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LFB - Responding to New Challenges in an Uncertain World Ron Dobson CBE QFSM FIFireE – London Fire Commissioner
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Greater London Authority (GLA) Group
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LFB Area 32 boroughs plus the City of London 113 fire stations including river station 169 pumping appliances 82 specialist and resilience vehicles
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Top Management Structure
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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2012 and beyond…….
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Industrial Action
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Civil Unrest
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Riots
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Acts of Terrorism
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Resurgence of Dissident Groups
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Emerging Terrorist Threats
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Olympic and Paralympic Games
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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
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Join us at the London Excel Centre Contact: simon.davis2@london-fire.gov.uk
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