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Responding (firefighting and rescue operations)

Commentary and statistics

Operational responses

The Authority saves lives and protects property throughout the geographic county of Hampshire. It responded to 16,043 incidents in 2009/10 (20,817 in 2008/09).

Actual Original Revised Budget
2009/10 2010/11 2010/11 2011/12
51 Number of stations 51 51 51
303 Number of vehicles 280 303 295
16,043 Number of incidents 23,692 16,000 16,000

*Includes 11 'New Dimensions' assests which are government owned but it is expected their ownership will be signed over to HFRA in 2010/11.

Communications and mobilising

This heading includes all expenditure directly or indirectly related to the handling of emergency (999) calls from the public. In excess of 40,000 calls are received in a year. The sophisticated communications and IT systems used in the mobilising of resources to incidents is maintained by a combination of in-house technical support staff and the external contractors.

Securing water supplies

There is a duty under the Fire Services Act 1947 to secure the provision of water supplies for firefighting purposes. In practice, water companies provide the necessary water supply, but fire authorities are responsible for determining the location of hydrants and for their subsequent testing, repair and maintenance.

Revenue budgets

Operational responses

Actual Original Revised Budget
2008/09 2009/10 2009/10 2010/11
£'000   £'000 £'000 £'000
33,640 Employees 37,751 38,948 38,883
2,037 Premises 2,791 2,852 2,910
1,536 Transport 1,479 1,487 1,434
1,669 Supplies and services 2,001 1,737 2,030
10,605 Capital charges 1,234 2,031 2,030
13,284 Central support services 12,658 12,451 13,210
   
62,771   57,914 59,506 60,497
1,696 Less Income - fees and charges 1,001 1,427 1,130
   
61,075 Net expenditure included in income and expenditure account 56,913 58,079 56,367

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Communications and mobilising

Actual Original Revised Budget
2008/09 2009/10 2009/10 2010/11
£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
1,559 Employees 1,532 1,888 1,608
23 Premises 13 2 2
16 Transport - 17 10
518 Supplies and services 616 646 627
64 Capital charges - 66 66
324 Central support services 311 329 351
     
2,504 2,472 2,948 2,664
237 Less Income - fees and charges 78 232 81
2,267 Net expenditure included in income and expenditure account 2,394 2,716 2,583

Securing water supplies

Actual Original Revised Budget
2008/09 2009/10 2009/10 2010/11
126 Supplies and services 191 170 165
21 Central support services 27 20 22
147 Net expenditure inc income and expenditure account 218 190 187