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M e r s e y s i d e F i r e a n d R e s c u e S e r v i ce Knowsley District Community Safety Plan 2 0 1 2 - 2 0 1 3

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2012-13 - District Community Safety Delivery Plan

1. Foreword Community Fire and Rescue Stations across Knowsley have become centres for our communities and this has given us opportunities in engage with children, families and community groups; to teach healthy and safe cooking practices as well as promoting positive lifestyles. Our stations are easily identifiable within the Knowsley community and readily accessible. We regularly run courses on our stations to engage young people in fire safety education and the development of life skills. We recognise that to truly respond to the risks facing of our diverse communities we need to understand their requirements. To assist us to engage we built upon our professionalism to tackle the identified risks that affect the community. This can be both demanding and challenging so we continue to encourage and support partnership working to deliver safer communities. The Knowsley district plan has been produced by our District Managers, Community Safety Manager, Prevention and Protection Team, partner agencies and operational staff. We met several times to discuss the priorities for Knowsley and how we could tackle them. When developing this Plan we gathered information pertinent to the Knowsley district. We therefore set about analysing statistically information at Ward level to obtain a better understanding of our community which we used for individual station plans. As a result, this plan reflects not only Merseyside Fire Rescue Service organisational priorities but also those of our key stakeholders and partners including; Knowsley Neighbourhood Management Team, Merseyside Police, Knowsley Road Safety Team and Anti Social Behaviour Unit.

2. Introduction There are a number of key local risks in Knowsley including; health and wellbeing and crime. All of these issues increase the risk of fire to our communities. As a member of the Knowsley Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership we will support the people who live and work in Knowsley in their endeavours to reduce crime and disorder and provide a safe, healthy and happy environment that will enrich and sustain the development of our neighbourhoods and communities. All of these issues influence the risk of fire and other emergencies occurring in our communities.

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Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service have a number of staff based in the Knowsley area whose roles and responsibilities are to reduce risk throughout the community by preventative community safety services. The skills and knowledge of the Operational Crews and Community Prevention Team are used to deliver a proportional service to our communities including; Advocates who focus on:

o Older people o Drug and alcohol use and misuse o People with mental health issues and/or learning difficulties o Community safety o Arson and anti-social behaviour

We also have: o School Fire Liaison Officers o A Princes Trust Team working with young people

As a district we deliver o Home Fire Safety Checks to those most vulnerable resulting in

actions to improve safety o Community engagement activities o Road Traffic Collision awareness training o Healthy eating courses to reduce obesity and Accidental Dwelling

Fires across the district. o Community Management and Partnership workings

We use sophisticated information tools to identify and analyse data pertinent to the vulnerable communities of Knowsley. This information is used to support our actions. In this plan an example of this is the Road Safety Management data relating to 16-25 year olds. Which illustrates to us this age group are more likely to have road traffic collisions. The Community Stations located within Knowsley provide Fire and Rescue Service emergency response to residents, visitors and the business community and the wider Merseyside Region. Contact Information Knowsley Management Team

Position Name Email Contact District Manager

James Berry [email protected] 0151 296 4605

Community Safety Manager

Paula O’Callaghan paulao’[email protected] 0151 296 5505

Supervisory Advocate

Joanne Henderson [email protected] 0151 296 5469

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Knowsley Community Fire Stations Station Appliances Address Contact 40 – Huyton

M40P1 Huyton Lane, Huyton, Liverpool, L36 7XG

0151 296 5445

Watch Managers; Steve Cheetham Gary Spain Phil Lingley Gary McQueen

41 – Whiston

M41P1 Fire Station Road, Whiston, L35 7JH

0151 296 5535

Watch Managers; Peter Matthews Ian Dooley Ian Pollock Mick Carter

42 – Kirkby M42P1, M42P2 Webster Drive, Kirkby, L32 8SJ 0151 296 5505 Watch Managers;

Andy Bailey Mally Whipp Steve Clarke Peter Thompson

Other Stations Overlapping Knowsley Council Boundaries

Station Address Contact Old Swan 628 Queens Drive, Liverpool, L13 5UD 0151 296 5725 Croxteth Storrington Avenue, Liverpool, L11 9AP 0151 296 5595 Belle Vale Childwall Valley Road, Liverpool, L25 2PY 0151 296 6600 Eccleston Millfields, St Helens, WA10 5NS 0151 296 5475 On the Fire & Rescue Authority Knowsley Council is represented by the Cllr Tony Newman (Chair to the Authority) and Cllr Ted Grannell contact details below.

CLLR TONY NEWMAN - LABOUR20 Martock, Whiston, Prescot, L35 3JZ. Tel: 0151 292 4884 Mobile: 07967 372013 Council Tel: 0151 443 4026 E mail:[email protected]

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CLLR TED GRANNELL - LABOUR4 Cheddar Grove Southdene Kirkby Knowsley L32 7RS Tel: 0151 546 2633 E mail:[email protected]

All our staff are informed of the cultural needs of our different communities in order to provide the best and most supportive service possible. This Community Safety Plan was drawn up in conjunction with our Partners in order to provide an excellent, affordable service to all of our diverse communities within Knowsley and to ensure that our interventions make a difference.

3. Mission Aims and Core Values – from IRMP

Our Mission, Aims and Core Values Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service is guided by its mission and a set of aims and values. They represent the foundation to all of our priorities and activities. The main document that sets out how we will achieve our priorities is our Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP). The IRMP details the strategic priorities. The district and station plans focus on more local priorities but still focus on our mission aims and core values

Our Mission; To Achieve; Safer Stronger Communities - Safe Effective Firefighters

Our Aims; Excellent Operational Preparedness We will provide our Firefighters with the training, information, procedures and equipment to ensure they can safely and effectively resolve all emergency incidents. Excellent Operational Response To maintain an excellent emergency response to meet risk across Merseyside with safety and effectiveness at its core.

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Excellent Prevention and Protection We will work with our partners and our community to protect the most vulnerable through targeted local risk reduction interventions and the robust application of our legal powers. Excellent People We will develop and value all our employees, respecting diversity, promoting opportunity and equality for all.

Our Core Values Make a positive difference to our community We will build upon our unique position of trust and respect within the community and the professionalism of our staff to tackle the real underlying factors which affect risk.

We will achieve this by seeking partnerships in areas where we believe we can contribute to making communities safer from fire and other emergencies. Provide an excellent and affordable service We will manage our emergency response flexibly, with an emphasis on those most at risk.

We will do this by managing the number and type of appliances which are available to respond to emergencies at different locations throughout the day, night and at different times of the year to more accurately reflect the changing level and location of risk. Everyone matters We aim to reduce risk in every home on Merseyside to a tolerable level, with no homes being assessed as high risk after we and our partners have offered support to the resident.

To achieve this we will be more sophisticated in the way we commit resources to reduce risk; we will continue to offer free Home Fire Safety Checks to residents in Merseyside as we have done for the past ten years, but our key focus will be to work with our partners to identify and provide assistance to those individuals within the community who are most at risk from fire and other emergencies.

Respect our environment We will fulfil our responsibilities for protecting the built and natural environment, with support and commitment at the highest level.

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We will continue to identify and manage our activities, which have an impact on the environment, without compromising our operational response or our service delivery to the communities of Merseyside.

Our people are the best they can be We will ensure our workforce has the necessary knowledge, skills and values to make a difference.

We will support them in their role and encourage them to contribute their ideas to continually improve the Service to deliver our mission.

We will ensure our staff receive the training and information they need, in order to deliver our services to a high standard and that they are protected in their work through a comprehensive and robust approach to health & safety.

4. Background to Knowsley Geography & Population Knowsley is one of the five Districts within the Merseyside area. There are approximately 62,000 domestic dwelling and a population of approximately 150,000 (Census 2001). Within the Knowsley district there are 3 Community Fire Stations located in Kirkby, Huyton and Whiston. Knowsley is one of five metropolitan districts on Merseyside. The borough covers 33 square miles, two thirds of which is green belt and has a population of 150,800 people occupying 62,000 households. Over the last 30 years, the borough has experienced a decline in its population. Almost 30 per cent of homes are social housing. Fewer than 3 per cent of people are from black and minority ethnic groups.

Description The borough does not have a single urban centre and the population is concentrated in three towns - Huyton, Kirkby, and Halewood. Smaller villages include Prescot, Whiston, Cronton, Stockbridge and Knowsley. The M57 and M62 motorways and the A580 East Lancashire Road provide good transport links to Liverpool and Manchester.

The borough's industrial base is concentrated in business parks with retail and commercial activities focused on town centres - Kirkby in the north, Huyton in the west and Prescot in the east. Employment was traditionally based on manufacturing in areas like engineering, the car industry and food processing but over 70 per cent of companies and 60 per cent of jobs are now in the service sector. Three-quarters of all Knowsley businesses are small or medium-size enterprises.

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In order to make a difference and improve safety in Knowlsey we need to understand our communities. The table below shows the Knowsley population by age;

Population of Knowsley and Merseyside by

Age

Knowsley Merseyside Knowsley as % of Merseyside

0-14 27,800 227,700 12.2% 15-24 21,800 202,400 10.8% 25-39 26,800 243,600 11.0% 40-59 42,000 365,800 11.5% 60+ 31,000 311,000 10.0% (ONS mid-2009 estimate) Age breakdown After reviewing the table above with our Stakeholders and Partners we recognise that the demographic breakdown of the district influences the emerging priorities and the Knowsley Station Action Points. An example of this is our intention to work with the Knowsley Road Safety Management Team in order to make an impact on reducing the number of road traffic collisions in those aged 16-25 years. This age group forms approximately 11% of the Knowsley population and is the age group at highest risk of having a road traffic collision. The table below details the ethnic breakdown of the population of Knowsley.

Number of people per

ethnic group for Knowsley district and Merseyside

Knowsley Merseyside As a % of Knowsley

White 146,600 1,288,100 97.2% Mixed 1,700 16,300 1.1% Black/Black British 700 12,300 0.5% Asian/Asian British 1,000 17,700 0.7% Chinese/Other 900 15,900 0.6% (ONS mid-2007 estimate) Ethnicity During the planning meeting it was recognised that Knowsley has a relatively small BME community and this is reflected in the figures above. Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service Community Prevention Team sit on Knowsley’s Local Strategic Partnership Board. The Community Cohesion Strategy within Knowsley focuses on age, disability, gender, income, worklessness and sexual orientation. It also has a definitive focus on race and faith and every other aspect of social capital development which can contribute to community cohesion. The strategy sets out the Knowsley Partnership’s ambition for community cohesion in Knowsley. Progress in delivering the strategy will be regularly reported to the

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Local Strategic Partnership so that all organisations involved like ourselves in delivering this strategy can be held to account. This strategy provides a partnership approach, with clear links to existing and developing strategies and the thread of cohesion running through partnership working and delivery. One way we contribute towards the Knowsley Community Cohesion Strategy is through Hate Crime Risk Assessments. Whilst carrying out Hate Crime Risk Assessments we will work with partners to work empathetically to reduce risk of fire by target hardening and offering suitable advice equipment i.e. fire retardant letter box bags, and support. All Community Fire Stations are hate crime reporting centres. Within the Knowsley district from April 2011 to date there have been 226 reported hate crime incidents of which 130 of these have been hate crime and 96 have been hate incidents where no crime has been committed. As a Fire Service we take Hate Crime seriously. Through the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARAC), Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) procedures we share information with partner agencies, to ensure that victims of domestic abuse and their families, are given appropriate support through joint agency working. This can be in the form of interventions from Prevention and Protection Advocates with specialist knowledge in Anti Social Behaviour and Arson.

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The pie chart above shows that the Knowsley community is predominantly Christian. These statistics were taken into consideration when developing Station Action Plans. Religious belief can be an indicator of risk status however there where no issues raised by our partners to suggest that religious orientation identified individuals as vulnerable in Knowsley. Our Home Fire Safety Strategy reflects a non discriminatory approach. Fire statistics have shown that people with a disability can be more at risk from fire, the table below shows a breakdown Knowsley residents claiming Disability Living allowance; Status Knowsley Merseyside Knowsley as %

of Merseyside Claimants Aged Under 16 990 8540 11.6% Claimants Aged 16-24 650 5670 11.5% Claimants Aged 25-49 3670 28410 12.9% Claimants Aged 50-59 3210 23430 13.7% Claimants Aged 60-69 4180 31700 13.2% Claimants Aged 70 + 3700 24780 14.9% Total 16400 122530 13.4% Table showing Disability Living Allowance claimants in Knowsley, based on Aug 2009 figures As shown in the table above 13.4% of the population of Knowsley are registered as having a disability. The Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service Community Prevention Team work to help to reduce risk, empower people with disabilities and the wider community so everyone can enjoy safer living. They do this by providing advice and issuing equipment e.g. fire retardant throws to reduce the risk of fire death or injury. We actively seek to engage with the disabled community through Twitter and Community Messaging. Messaging members allow us to send, to people who have elected to receive them, messages relating to crime reduction activity, safety campaign information, trends, alerts and events via email, voicemail to a landline telephone and text (SMS). By providing this method of communication we can offer a service to those people who are hard to reach due to social isolation or refuse to accept services for a number of personal reasons. Social Context The borough faces significant problems. Knowsley is the fifth most deprived borough in England and has high levels and concentrations of deprivation, poor health and low attainment. Large numbers of people in the borough depend on benefits, particularly incapacity benefit.

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Levels of smoking in Knowsley are significantly above those occurring nationally. 32.6% of Knowsley residents are current smokers (Knowsley smoking prevalence survey 2007). We assist in reducing these figures by offering referrals to Smoking Cessation groups during home fire safety checks and offer space to the ‘Quit Smoking Group’ free of charge within our Kirkby Community Fire Station. Unfortunately fire does discriminate. Most fires are in areas of deprivation or low income households. This is reflected in the map below however engaging with partners is crucial in identifying high risk people in low/medium risk areas, such as North Kirkby and North Huyton. In areas of risk ,such as these, operational fire crews have requested fire data to identify high risk properties. These properties are being targeted for Home Fire Safety Checks, careless cooking interventions and safety leaflet campaigns. This approach is in conjunction with the Fire Service Direct appointments process. We have identified that of the 62,000 homes we have visited nearly 43,000. Crews from Huyton, Whiston and Kirkby have set themselves a target of 40 Home Fire Safety Checks in the high and medium risk areas per month.

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The pie chart below identifies the proportion of various incidents attended by Operational Crews within the Knowsley District during 2011/12. The majority of incidents are Deliberate Secondary Fires which we will be addressing as one of the key action points over the next 12 months. We work closely with our partners in the Knowsley district to reduce the number of incidents around seasonal activity for example the Bonfire Period which is the period where our highest numbers of incidents occur and in conjunction with our partners we draw up a Bonfire Strategy to target high risk areas.

Incidents attended by type during 2011/12 (to end of January)

349, 5%

2859, 42%

309, 4%502, 7%

173, 3%

1240, 18%

585, 9%

76, 1%

578, 8%

198, 3%

Accidental Dwelling Fire Deliberate Secondary Fire Deliberate Vehicle Fire Other Property FireOther Secondary Fire Automatic False Alarm False Alarm Good Intent Malicious False AlarmSpecial Service Special Service ‐ RTC

Author: J FieldingDate: 16/02/2012Strategic Planning

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The table below shows a relatively small increase in accidental dwelling fires. During the next 12 months we will look to address this as another key priority. Our intention is to use data agreements and proactive partnership work to reduce this figure by targeting the homes of those whom could be deemed medium to high risk, as accidental dwelling fires tend to happen in homes of those most vulnerable.

Accidental Dwelling Fire in Knowsley 01/04/2009 to 31/01/2012

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The chart below again shows the number of Road Traffic Collisions (RTC’s) attended by the Fire and Rescue Service and remains another one of our key priorities within the district. Although there is a reduction, it is our intention to work with our partners and the community in order to strive to reduce the number of incidents even further. However the Fire & Rescue Service do not attend all RTC’s, they normally only attend incidents if people are trapped. Statistically, people within the age group of 16-25 are most likely to be involved in an RTC this makes up approximately 11% of the Knowsley community.

Road Traffic Collisions in Knowsley 01/04/2009 to 31/01/2012

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5. District Priorities Knowsley has a number of priorities derived from a series of station planning meetings which consisted of Operational Staff, Community Prevention Staff and key stakeholders and partner agencies and other Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service departments. The key driver behind identifying these priorities was a multi agency meeting held in December 2011. This meeting was attended by Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Officers who represented Neighbourhood Management, Anti Social Behaviour Reduction, Crime and Disorder Reduction, Knowsley Council Road Safety Team and Merseyside Police. Priorities identified from the meeting were then used as a catalyst, during the station and local service planning meetings, to understand how our partners priorities fit in with those relevant to the Merseyside Fire & Rescue Services priorities;

• To reduce accidental dwelling fires and the deaths and injuries which result from these fires in Merseyside

• To reduce the impact of fire on commercial enterprise and the wider community

• To reinforce our role in fire prevention by improving fire safety within the public and commercial buildings of Merseyside

5. District Objectives What is the objective?

Where is the issue and how are we going to address it?

What are the expected outcomes? (SMART targets and any links to LPIs)

How will the outcomes be measured?

Timescales/Estimated completion date Responsible officer/s

Reducing Accidental fires, deaths and injuries in the home Life skills through Mentoring.

Whiston 18 Mentoring sessions at Evelyn Primary School, Prescott LPI links - 44,45,85

Project evaluation 31 March 2013 Group Manager

Reduction in Accidental Dwelling Fires (ADF)

Knowsley 5000 Home Fire Safety Checks per year resulting in a reduction of 5% in ADF’s over the next 12 months. LPI links - 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 44, 44a, 45, 46, 47, 8.

Reduction in ADF’s, deaths and Injuries.

31 March 2013 Community Prevention Management Team

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Reducing anti-social behaviour and arson Engaging with the vulnerable through Community Messaging

Huyton Increase of 864 members to Community Messaging across Knowsley within the next 12 months. LPI links - 44. 45. 46. 47. 5a. 5b. 5c. 48a.

Increase in number of Knowsley community Messaging users.


Communicating via information technology; Twitter

Knowsley 48 ‘tweets’ highlighting Community Prevention events across Knowsley district within the next 12 months. LPI links - 44. 45. 46. 47. 5a. 5b. 5c. 48a.

Increased number of tweets from the Knowsley district.


Reducing Secondary Fires

Huyton Reduction in secondary fires by 3% - LPI liked 48a, 48b, 49, 49a, 50, 97, 33

Reduction in number of anti social behaviour incidents within the next 12 months.


Increased numbers of staff givenTraining

Knowsley 24 specialist training courses to be delivered to Operational crews LPI links - VAW, 5a,5b,5c, 48a, 48b, 49a, 50,85, 61b

Improved training, reduction in ASB

31 March 2013 Group Manager/Community Safety Manager

Using the Climbing Wall as a diversionary activity.

Kirkby Delivery of and participation of the climbing wall at 2 community events LPI liked 48a, 48b, 49, 49a, 50, 97, 33, 98

A 3% reduction in secondary fires.


Promoting health and wellbeing Contributing towards a Healthy Knowsley

Knowsley 3 Ministry of Food Courses Knowsley district within the next 12 months. LPI links 44,45 5a,5b,5c

Station Community Room Calendar


Reducing Road Traffic Collisions Improving Road Safety

Knowsley 18 Road Safety Events across the Knowsley district within the next 12 months. LPI links 41,42,42a,43

Reduction in RTC’s across Knowsley.


Reducing accidental fires in other buildings Identifying risk through Gas Cylinder Audits

Knowsley 144 gas cylinder audits across the Knowsley district within the next 12 months. LPI links - 3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,15,16,17

Increased number of Risk Management 1forms. Increase number of small to medium business risk assessments.


Reducing risk in High Rise premises.

Knowsley Work with KHT to reduce risk to 12 high rise properties in Knowsley LPI links - 5a,5b,5c,44,45,46,52a,52b

Decrease in ADF’s and AFA’s.


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Reduction in Fires in commercial and other non domestic premises

Knowsley

Crews will utilise a risk based approach to carry out Site Specific Risk Inspections and liaise with Colleagues from Legislative Fire Safety to ensure compliance with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. A Reduction in Community Risk Improved safety management in care home premises. Safer

4 SSRI per appliance per month. 192 per year

SSRI Project Management Team. District Management Team. Operational Response Team.

Knowsley Resilience Action Group (KRAG)

Knowsley Will attend KRAG meetings to promote contingency exercising LPI links - 100,102

Number of events organized by contingency planning and exercise department.

31 March 2013 Group Manager

Reducing risk in Residential Care Homes Project

Knowsley Completion of Initial Residential Care Home Fire Safety Checklist. NB Roll out anticipated to start June 2012 (Post trial and evaluation). Once All Initial Visits complete, Ops to Re-Visit as per Re-Visit Strategy (Schedule identified by FS Database as either 12, 24 or 36 Month re-visit)

Number of Stations = 26 Expected number of assessments = 4 per Station per month, until 100% completion per Station area. Monthly Monitoring Quarterly reporting against target of 312 (Until 100% Completion) Ongoing – Quarterly Monitoring against FS Database.


Reducing mobilisations to AFA’s

Whiston Visit 12 local businesses in the Whiston station areas - LPI linked 52a, 52b, 53, 54, 97, 98, 120a

Reduction in AFA’s 31 March 2013 Community Prevention Management Team

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6. Individual station plans

Community Safety Delivery Plans HUYTON COMMUNITY FIRE STATION (40) Station 40 Community Safety Delivery Plan

2012/13


Our Aims; Excellent Operational Preparedness We will provide our Firefighters with the training, information, procedures and equipment to ensure they can safely and effectively resolve all emergency incidents. Excellent Operational Response We will maintain an excellent emergency response to meet risk across Merseyside with safety and effectiveness at its core. Excellent Prevention and Protection We will work with our partners and our community to protect the most vulnerable through targeted local risk reduction interventions and the robust application of our legal powers. Excellent People We will develop and value all our employees, respecting diversity, promoting opportunity and equality for all. Knowsley Community Safety Delivery Plan (Huyton 40) Huyton Community Fire Station is one of three fire stations within the Knowsley District and the area has a population of approximately 67,069. The fire station is located on Huyton Lane which is near to the Town Centre. It has one front line rescue fire appliance, which is staffed by one Watch Manager and four Fire Fighters. Out of Huyton Fire Station there is the main base for the Community Prevention Team and The Princes Trust. The Community Prevention Team along with Operational crew work with partners within the Knowsley district to achieve the following key priorities;

• Crime and anti-social behaviour reduction • Health and wellbeing improvements • Improved opportunities for education and employment • Climate change – piloting the climate change champion programme • Behaviour change in Huyton town centre – to tackle dog fouling, litter, fly tipping, anti-

social behaviour, truancy. • Reducing alcohol abuse • Attainment – working with partners to develop training and employment opportunitie

Reducing antisocial behaviour and arson. Knowsley Community Messaging; promote a free service providing timely and accurate information to residents. Secondary Fires; Work in conjunction with the

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Anti Social Behaviour/Arson Advocate to engage with youths to reduce secondary fires within the Huyton District. Reduction in Accidental Fires, Deaths and injuries; Reduce the number of domestic dwellings within Knowsley that have not benefited from a MFRS risk reduction intervention. Reducing accidental fires in other buildings; Gas Cylinder Audits; access small to medium businesses within Knowsley to identify and located gas cylinders. Reducing road traffic collisions To work with Schools, Road Safety Managers and Youth Centres to deliver Road Safety Awareness. Promoting health and wellbeing; Delivery of a healthy food cookery course. Support local groups to deliver a health message.

Reducing Accidental Fires, Deaths & Injuries in the home Actions for 2012/3 What we will do

Targets

Outcomes

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Identify homes in medium/high risk areas and deliver HFSC.

40 HFSC per Watch per month.

5% Reduction in ADF, Deaths and injuries from Fire.

Reducing Accidental Fires in other buildings 2 Reduction in Fires in

commercial and other non domestic premises

4 SSRI per station month.

A Reduction in Community Risk Improved safety management in care home premises.

3 Identify and access businesses with unregistered gas cylinders.

2 premises visited and registered per watch per month.

Improved Firefighter safety. Improved business continuity planning.

4 Residential Care Home Project

4 per month. Monitoring monthly, quarterly reporting against target of 312 until 100% completion. Ongoing quarterly monitoring against FS database.

Completion of Initial Residential Care Home Fire Safety Checklist. NB Roll out anticipated to start June 2012 (Post trial and evaluation). Once All Initial Visits complete, Ops to Re-Visit as per Re-Visit

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Strategy (Schedule identified by FS Database as either 12, 24 or 36 Month re-visit)

Reducing Anti-Social Behaviour and Arson 5

Promote sign up for Knowsley Community Messaging.

864 new members over the next 12 months

Reduction in ASB. Increase take up of HFSC.

6 Engage with youths in the Area to reduce secondary fires.

Reduction in number of anti social behaviour incidents within the next 12 months.

Reduction in secondary fires by 3%

Reducing Road Traffic Collisions 7 Deliver Road Safety

Presentations to Schools and Youth Centres.

Train crews in presentation delivery, each watch to deliver ten sessions per year.

Improved road safety awareness and reduction in road related accidents.

Promoting Health & Wellbeing 8 Health; Deliver

healthly and safe cookery courses and/or support groups to deliver a healthy and safe cooking message.

Support crews in the delivery of 3 healthy/safe food cookery sessions across the district.

90% of attendees have an increased in knowledge of safe and healthy cooking practices.

Group Manager James Berry [email protected] Community Safety Manager Paula O’Callaghan paulao’[email protected]

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Community Safety Delivery Plans WHISTON COMMUNITY FIRE STATION (41) Station 41 Community Safety

Delivery Plan 2012/13


Our Aims; Excellent Operational Preparedness We will provide our Firefighters with the training, information, procedures and equipment to ensure they can safely and effectively resolve all emergency incidents. Excellent Operational Response We will maintain an excellent emergency response to meet risk across Merseyside with safety and effectiveness at its core. Excellent Prevention and Protection We will work with our partners and our community to protect the most vulnerable through targeted local risk reduction interventions and the robust application of our legal powers. Excellent People We will develop and value all our employees, respecting diversity, promoting opportunity and equality for all. Knowsley Community Safety Delivery Plan (Whiston 41) Whiston Community Fire Station is one of three fire stations within the Knowsley District and the area has a population of approximately 22,385. The fire station is located on Fire Station Road which is near to Whiston Hospital. It has one front line rescue fire appliance, which is staffed by one Watch Manager and four Fire Fighters. The Community Prevention Team along with Operational crew work with partners within the Knowsley district to achieve the following key priorities;

• Reducing the impact of alcohol • Improving life chances of young people • Increasing recycling and reducing litter

Reducing antisocial behaviour and arson; Knowsley Community Messaging; promote a free service providing timely and accurate information to residents. Reduction in Accidental Fires, Deaths and injuries; Reduction in Accidental Fires, Deaths and injuries; Reduce the number of domestic dwellings within Knowsley that have not benefited from a MFRS risk reduction intervention.

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Reducing accidental fires in other buildings; Gas Cylinder Audits; access small to medium businesses within Knowsley to identify and located gas cylinders. To link in with the organisations new AFA strategy to promote, communicate and education local businesses on AFA’s Reducing road traffic collisions; To work with Schools, Road Safety Managers and Youth Centres to deliver Road Safety Awareness. Promoting health and wellbeing; Delivery of a healthy food cookery course. Support local groups to deliver a health message.

Reducing Accidental Fires, Deaths & Injuries in the home Actions for 2012/3

What we will do

Targets

Outcomes

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40 HFSC per Watch, Per Station


Reducing Accidental Fires in other buildings 2 Reduction in Fires

in commercial and other non domestic premises

4 SSRI per month. A Reduction in Community Risk Improved safety management in care home premises. Safer

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Link in with local business to promote the organisations new strategy on AFA’s

Visit 12 local businesses in the Whiston station areas.

Reduction in AFA’s

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Identify and access businesses with unregistered gas cylinders.


Improved Firefighter safety. Improved business continuity planning.



Completion of Initial Residential Care Home Fire Safety Checklist. NB Roll out anticipated to start June 2012 (Post trial and evaluation). Once All Initial Visits complete, Operational Crews s to Re-Visit as per Re-Visit Strategy (Schedule identified by FS Database as either 12, 24 or 36 Month re-visit)

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Reducing Anti-Social Behaviour and Arson 6




Reducing Road Traffic Collisions 7 Deliver Road

Safety Presentations to Schools and Youth Centres.








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Community Safety Delivery Plans KIRKBY COMMUNITY FIRE STATION (42) Station 42 Community Safety Delivery Plan

2012/13


Our Aims; Excellent Operational Preparedness We will provide our Firefighters with the training, information, procedures and equipment to ensure they can safely and effectively resolve all emergency incidents. Excellent Operational Response We will maintain an excellent emergency response to meet risk across Merseyside with safety and effectiveness at its core. Excellent Prevention and Protection We will work with our partners and our community to protect the most vulnerable through targeted local risk reduction interventions and the robust application of our legal powers. Excellent People We will develop and value all our employees, respecting diversity, promoting opportunity and equality for all. Knowsley Community Safety Delivery Plan (Kirkby 42) Kirkby Community Fire Station is one of three fire stations within the Knowsley District and the area has a population of approximately 47,035. The fire station is located on Webster Drive which is near to the Town Centre. It has one front line rescue fire appliance which is staffed by one Watch Manager and three Fire Fighters. There is also a support fire appliance which is staffed by a Crew Manager and three Fire Fighters. Kirkby Fire Station is fortunate enough to be able to offer two Community rooms to partners to support community activities. The Community Prevention Team along with Operational crew work with partners within the Knowsley district to achieve the following key priorities;

• Improved health and wellbeing, reduced teenage conception rates, improved under five dental health, reduced respiratory disease rates.

• Increased and improved economy • Improved environment and reduced crime rates • Improved cross generational cohesion

Reducing antisocial behaviour and arson; Knowsley Community Messaging; Promote a free service providing timely and accurate information to residents. Climbing Wall; Use of the climbing wall as a engagement tool to reduce anti social behaviour in the Kirkby area.

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Reduction in Accidental Fires, Deaths and injuries; Reduce the number of domestic dwellings within Knowsley that have not benefited from a MFRS risk reduction intervention. Reducing accidental fires in other buildings; Gas Cylinder Audits; Access small to medium businesses within Knowsley to identify and located gas cylinders. Reducing road traffic collisions; To work with Schools, Road Safety Managers and Youth Centres to deliver Road Safety Awareness. Promoting health and wellbeing Delivery of a healthy food cookery course. Support local groups to deliver a health message.


Targets

Outcomes

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40 HFSC per Watch, Per Station


Reducing Accidental Fires in other buildings 2 Reduction in Fires in

commercial and other non domestic premises

8 SSRI per month (4 per appliance)

A Reduction in Community Risk Improved safety management in care home premises. Safer

3 Identify and access businesses with unregistered gas cylinders.


Improved firefighter safety. Improved business continuity planning.



Completion of Initial Residential Care Home Fire Safety Checklist. NB Roll out anticipated to start June 2012 (Post trial and evaluation). Once All Initial Visits complete, Ops to Re-Visit as per Re-Visit Strategy (Schedule identified by FS Database as either 12, 24 or 36 Month

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re-visit)

Reducing Anti-Social Behaviour and Arson 5 Training and delivery

of climbing wall to engage with youths in the Kirkby area to reduce anti social behaviour

Delivery of and participation of the climbing wall at 2 community events

A 3% reduction in secondary fires.

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Reducing Road Traffic Collisions 7 Deliver Road Safety

Presentations to Schools and Youth Centres.








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Community Safety Delivery Plans KNOWSLEY COMMUNITY PREVENTION Knowsley Community Safety Delivery Plan

2012/13


Our Aims; Excellent Operational Preparedness We will provide our Firefighters with the training, information, procedures and equipment to ensure they can safely and effectively resolve all emergency incidents. Excellent Operational Response We will maintain an excellent emergency response to meet risk across Merseyside with safety and effectiveness at its core. Excellent Prevention and Protection We will work with our partners and our community to protect the most vulnerable through targeted local risk reduction interventions and the robust application of our legal powers. Excellent People We will develop and value all our employees, respecting diversity, promoting opportunity and equality for all. Knowsley Community Safety Delivery Plan (Knowsley Community Prevention) Knowsley is one of the five Districts within the Merseyside Region. There are approximately 62,000 domestic dwelling and a population of approximately 150,000(Census 2001). As a member of the Knowsley Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership we will support the people who live and work in Knowsley in their endeavours to reduce crime and disorder and provide a safe, healthy and happy environment that will enrich and sustain the development of our neighbourhoods and communities. All of these issues influence the risk of fire and other emergencies occurring in our communities.

Promoting health and wellbeing; Delivery of a healthy food cookery course. Support local groups to deliver a health message. Twitter; Communication tool to broadcast latest news and post blogs for the Knowsley district. Reducing antisocial behaviour and arson; Mentoring; Mentoring students to ensure they achieve their potential. Training; Multi Agency Training to assist in the reduction of; ASB/Crime and to enhance community engagement and diversionary activities

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Reducing accidental fires in other buildings; High Rise; Working with Partner Agencies to identify high rise properties in order reduce associated risks to both residents and operational crews. KRAG; To promote the involvement of MFRS contingency planning and exercising department to commercial and business communities through the local resilience forum. Legislative Fire Safety Inspections including; Fire safety compliance in commercial and other non domestic premises. Licensing Objective / public safety. Building Regulations Consultations. Private sector and social housing provision - Houses in Multiple Occupancy (HMO)


Targets

Outcomes

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Utilise Twitter as a social networking tool to broadcast latest news and post blogs for the Knowsley district.

Increase the number of ‘Tweets’ for the Knowsley district during periods of MFRS related activities.

Timely/direct communication with communities during periods of MFRS related activity.

Reducing Accidental Fires in other buildings 2 Promote the

involvement of MFRS contingency planning and exercising department to commercial and business communities through the local resilience forum.

Number of events organized by contingency planning and exercise department.

Tested emergency planning and business continuity plans within Knowsley.

3 Work with Partner Agencies to identify high rise properties in order reduce associated risks to both residents and operational crews.

Identify and engage with residents of all 12 KHT high rise properties.

Reduction in ADF’s and AFA’s in high rise premises. Increase the resident’s knowledge of community fire safety.

4 Work in partnership with other responsible agencies to fulfil the licensing objective relating to public safety

Fire Safety Management will continually monitor and support target setting.

Multi Agency approach to ensure that licensed premises and organized events comply with licensing Act 2003

5 We will work with L.A. Building Control

Fire Safety Management will

Ensure compliance for fire safety matters with

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Officers, and Approved inspectors to provide consultation on building projects within Merseyside

continually monitor and support target setting.

Building Regulations 2010 for new build and altered non domestic buildings

6 Liaison and information sharing with Local Housing Authority to ensure tenants are safeguarded. Consider LACORS and RR(FS)0 2005


To reduce the risk of fire to tenants in the private and social housing sector all relevant information gathered is passed to the correct people to enforce safety issues

7 We will carry out a risk based approach to carry out site specific fire safety audits and use our skills and knowledge to enforce the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.


Ensuring compliance with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 so reducing risk to the community and to Firefighters

Reducing Anti-Social Behaviour and Arson 8 Mentor students to

ensure they achieve their potential within the schools curriculum ‘ARCS’

Visiting the school one a month.

The Mentoring supports the school’s Student Exit Profile ensures that when children leave the school they are enveloped as all-rounded individuals.

9 Multi Agency Training to assist in the reduction of; ASB/Crime and to enhance community engagement and diversionary activities

6 Staff given specialist training Contributing towards targets of reduction in crime and ASB

Improved training, reduction in ASB by 3%

Promoting Health & Wellbeing 10 Deliver healthy food

cookery course and/or support groups to deliver a healthy message.

Support crews in the delivery of their 9 healthy food cookery sessions across the district.



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7. References http://www.knowsley.gov.uk http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/index.html http://www.knowsley.gov.uk/residents/your-neighbourhood/neighbourhood-priorities.aspx http://www.knowsley.nhs.uk/jsna/ http://www.merseyside.police.uk http://www.knowsley.nhs.uk/jsna/ http://intranetportal/sites/smd/default.aspx Document produced by Knowsley Community Prevention Team, Group Manager James Berry, Community Safety Manager, Paula O’Callaghan, Supervisory Advocate Joanne Henderson

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Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service

Equality Impact Assessment Form

3. Monitoring Summarise the findings of any monitoring data you have considered regarding this

Title of policy:

Knowsley Community Safety District Plan

Department:

Knowsley/EIA/1/2012

Date:

9.2.2012

1: What is the aim or purpose of the policy This should identify “the legitimate aim” of the policy (there may be more than one) To reduce risk throughout the community through the provision of protective community safety services We will support the people who live and work in Knowsley in their endeavours to reduce crime and disorder Provide a safe, healthy and happy environment that will enrich and sustain the development of our neighbourhoods and communities. 2: Who will be affected by the policy? This should identify the persons/organisations who may need to be consulted about the policy or procedure and its outcomes (There may be more than one) MFRS staff including; District Managers, Community Safety Manager, Prevention and Protection Team, and operational staff Partner agencies including Local Authority, Police, Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnership, Road Safety Team, ASB Reduction Team

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policy. This could include data which shows whether the policy is having the desired outcomes and also its impact on members of different equality groups. What monitoring data have you considered? ONS data on age/ethnicity

What did it show? Knowsley is the fifth most deprived borough in England and has high levels and concentrations of deprivation, poor health and low attainment. Large numbers of people in the borough depend on benefits, particularly incapacity benefit. Almost 30 % of homes are social housing During the planning meeting it was recognised that Knowsley has a small BME community (fewer than 2%). The demographic breakdown of the district shows those aged 16-25 years form approximately 11% of the Knowsley population.

4: Research Summarise the findings of any research you have considered regarding this policy. This could include quantitative data and qualitative information; anything you have obtained from other sources e.g. CFOA/CLG guidance, other FRSs, etc What research have you considered? MFRS research/data on number and types of incidents.

What did it show? Disproportionately large numbers of Deliberate Secondary Fires caused (42%) significant number of Automated False Alarm call out (20%) We use sophisticated information tools to identify and analysis data pertinent to the vulnerable community of Knowsley. This information is used to support our Action Points.

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Road Safety Data from Knowsley Road Safety Team

Data highlighted those aged between 16 – 25 are disproportionately involved in RTC across the Borough.

5. Consultation Summarise the opinions of any consultation. Who was consulted and how? (This should include reference to people and organisations identified in section 2 above) Outline any plans to inform consultees of the results of the consultation What Consultation have you undertaken? Multi Agency Meetings held in December 2011 with internal staff, partner agencies, Local Authority, Elected Members, community organisations

What did it say? The Knowsley district identified a number of priorities which derived from a series of station planning meetings. The priorities identified from the meetings were then used as a catalyst during the station and local service planning meetings to reflect the relevant Merseyside Fire & Rescue Services priorities;

• To reduce accidental dwelling fires and the deaths and injuries which result from these fires in Merseyside

• To reduce risk consistently across Merseyside • To reduce the impact of fire on commercial

enterprise and the wider community • To reinforce our role in fire prevention by

improving fire safety within the public and commercial buildings of Merseyside

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6. Conclusions Taking into account the results of the monitoring, research and consultation, set out how the policy impacts or could impact on people from the following protected groups? (Include positive and/or negative impacts) (a) Age The Community Prevention Team and Operational Crews are working with the Knowsley Road Safety Management Team in order to make an impact on reducing the number of road traffic collisions in those aged 16-25 years which forms 11% of the Knowsley population. (b) Disability including mental, physical and sensory conditions) 13.4% of the population of Knowsley are registered as having a disability. The Community Prevention Team look to empower people disabled people and the wider community so everyone can enjoy life equally. They do this by providing advice and issuing equipment i.e. fire retardant bedding packs to reduce the risk of fire death or injury. We actively look to engage with the disabled community through Twitter and Community Messaging. By providing this method of communication we can provide a service to those hard to reach due to social isolation or refusal to accept services. (c) Race (include: nationality, national or ethnic origin and/or colour) Knowsley has a small BME community (fewer than 2%) However our actions are broad enough to ensure we effectively target people who we have identified as being at risk. (d) Religion or Belief There where no issues raised by our partners to suggest that religious orientation identified individuals as vulnerable. Our home fire safety strategy reflects a non discriminatory approach to proactive community fire safety. (e) Sex (include gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity)

Within the Knowsley district from April 11 to date there have been 226 reported hate crimes of which 130 of these have been hate crime and 96 have been hate incidents where no crime has been commited. We as a Fire Service take Hate Crime seriously.

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Through the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARAC), Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) procedures we share information with partner agencies.

(f) Sexual Orientation Within the Knowsley district from April 11 to date there have been 226 reported hate crimes of which 130 of these have been hate crime and 96 have been hate incidents where no crime has been commited. We as a Fire Service take Hate Crime seriously. Through the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARAC), Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) procedures we share information with partner agencies. (g) Socio-economic disadvantage Knowsley is the fifth most deprived borough in England and has high levels and concentrations of deprivation, poor health and low attainment. Large numbers of people in the borough depend on benefits, particularly incapacity benefit. Almost 30 % of homes are social housing.

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7. Decisions If the policy will have a negative impact on members of one or more of the protected groups, explain how the policy will change or why it is to continue in the same way. If no changes are proposed, the policy needs to be objectively justified as being an appropriate and necessary means of achieving the legitimate aim set out in 1above.

We will target specific initiatives towards younger people particularly those aged between 16 – 25 to reduce the number and severity of road traffic collisions across Knowsley. We are well aware of the Socio economic issues in the Borough and how this impacts on communities particularly around ADF’s. We will target those from deprived communities and work with partners from for example RSL’s and ensure we effectively provide services tailored to meet specific needs.

8. Equality Improvement Plan List any changes to our policies or procedures that need to be included in the Equality Action Plan/Service Plan. Action Planned

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