1. The local community, Dacorum Council and local MP’s Introductory Statement REJECT The proposal to close Bovingdon Fire Station Presented by Sharon Sims/John Sanderson - 29th Nov 2005

2. Our Campaign US Airforce ex-servicemen - the “Bovingdon Bunch” give their support

3. Statistics Population of Bovingdon: +5000 There are two primary schools and several pre- schools. Highly volatile flammable pipe line Population of Surrounding villages: +2000 Population of the prison: 700

4. Local Traffic

5. Bovingdon Market Normal attendance on a Saturday is 8,000 to 10,000 people (The population of the village is therefore trebled)  +20,000 visitors alone on a Bank Holiday.

6. High Risk Incident Frequency Rate by Station 2003/04

7. If Bovingdon Station closes all calls will be the responsibility of the 2nd busiest station in the area.

8. Cover for other Hertfordshire stations Turn out support to other areas 2004/2005 Cover for Buckinghamshire

9. Chesham is retained but is only currently operating at night Amersham is day crewed. Greater than ten minute response time Greater than ten minute response time at night Represents the ten minute border for an engine attending from Hemel Hempstead

10. Have the weather conditions been considered? Have the peak traffic periods been considered?

11. Cutting Costs £500k/£36m < 2% £90k/£500k = 18% £90/£36m = 0.25% Retained fire fighters are a very cost effective resource

12. The RRT’s report can be accessed on the ODPM website: www.odpm.gov.uk Government Review Findings “ “

13. Community Safety Recent Local Fire Safety initiative

14. Unreliable Data EXAMPLE 1: Data supplied from Herts County Council unaudited summary accounts 2004/05 illustrates Herts Fire and Rescue attended approx. 17,000 incidents. Herts County Council confirmed that these details are from 2003/04 and the correct figure should be shown as approx. 13,000 incidents. Should we trust the facts and figures?

15. Unreliable Data EXAMPLE 2: Fire service records show a house fire in Bovingdon as Hemel Hempstead engine first on scene, when it was actually the Bovingdon crew that “made pumps 4” when they 1 st arrived before the Hemel Hempstead tender. Should we trust the facts and figures?

16. Unreliable Data EXAMPLE 3: Roy Wilsher quoted a number of facts and figures on specific incidents in the Bovingdon area at the Parish Council Meeting and how Hemel Hempstead and surrounding stations met the ten minute attendance times. The times quoted were from the time the station was alerted NOT from the time of the 999 call. Should we trust the facts and figures?

17. Attendance times: Amersham (Birch Lane) = approx. 16 minutes Hemel Hempstead (Green Dragon) = approx. 14 minutes. Attendance times: Bovingdon (Tower Hill) = approx. 9 minutes Kings Langley (Tower Hill) = approx. 11minutes Attendance Time = Time from 999 call Attendance times: The Mount and Dudley House > 10 minutes

18. Future Developments  Working with the Ambulance service No-one can predict the future, but other future developments will impact further the responsiveness of the local services  Re-location of call centre  Local Knowledge  Further reduction in retained stations  Global warming  Increased Housing

19. Summary Population Prison and Market Attendance times Cost Cutting Data Reliability Future Developments We invite you to visit us.

20. We would like the County Council to: The Draft Community Safety Plan 2006 - 2007 proposal Support the local community and REJECT