- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 28 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the agreed uniformed establishment is for each fire and rescue authority and who approves the establishment.
Answer
The last agreedestablishment for each Fire and Rescue Service is shown in the following table.
| Rescue Service | Number |
| Central Scotland | 410 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 335 |
| Fife | 500 |
| Grampian | 850 |
| Highlands and Islands | 1,696 |
| Lothian and Borders | 1,065 |
| Strathclyde | 3,072 |
| Tayside | 673 |
| Scotland total | 8,601 |
Following the introductionof integrated risk management plans (IRMP) in 2003 establishment figures are nolonger used as a basis for recruitment. Instead, each fire and rescue service matchesavailable resources to the risks identified in their IRMP.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 28 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive from whom it has sought advice on fire and rescue service issues since the abolition of the Scottish Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council.
Answer
Officials are in regular contactwith the Fire and Rescue Community including dialogue with Chief Fire Officersand Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Fire Services. Officials also sit on variousgroups such as the Community Fire Safety Forum and the Chief Fire OfficersAssociation Fire Prevention Business Stream. Advice is sought from appropriategroups or individuals as and when a need arises.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 28 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to reduce the number of, and casualties from, accidental dwelling fires started by under 10-year-olds.
Answer
The Executive is currentlydeveloping a web-based youth fire safety education resource which will containinformation suitable for those under ten years of age. The Executive alsoprovides education material directly to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Servicesfor use in their community fire safety education programmes.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 28 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have died as a result of fire in the last five years; what the death rate per million population has been in the same period, and what information it has on how this rate compares with the UK average.
Answer
The number of people whohave died as a result of fire in the last five years in Scotland isshown as follows. Also shown are equivalent figures for other parts of the United Kingdom.
| Scotland | Fatal Casualties | Rate Per Million Population |
| 2004 | 99 | 19 |
| 2003 | 80 | 16 |
| 2002 | 77 | 15 |
| 2001 | 103 | 20 |
| 2000 | 75 | 15 |
| England | Fatal Casualties | Rate Per Million Population |
| 2004 | 367 | 7 |
| 2003 | 469 | 9 |
| 2002 | 435 | 9 |
| 2001 | 469 | 10 |
| 2000 | 494 | 10 |
| Wales | Fatal Casualties | Rate Per Million Population |
| 2004 | 25 | 8 |
| 2003 | 30 | 10 |
| 2002 | 29 | 10 |
| 2001 | 32 | 11 |
| 2000 | 37 | 13 |
| Northern Ireland | Fatal Casualties | Rate Per Million Population |
| 2004 | 14 | 8 |
| 2003 | 13 | 8 |
| 2002 | 20 | 12 |
| 2001 | 17 | 10 |
| 2000 | 17 | 10 |
Data Source: Fire Statistics, United Kingdom:Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 28 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many malicious vehicles fires there have been in each year since 1997.
Answer
The number of maliciousvehicle fires is shown in the following table.
| | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Total | 2,488 | 3,086 | 4,093 | 4,239 | 4,049 | 4,163 | 3,525 | 2,854 |
Data Source: FireStatistics; United Kingdom; Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 28 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when a decision will be made in respect of the future of the emergency fire service control rooms.
Answer
Ministers are currentlyconsidering options in relation to control rooms and no decisions have yet beentaken. Before this happens we shall consult with stakeholders and provide areport to Parliament.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 28 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to reduce the number of fire and rescue authorities.
Answer
We have no current plans toreduce the number of fire and rescue authorities.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 28 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were rescued by the fire and rescue services in the last five years, broken down by service area.
Answer
The number of people rescuedby the fire and rescue services in the last five years is shown in the followingtable.
| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Central Scotland | 181 | 45 | 46 | 34 | 58 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 18 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 5 |
| Fife | 34 | 70 | 61 | 48 | 32 |
| Grampian | 81 | 49 | 70 | 87 | 114 |
| Highland and Islands | 9 | 21 | 13 | 25 | 28 |
| Lothian and Borders | 221 | 161 | 258 | 202 | 172 |
| Strathclyde | 392 | 364 | 416 | 339 | 406 |
| Tayside | 76 | 106 | 64 | 85 | 48 |
| Scotland Total | 1,013 | 835 | 943 | 831 | 863 |
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 28 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average pay for firefighters has been in each of the last 25 years.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
Terms and conditions forfirefighters (including pay) are determined by the National Joint Council forLocal Authority Fire and Rescue Services. Information on firefighters payin recent years can be obtained from the Local Government Employers website.
http://www.lge.gov.uk/conditions/firefighters/content/joint_circulars.html.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 28 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to address the death rate from fire in the Highlands and Islands which is significantly higher than the rate for Scotland and the rate for England.
Answer
Scottish Fire Service Circular4/2003 introduced the concept of risk-based emergency response through IntegratedRisk Management Planning (IRMP) at fire authority level. This approach takes usaway from the traditional response approach to fire cover to a more flexible, locallydetermined risk-managed approach which is intended to improve community safety.The Highlands and Islands IRMP was implemented on 1 April 2005.
