Interesting facts and a lot of fiction

We at FCCL are deep in studying the data provided to us by WYFRS and are discovering some interesting facts  that  prove WYFRS are writing fiction.

Tomorrow we will start to publish some of the "interesting" things we have discovered.......why for example is a street in Halton deemed low risk when all around it are high? When incidents in that area have increased by 27% in 2011/12?




And just to keep you up to date - Friday an elderly lady was involved in a chip pan fire in Garforrth and appliances from Garforth, Gipton and Stanks attended.

What will happen when ALL THREE of these stations close? 

It's not only doggys go WOOF!

It's not only doggys go WOOF!

We have heard rumours of a serious incident reported to us by concerned members of the public in Seacroft, East Leeds, (which hasnt been reported on the WYFRS incident site)  where pumps from Gipton & Stanks were mobilised yesterday to rush to the aid of a lady recently discharged from hospital. She was receiving oxygen therapy and lit a cigarette.........................

Unfortunately  the cyclinder was leaking so when the cigerette was lit the  oxygen ignited  WOOF!!!!!!  and we understand the woman has  unfortunately severe burns.

These are the sorts of incidents that no amount of smoke alarms  can prevent............(or risk based planning assumptions predict.)

Back to Back - Basics

BACK TO BACK  - BASICS

Tonight we will concentrate on one type of incident - fires in back to back houses.

On the 23rd September there was a back to back house fire in  West Bowling Bradford. Which at strangely enough were BOTH appliances from Odsal. Why strange ? Because the proposals currently under consultation seem to think just one will be sufficient in future years.

And to quote the plans

"The areas covered by Odsal fire station are classified as very high risk overall but the distribution of risk varies in each ward and ranges from very high to very low"  

What we have noticed in all of the documents in respect of the IRMP is that nowhere in them do they say anything about the types of properties in an area - it is all just varying degrees of risk.

Without a doubt back to back houses are very high risk indeed, they were  BANNED in the early part of the 20th Century as they were considered a danger to life if they caught fire. East End Park and Harehills  in Inner East leeds have the highest concentrations of Back to Backs in Europe, which is a scary as soon the stations covering the area are going to be further away. And Gipton, Stanks, Moortown, Hunslet  and Garforth are all to close. And also they tend to be inhabited by poorer sections of the community which again significantly  increases the risk of fire.
You could have several smoke alarms in these types of houses but the bottom line is they only have one door - so if the fire is blocking your exit  you are basically  STUFFED. That is until of course a fire fighter comes along to rescue you. With increased  reponse times, less appliances and of course you would have to be blind (or very rich and naive maybe!) not to have noticed poverty is increasing at an alarming rate and you have many accidents waiting to happen.


It  is basic physics - heat rises as does smoke and 9/10  its the smoke that kills you way, way before the fire does.

And in a back to back house - the only way is up when the heat is on!



Garforth & Stanks to the Rescue

GARFORTH & STANKS

TO THE RESCUE !!!!!!!!

Again on the 21st September we are getting a story thorough of a chinmey fire in ABERFORD where two stations destined to close attended.

Crews from GARFORTH & STANKS in East Leeds at  18:35 raced to the fire - which of course meant that GIPTON (yet another station to close)   was left minding the shop for the East Leeds Area.

Seems to us here at firecutscost lives that

Chief Fire Officer Pilling knows

THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING

 and

THE VALUE OF NOTHING!!!!!!!!

(and we just have to pray that the councillors on the West Yorkshire Fire Authority DO  )