taken place the FBU comments should

be contained within the business case to assist with the making of an informed and

subjective decision.e Delegated Decision Report was published at close of business on Friday 15th

April 2011 with just ten days for responses. e recent extended Bank Holidaysrestricted the window of opportunity for response for members of the public via theircouncillors to just ve days.

e FBU highlighted this issue and extended an invite to the Cabinet Member withresponsibility for the decision, Cllr. Barry Abraham, to meet with us to discuss our

concerns.

Despite repeated invites Cllr. Abraham failed to respond to us and has proceeded tomake the decision without seeking the views of the professionals that have served Isleof Wight residents without failure over numerous years.

ACAS Deniion: Consulaion

Consulaion involves aking accoun o as well as lisening o he views o employees and mushereore ake place beore decisions are made. Making a preence o consuling on issues ha havealready been decided is unproducive and engenders suspicion and misrus abou he processamongs sa. I will be helpul o decide upon he degree o consulaion frs and o inormpeople wha he decision making process will be. htp://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?aricleid=675


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Financial/Budget Implications Section 12-16

e FBU are very concerned about the accuracy of the nancial data contained in the business case. e calculations are based on assumptions and are omied from thebusiness case presented on the IW Council website (www.iwight.com). We are unableto conrm that councillors have had access to this information.

e stated ongoing costs of the current IW Fire Control function contained within thebusiness case are 610,000. e FBU are concerned about an apparent discrepancy between this gure and the stated costs to DCLG in summer 2009 of the IW recontrol function of just 489,000.

Likewise, the annual number of emergency calls for Surrey decreased from 28,000to less than 12,000 between the initial statement in the Outline Business Case ofSeptember 2010 to Fire Control Business Case April 2011. is fundamentally aectsthe cost per call analogy repeatedly stated by Councillors and IWFRS Ocers alike.

Furher issues o concern and areas or consideraion ha have been over-looked in herepors:

Surrey Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS)

SFRS are currenly engaged in an exensive and conroversial modernisaion program

across heir enire service as deailed in heir Public Saey Plan. Te plan is being me wihsrong opposiion by boh he public and represenaive bodies. Tere would be a serioushrea o he abiliy o SFRS o deal wih IWFRS emergency calls should any indusrialacion be aken in response o SFRSs plans.

Exrac rom Surrey Public Saey Plan:

Mobilising Conrol10.13 In he same way and or he same reasons ha we wish our reghers o

provide more exibiliy when he public requires our services mos we also wisho provide he appropriae number o mobilising sa during busy imes. We alsoneed o provide an abiliy o increase his number during imes o unusually highcall volumes or excepional condiions. A cadre o sa , available during he busiesimes could also provide a pool o people ha can engage in daa and inelligencegahering or analysis ha will enhance our ron line response o he public and

will coninue o improve our mobilising sysem ha enables us o auomaicallyideniy he re engines and resources ha can respond quickes o an emergency(atribue and dynamic mobilising), his is a move away rom he radiional xed

point deployment thus providing an improved level of service that is more ecient.Te number o shis will be deermined hrough discussion and negoiaion wihour sa.


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SFRS are currenly planning 2.7m budge cus o heirservice over our years and Surrey Couny Council needo make 200m savings over he same period.

Surreys Conrol Room budge is required o make140,000 savings this year. By paying 216,000 per

annum o ranser IWFRS emergency calls o SFRS heresidens o he Isle o Wigh would be subsidising Surreyresidens and SFRS.

Resilience

Currenly he IWFRS Conrol has a all-back arrangemen wih Hampshire Fire andRescue Service whereby calls ha can be answered auomaically smar diver o heHampshires conrol where hey can be answered by emergency re conrol sa. Teinciden deails can hen be passed o IWFRS by radio or phone or mobilisaion. IWFRSFire Conrol also has a secondary conrol based a heir HQ (approx mile away) hacan be uilised in he even main conrol being ou o service.

Tere are no deails o Surreys all-back arrangemens conained wihin he Fire ConrolBusiness Case, therefore a like for like resilience comparison cannot be made.

Service Level Agreement

Should SFRS no mee he SLA wha opion would IWFRS have o wihdraw rom heagreemen and nd alernaive arrangemens?

Wha alernaive arrangemens would hen be available o IWFRS having made redundanheir highly experienced emergency conrol sa?

Te repor also omis any deail o he amiliarisaion or echnical raining ha SFRSconrol sa will receive in order or he ranser o ake place in a sae and conrolled

manner. Te mechanism or compeency esing o his vial raining is also no deailedwihin he repor.

2.7mo budge cus or SurreyFire & Rescue Serviceover our years.

200mo budge cus orSurrey Couny Councilover our years.

oal Reliance on NLPG

Te Surrey Fire & Rescue Service Conrol, in Reigae, will be oally relian on heNLPG (National Land and Property Gazeeer).

Unfortunately, Island hamlets (i.e. Horringford, Merstone etc.) are not included in theNLPG (nor is there any capability for inclusion). Without detailed local knowledgeor he emergency 999 re calls here will ineviably be delays, inaccuracies andconfusion (see Learning the Lessons of History, on page 8 & 9 in this leaet).


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Proessor Richard P. FeynmanRogers Commission, NASA Space Shutle Challenger Disaser 1986

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Cllr David Pugh, Leader, Isle o Wigh Council - Cabine Meeing on Tuesday 1 March 2011

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