Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service Plan 2012 to 2015

Group areas

The Havant and East Hampshire group covers a mainly rural area of 220 square miles and has a population of 225,140 people.
The group contains some of the most socially deprived areas in Hampshire, large areas of open countryside, major road networks and high-speed rail links. These cause major risks for the area. The local economy is supported by a strong farming industry, as well as manufacturing and service industries.
The Ministry of Defence has large bases in Bordon and there is an airfield at Lasham with a facility for storing oil and gas.
We will continue to focus on the work we do with our partners to reduce the number of fires started deliberately and reduce accidental fires through community safety work and by working with the public.
Our prevention work will focus on vulnerable people who are most at risk from fire, so we can provide fire-safety advice. We will continue to work with our partners to make life safer in our local community.

Havant and East Hampshire group incident map (opens new window) - this map shows the locations of primary fires and road traffic accidents in the Havant and East Hampshire group between 2009 to 2010 and 2010 to 2011.


Type of incident	Number of incidents 2009 to 2010	Number of incidents 2010 to 2011
Primary fires	416	318
(of which are deliberate)	144	81
Secondary fires	457	493
(of which are deliberate)	292	309
Chimney fires	47	62
Automatic fire alarms in non-domestic premises	237	184
False alarms to waste time (malicious calls)	24	20
Road traffic accidents (collisions)	154	148
Special service calls (other help we give - not always emergencies)	233	201
Co-responders (working with the ambulance service on medical emergencies)	1787	2345

If you would like to contact the Havant and East Hampshire Group please email: group.havanteasthants@hantsfire.gov.uk.