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Changes to Road Rescue Response
Geoff Sallis
(Assistant Chief Fire Officer)
Nathan Travis(Area Manager, Community Risk Reduction)
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Benefits across county:Providing more firefighters at every road traffic collision (RTC)
Providing better equipment for firefighters at RTCs
Providing a more effective response for RTCs
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Fire appliance (pump)
Rescue appliance
Fire & Rescue appliances
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Current response to an RTC
Call comes in to our Control Room and we mobilise the closest fire appliance with five firefighters, and the closest rescue appliance with two firefighters from Gloucester, Cheltenham or Stroud
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What are we proposing for Stroud Fire Station?Not to replace the Rescue Appliance that has come to the end of its service, but use the funding (£250k) to enhance RTC equipment in the county
Modify one of the Pumps as a Pump/Rescue appliance with enhanced RTC equipment
Redeploy firefighters that currently staff the Rescue Appliance across the Service
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How will this work for an RTC incident in Stroud?The pump/rescue appliance and crew of five will respond immediately to the RTC
An additional pump and crew of 5/6 will respond five minutes after the pump/rescue
Overall improved response compared to today - 10+ firefighters rather than seven
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What does this mean for the residents of Stroud DistrictA more effective response to RTCs
Increased number of firefighters skilled to deal with RTCs
Updated and better equipment being used at RTCs
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Why Do We Need To Change? We have already identified a
main area of focus in our Integrated Risk
Management Plan (2009-2012):
Improving our response to RTCs countywide
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Improving response to RTCs countywide:Today, successful rescues from RTCs are not just about cutting people out of cars – they are also about maintaining people’s vital signs (e.g. cardio-vascular, respiratory) and preventing further injury (e.g. spinal) which is more labour-intensive
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Trials in other areasNorth Cotswolds, Tewkesbury and Forest of Dean - enhanced rescue equipment carried on pump/rescue
Increased number of firefighters (with more skills and more equipment) responding to RTC’s
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The Future?Developing this approach across the county (Cirencester)
Decreasing Fire Calls (prevention) – allows improved response to incidents
Continue to improve the service in a challenging economic climate
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Your Views?
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