2022 Runs

[OscarTango]

How has the years operational activity shaped up for everyone?

Between two pumps we've clocked 2590 mobilisations to incidents (not including standbys) this year, up over 25 percent from last years 2050. Weather related calls obviously played a part in that, like it has for everyone, but it's been pretty even through the year. December this year was nearly 100 shouts busier than last. 

I feel as climate changes and cross agency working becomes a thing more and more, the line of "the fire service is getting quieter all the time" doesn't wash anymore.

[Dangly1]

Related to that saw a news article today confirming we had four times as many wildfires as last year which is no surprise.

Hopefully next year it will calm down as this year it seemed July especially everyday there was a make-up for grass fires even in the met brigades.

[BurtMacklin]

over 3000 for a PL FRU station in central london and we’re not even the busiest PL FRU station in central london 🤣

[Luminoki]

Out of 38 stations in West Mids, only 17 broke the 1000 jobs a year barrier, and only one broke 2000. All of which are multi stations. Our busiest standalone single pump station was Erdington with 987

And theres me doing my temp CC at a station that does just under 600 a year

[TrainHardFightEasy]

600 shouts a year- 150 a watch. Hope you have a good book collection & like the gym. 

[Luminoki]

Whilst i dont want to derail the thread ive found out its alot different when youre a JO, and im not just talking about jobs

[Crog]

Not including standbys, we had 477 across 2 pumps and command unit. 

[Yoffey]

17 hours ago, Luminoki said:

Whilst i dont want to derail the thread ive found out its alot different when youre a JO, and im not just talking about jobs

Can I ask who were the top 5 busiest in WMFS and call numbers out of interest please.

[Luminoki]

Ladywood 2186

Highgate 1841

Coventry 1581

West Bromwich 1484

Billesley 1460

Taken from the last FOI request. Does not include cover moves or OB jobs. Notable point is three of those stations have the BSV, a car that responds to AFAs during the day

[Yoffey]

Thank you Luminoki.

[Bgjm21]

2570 across one aerial rescue pump and one rescue pump. Worth pointing out the rescue pump spent a significant amount of time off the run in the later half of the year.

[Docw9520]

Luminoki , I’ve dug through the system and I am unable to figure out where they’ve got those figures from even including cover moves or standbys Highgate just hit 1551 

Busiest station in west mids are below I have removed bsvs and standbys/cover moves

• West Brom - 1722 (640 (being the first appliance))
• Ladywood - 1711 (1109)
• Ward End - 1627 (953)
• Aston - 1569 (935)
• highgate - 1481 (931)

Quietest stations in west mids excluding tech rescue stations

• Tettenhall - 351
• Canley - 490
• stourbridge - 544
• Aldridge - 556
• Woodgate Valley - 599
• Willenhall - 647

[Luminoki]

And therein lies the rub as to how incidents are logged. The FOI request ( which if you PM me i can provide ) also doesnt take into account incidents where the attending appliance was stood down prior to arrival

And i know theres something up with the figures when Stourbridge isnt in the bottom five 🤣 Any WMFS employee will agree that due to new mobilising policies, crewing of BRVs, knocking trucks off the run and PDAs that the figures fluctuate at an alarming rate

[Docw9520]

Haha no no Stourbridge was an oversight on my part , they had 544 which I will edit on my post now. 
 

those figures above do take into account stand downs and OB jobs though as those were most of Tettenhalls jobs.

[Messyshaw]

Like I keep telling Mrs Messy, it's quality not quantity that counts 🥰 😇. Fire station stats are the same.

 

I have been at LFB stations that boast huge call out stats but when you hold a magnifying glass to those figures, the dreaded AFA features quite highly, where primary and secondary fires less so.

Other stations have more modest total call figures, but have a larger number of fires within that total. I know what I preferred.

One summers night, I did an outduty in charge at LFB's dull Heathrow fire station - nicknamed Death-Row as its so quiet fire wise. Its a 1 pump) station- a known AFA hotspot, but very few fires. Even when they get a job, the BAA fire crew often beat them there. We got turned out to a caravan alight on a neighbouring ground. The excitement en route was palpable - as the guys laughed almost out of control that their Sub O (on leave) would be gutted to have missed it! It was shocking to see such excitement over a bread and butter job and one of the reasons it wasnt the most popular station in the LFB

So the devil is in the detail and total numbers can be a false indicator of a 'good' station to be at 

 

[CaptainFlack]

I'll post GMFRS figures below - one issue is that 2 x pump stations have separate figures for both the 1st & 2nd machines.

Quite a few one pumpers are busier than some of the stations that have 2 appliances (only 7 stations are 2 x pumps here) and I've not even subtracted False Alarms from the numbers - we all know they don't count. The figure is for times they've gone out the doors.

2 x pump stations are in bold and it's the 2nd pump that's numbered.

Top 10 are :

1. Moss Side - 2145
2. Salford - 2022
3. Manchester Central - 1983
4. Phillips Park - 1607
5. Gorton - 1606
6. Broughton - 1483
7. Bolton - 1446
8. Wigan - 1393
9. Blackley - 1391
10. Farnworth - 1393

Salford's 1st turns out as both a pump and ban be requested as an aerial as it's an E-one Scorpion with a boom and a big spike. That turned out 1287 times in 2022.

[Noddy]

Ah Canley…. My first posting! Sent there in 1998 when it was 2 pumps and we were about 1500 calls then. Got bored so moved to Foleshill where 3800 calls was far better 👍 

Sorry back on thread.  

[OscarTango]

For those GMC and west mids stats, how do they compare to the last few years? 

[Docw9520]

West mids from what I remember most were within 100 either way Highgate down slightly from last year others up slightly but all around the same figure 

[C_Iain]

My station clocked up 264 incidents over the year, split between 1 WT DC+ pump, 1 RDS pump and 1 water rescue unit.

Pretty low numbers, but that doesn’t include standby moves or incidents where the pumps have been stood down on route, only jobs where the crew have been in attendance at the job. Most of the number is from the WT pump as our RDS have pretty poor daytime availability.

[TrainHardFightEasy]

My station 1 pump had 1700 calls last year & on the rds 350. 

[CaptainFlack]

On 07/01/2023 at 10:10, OscarTango said:

For those GMC and west mids stats, how do they compare to the last few years? 

2021 figures for the top 3

Moss Side - 1831

Salford - 2008

Manchester Central - 1248

Statistically it's an increase with a lot of stations here.

[Jet]

On 03/01/2023 at 18:25, CaptainFlack said:

I'll post GMFRS figures below - one issue is that 2 x pump stations have separate figures for both the 1st & 2nd machines.

Quite a few one pumpers are busier than some of the stations that have 2 appliances (only 7 stations are 2 x pumps here) and I've not even subtracted False Alarms from the numbers - we all know they don't count. The figure is for times they've gone out the doors.

2 x pump stations are in bold and it's the 2nd pump that's numbered.

Top 10 are :

1. Moss Side - 2145
2. Salford - 2022
3. Manchester Central - 1983
4. Phillips Park - 1607
5. Gorton - 1606
6. Broughton - 1483
7. Bolton - 1446
8. Wigan - 1393
9. Blackley - 1391
10. Farnworth - 1393

Salford's 1st turns out as both a pump and ban be requested as an aerial as it's an E-one Scorpion with a boom and a big spike. That turned out 1287 times in 2022.

Glad to see the good students of Manchester keeping Moss busy. In fact when you take away the usual AFAs in the city centre you have to get down to about say, 4th, for a station that has a noticeable job to call ratio 😉

[CaptainFlack]

On 03/01/2023 at 18:25, CaptainFlack said:

Farnworth - 1393

Sorry should be 1383 - my own station too 🙈

[Percy]

Not sure where you have gotten those numbers from @CaptainFlack but being the Station Commander at Wigan I knew it was much higher. These are the total mobilisations for each station, two pumps in bold.

Call Sign	Mobilisations Recorded
G10	1113
G11	899
G12	884
G13	2266
G14	1234
G15	2016
G16	2092
G17	1479
G18	1711
G19	2796
G20	872
G21	1215
G22	636
G23	705
G24	290
G30	1800
G31	263
G32	1079
G33	1183
G34	1153
G35	1417
G36	964
G37	1132
G38	260
G39	1991
G40	979
G41	423
G42	447
G50	2297
G51	978
G52	496
G53	2141
G54	2331
G55	1242
G56	1214
G57	1829
G58	3525
G59	1596
G60	1115
G61	1150
G62	275