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Statistics for the period 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007

                    Statistics for the period 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007
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The Fire Emergency Support Service Vehicle (FESS) has been working with West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service since July 1998.  The adapted caravanette style vehicle run by around 18 volunteers provides practical and emotional support to people in the West Yorkshire area affected by a domestic fire or similar Fire & Rescue Service incident e.g. domestic flooding.  It is delivered in the first few hours after the fire/incident and supplements the activities of the statutory services by providing a higher level of support than that demanded by the statutory obligations of the emergency services and local authority.  The vehicle is fully equipped with non-perishable food and clothes along with other items. 

One family grateful for the help provided by the FESS in 2007 commented:

"We were extremely grateful at the time, most of the house was gutted by the fire and we had to move out.  We really appreciated that the fire and rescue service contacted the FESS at a time when really needed help and guidance".

The Senior Fire Officer at the scene of the incident initiates the call out by informing the Control Centre, requesting the attendance of the vehicle where the volunteers can assist with welfare issues.  The incident does not have to be large, just that the victims may be in trauma or in need of the facilities which the Red Cross volunteers can offer. 

The vehicle is not intended to be used as sleeping accommodation; the services on offer are free of charge and the primary considerations and uses are:-

 

 

The service operates:

Weekdays - between 18:00 hrs and 07:00 hrs

Weekends - between 18:00 hrs Friday to 07:00 hrs Monday

Bank Holidays -18:00 hrs on the day before the bank holiday and 07:00 hrs on the day following the bank holiday.

For the period 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007 the vehicle was called out on 59 occasions, compared to 66 occasions in 2006, but 100 more people and animals were given assistance.  The statistics published below detail the assistance given during 2007 with comparisons for 2006 and is proof of the success of the scheme within West Yorkshire. 

 

2007

 

 

2006

Adults

186

  

Adults

89

Children/Babies

71

  

Children/Babies

64

Animals

23

  

Animals

27

Total

280

  

Total

180

Given below is a breakdown of the requests for the FESS to attend at incidents during the last two years:

Fire Station

2007

 

Fire Station

2006

Gipton

6

  

Huddersfield

8

Wakefield

5

  

Idle

6

Huddersfield

4

  

Gipton
5

Odsal

4

  

Moortown
5

Halifax

3

  

Hunslet

4

Hunslet

3

  

Leeds

4

Moortown

3

  

Castleford

3

Shipley

3

  

Fairweather Green

3

Skipton

3

  

Keighley

3

Batley

2

  

Stanningley

3

Cleckheaton

2

  

Batley

2

Fairweather Green

2

  

Cookridge

2

Idle

2

  

Odsal

2

Morley

2

  

Slaithwaite

2

South Elmsall

2

  

Stanks

2

Bingley

1

  

Bradford

1

Bradford

1

  

Cleckheaton

1

Brighouse

1

  

Elland

1

Cookridge

1

  

Hemsworth

1

Dewsbury

1

  

Illingworth

1

Keighley

1

  

Marsden

1

Knottingley

1

    Morley
1

Normanton

1

    Normanton
1

Ossett

1

    Ossett
1

Silsden

1

    Shipley
1

Slaithwaite

1

    Silsden
1

Stanningley

1

    Skelmanthorpe
1
Todmorden
1