Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service Plan 2012 to 2015

Group areas

The New Forest group is in the south west of Hampshire. It covers an area of 302 sqiare miles and has a population of approximately 176,900 people.
There is a wide range of risk across the area. There are a number of towns and villages in remote rural areas, and a range of properties (including those with thatched roofs and those which rely on traditional heating methods such as coal fires).
The group has 110 miles of coastline which includes many marinas, the country’s main military port and major chemical works and power stations at Fawley and Marchwood. There is a range of other businesses working across the group, with a significant number supporting agriculture and tourism.
The group includes most of the New Forest National Park, which has large areas of plantation and open heathland. There are two large trunk roads and many smaller roads across the National Park where there are a significant number of road traffic accidents.
Please note: incident figures shown for each group are the highest risks, not the total attended annually.

New Forest group incident map (opens new window) - this map shows the locations of primary fires and road traffic accidents in the New Forest 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	222	238
(of which are deliberate)	36	43
Secondary fires	307	310
(of which are deliberate)	139	158
Chimney fires	78	77
Automatic fire alarms in non-domestic premises	191	221
False alarms to waste time (malicious calls)	24	7
Road traffic accidents (collisions)	146	109
Special service calls (other help we give - not always emergencies)	182	154
Co-responders (working with the ambulance service on medical emergencies)	3238	3582

If you would like to contact the New Forest Group please email: group.newforest@hantsfire.gov.uk.