LFB - Responding to New
Challenges in an Uncertain World
Ron 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 Londo
• 113 fire stations including river
station
• 169 pumping appliances
• 82 specialist and resilience vehicles
Top Management Structure
Commissioner
Strategic Advisor to the
Commissioner
Deputy Commissioner
Director Finance and
Contractual Services
Operations and Mobilising
(Third Officer)
Director Operational
Resilience and Training
Health and Safety Services
Finance
Communications
Information and
Communications Technology
HR and Development
Fire Safety Regulation
Procurement
Technical and Service
Support
Operational Procedures
Legal and Democratic
Services
Operational Resilience
Strategy and Performance
Training
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:
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13,000 serious fires
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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:
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Wembley Football Stadium
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London Heathrow Terminal 5
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White City Shopping Centre (Westfield)
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Stratford City Shopping Centre (Westfield)
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The Shard
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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
Olympic Stadium
Aquatics Centre
Velodrome
Before
Before
Before
After
After
After
2012 is not just an Olympic year in
London
Other events London will be hosting in 2012:
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Olympic torch relay
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Cultural Olympiad
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Queens Diamond Jubilee
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Notting Hill Carnival
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WorldPride 2012
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London Marathon
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Wimbledon Tennis Championships
•
Premier League football
Join us at the London Excel Centre
Contact: simon.davis2@london-fire.gov.uk