About
Idle Fire Station, situated on Highfield Road was built in 1956 and comprises offices, training and accommodation facilities and an appliance room that houses one water ladder fire appliance. The station is wholetime (24/7) and has 26 staff consisting of a station commander (who also manages Shipley), 24 operational firefighters and a station clerk who provides administrative support.
The station area covers the part of Bradford which includes the mainly residential locations of Thorpe Edge, Undercliffe, Wrose and Eccleshill, totalling 22,008 dwellings as well as the commercial areas of Five Lane Ends and Idle. The population of the area is 52,603.
In addition to the fire appliance the station is home to the Red Cross Fire Emergency Support Service (FESS) vehicle. The FESS vehicle is staffed through volunteers who are on call and respond to the needs of individuals who have had a house fire.
The station commander and station personnel liaise with the Neighbourhood Policing team, various Council Ward Officers and attend local neighbourhood forums. This partnership liaison, in addition to the work carried out by the arson task force, is aimed at protecting people by reducing the numbers of fires within the Idle station area.
Community News
At the start of each financial year the Station Commander sets a target for station personnel to complete a number of Home Fire Safety Checks (HFSC) in the community. The target for the year 2011/12 was set at 1056. The station has surpassed this target for the year having completed 1085, In addition to this figure, others crews from neighbouring stations along with the Fire Prevention department, based at Bradford, have added 612 HFSC's to the total this means that 1697 properties within the Idle station area, which includes, Idle, Eccleshill, Undercliffe, Wrose, Greengates, have been visited and HFSC advice has been given along with a substantial number of smoke detectors fitted where required.
These visits in the community provide risk based information to householders which in-turn drives the number of house fires down.
Should you require a HFSC return to the home page where you will find a short cut to an application form.
Statistics
| Year | Fires | Special Service Calls | False Alarms | Total Incidents |
| 1 April 2011-31 March 2012 |
279 |
64 |
362 |
706 |
| 2010 |
404 |
60 |
407 |
871 |
| 2009 |
385 |
78 |
422 |
885 |
| 2008 |
359 |
83 |
408 |
850 |
| 2007 |
491 |
75 |
502 |
1068 |
| 2006 |
588 |
97 |
529 |
1214 |
| 2005 |
639 |
100 |
426 |
1165 |
| 2004 |
557 |
103 |
399 |
1059 |
| 2003 |
872 |
82 |
484 |
1438 |
//3297fdbb15ba415f8ef4b090b1f890ccae0a9199.jpg "External view of Idle fire station")
