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Emergency Response Times
Mr. Roger Williams:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what fire brigade response times to emergency calls were for each fire service in each year since 2000. [103642]
Angela E. Smith:
The available information covers primary fires (those involving property or casualties, or attended by five or more appliances) attended by fire and rescue services. The figures are average response times in minutes, measured from the time that the call was received by fire control staff up to the time of arrival of the first appliance at the fire ground.
| Average response times (minutes): England |
| FRS area | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
|
England
|
6.29
|
6.28
|
6.39
|
6.62
|
6.77
|
6.98
|
|
Avon
|
6.33
|
6.49
|
6.68
|
6.92
|
7.38
|
7.82
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
6.60
|
7.11
|
6.93
|
6.73
|
7.19
|
6.97
|
|
Berkshire
|
6.71
|
7.11
|
7.13
|
7.55
|
7.19
|
7.47
|
|
Buckinghamshire
|
7.82
|
7.91
|
8.20
|
8.01
|
8.32
|
8.17
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
8.70
|
8.56
|
8.76
|
9.14
|
8.95
|
9.18
|
|
Cheshire
|
6.43
|
6.85
|
6.73
|
6.90
|
7.20
|
7.30
|
|
Cleveland
|
4.93
|
4.94
|
5.16
|
5.09
|
5.14
|
5.34
|
|
Cornwall
|
9.20
|
8.97
|
9.77
|
9.79
|
9.92
|
9.53
|
|
Cumbria
|
7.81
|
7.92
|
8.29
|
8.27
|
8.58
|
8.94
|
|
Derbyshire
|
6.95
|
7.06
|
7.25
|
7.31
|
7.55
|
7.46
|
|
Devon
|
6.65
|
6.61
|
6.94
|
6.83
|
8.01
|
8.10
|
|
Dorset
|
7.21
|
6.93
|
7.18
|
6.73
|
7.08
|
7.42
|
|
Durham
|
7.43
|
7.66
|
7.57
|
7.70
|
7.74
|
8.14
|
|
East Sussex
|
6.65
|
6.16
|
6.59
|
6.70
|
6.52
|
6.54
|
|
Essex
|
7.16
|
7.11
|
7.29
|
6.94
|
7.56
|
7.49
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
8.55
|
8.52
|
8.38
|
8.51
|
9.15
|
8.55
|
|
Hampshire
|
6.92
|
7.00
|
6.96
|
7.42
|
7.44
|
7.25
|
|
Hereford and Worcester
|
7.88
|
8.11
|
8.50
|
8.30
|
8.32
|
9.01
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
7.24
|
7.00
|
7.18
|
7.42
|
7.02
|
6.99
|
|
Humberside
|
5.86
|
5.79
|
5.76
|
6.01
|
6.04
|
6.12
|
|
Isle of Wight
|
6.95
|
7.60
|
7.23
|
7.21
|
7.24
|
6.57
|
|
Kent
|
7.85
|
7.53
|
7.49
|
7.64
|
7.41
|
7.69
|
|
Lancashire
|
5.69
|
5.87
|
6.28
|
6.74
|
6.62
|
6.54
|
|
Leicestershire
|
6.53
|
6.68
|
6.56
|
6.66
|
6.85
|
6.99
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
8.96
|
8.71
|
9.47
|
9.79
|
9.88
|
9.92
|
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|
Norfolk
|
8.80
|
8.57
|
8.00
|
7.99
|
7.82
|
8.62
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
7.78
|
7.74
|
7.90
|
8.39
|
8.58
|
8.54
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
6.53
|
6.54
|
6.39
|
6.76
|
7.40
|
7.35
|
|
Northumberland
|
7.24
|
7.47
|
7.62
|
8.00
|
8.13
|
8.59
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
5.94
|
5.94
|
5.94
|
6.44
|
6.30
|
6.61
|
|
Oxfordshire
|
7.77
|
8.34
|
8.81
|
9.10
|
8.84
|
8.77
|
|
Shropshire
|
7.85
|
8.82
|
8.52
|
8.91
|
8.08
|
8.22
|
|
Somerset
|
7.80
|
8.04
|
8.70
|
8.30
|
9.24
|
9.49
|
|
Staffordshire
|
111
|
7.50
|
7.64
|
7.69
|
8.28
|
8.33
|
|
Suffolk
|
8.73
|
8.77
|
8.99
|
9.28
|
9.03
|
9.42
|
|
Surrey
|
7.36
|
7.85
|
7.79
|
8.27
|
8.00
|
8.51
|
|
Warwickshire
|
7.15
|
7.83
|
7.65
|
7.73
|
8.52
|
7.83
|
|
West Sussex
|
7.53
|
7.49
|
7.48
|
8.00
|
8.23
|
8.76
|
|
Wiltshire
|
8.45
|
9.35
|
7.85
|
8.85
|
8.81
|
9.39
|
|
Isles of Scilly
|
7.00
|
8.00
|
7.00
|
9.00
|
9.50
| |
|
Greater Manchester
|
6.10
|
6.08
|
5.87
|
5.97
|
5.97
|
6.02
|
|
Merseyside
|
5.28
|
5.41
|
5.51
|
5.69
|
5.83
|
6.17
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
6.53
|
6.70
|
6.39
|
6.50
|
6.57
|
6.80
|
|
Tyne and Wear
|
5.10
|
5.07
|
5.03
|
5.29
|
5.19
|
5.26
|
|
West Midlands
|
5.24
|
5.28
|
5.32
|
5.56
|
6.00
|
5.97
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
6.47
|
6.19
|
6.29
|
6.78
|
6.65
|
6.81
|
|
Greater London
|
4.90
|
4.96
|
5.06
|
5.10
|
5.37
|
5.46
|
Note:
Excludes late calls and incidents not recorded during strike periods in 2002 and 2003.
Source:
FDR1 returns from fire and rescue services to the Department for Communities and Local Government
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