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LFB - Responding to New Challenges in an Uncertain WorldRon Dobson CBE QFSM FIFireE – London Fire Commissioner
Greater London Authority (GLA) Group
Central Government
Mayor of London/GLA
London Fire & Emergency
Planning Authority
Metropolitan Police
Transport for London
London Development
Agency
LFB Area
• 32 boroughs plus the City of
London
• 113 fire stations including river
station
• 169 pumping appliances
• 82 specialist and resilience
vehicles
Top Management Structure
Finance
Technical and Service
Support
Information and
Communications Technology
Operations and Mobilising
(Third Officer)
Procurement
Communications
Fire Safety Regulation
Legal and Democratic Services
Commissioner
Deputy Commissioner
Director Finance and Contractual Services
Director Operational
Resilience and Training
Strategy and Performance
Health and Safety Services
HR and Development
Operational Procedures
Operational Resilience
Training
Strategic Advisor to the
Commissioner
Facts and Figures
• Over 7,000 staff with nearly 6,000 operational firefighters
• Revenue budget in 2010/2011 £437m budget
• Revenue budget in 2012/2013 £409m budget
• All day every day service, across the whole of London
• Range of other resilience equipment
• Play a major role in National Developments
More Facts and Figures
• In 2010/11 we received 212,000 calls and attended 122,000 emergencies. This included:
- 13,000 serious fires
- 5,884 accidental fires in the home
• 12% of the fires in the country happen in London
• 22% of the false alarm calls in the country are made in London
Fire Safety Regulation
• 14,500 fire safety inspections carried out each year
• 630 enforcement notices issued this year
• 6 fire safety prosecutions carried out in the previous year
• We have a team of highly qualified fire safety engineers
Fire Safety Regulation
• In recent years our fire safety engineers have been involved in the following high profile new builds:
- Wembley Football Stadium
- London Heathrow Terminal 5
- White City Shopping Centre (Westfield)
- Stratford City Shopping Centre (Westfield)
- The Shard
- Olympic Park
Community Safety
Home Fire Safety Visits
• In 2010/11 our target for HFSVs was 63,000 but we achieved 70,039
• The target for 2011/12 is 66,000
• The target for 2012/13 is 69,000
Youth Engagement Programme
• Schools team - 1million school children visited in 10 years
• LIFE programme – 500 courses, 5,000 young people since 2002
• Fire Cadets
Highly Effective (2007/08 – 2010/11)
• 16% Reduction in fires overall
• 10% Reduction in fire deaths
• 15% Reduction in all incidents attended
• 66% Increase in home fire safety checks
• 29% Increase in fire safety audits
• 43% Reduction in lift release incidents
2012 and beyond…….
Industrial Action
Civil Unrest
Riots
Acts of Terrorism
Resurgence of Dissident Groups
Emerging Terrorist Threats
Olympic and Paralympic Games
Before
After
Aquatics Centre Velodrome
Before
Olympic Stadium
After After
Before
2012 is not just an Olympic year in London
Other events London will be hosting in 2012:
• Olympic torch relay
• Cultural Olympiad
• Queens Diamond Jubilee
• Notting Hill Carnival
• WorldPride 2012
• London Marathon
• Wimbledon Tennis Championships
• Premier League football
