| 词条 | Avon Fire and Rescue Service | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Avon Fire and Rescue Service | logo = Avon Fire and Rescue Service Logo, 2013.png | logo_alt = Logo of the Avon Fire and Rescue Service | logo_size = 275px | patch = | flag = | motto = | country = United Kingdom | subdivision_type1 = Unitary Authorities | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name1 = Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_name3 = | address = Police & Fire Headquarters, PO Box 37, Valley Road, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 8JJ | coordinates = | established = {{Start date and age|1974|04|01|df=y}} | annual calls = | employees = ~900 | annual budget = £42 million {{small|(2017–2018)}}[1] | staffing = | captain = | CFO = Mick Crennell | ALSorBLS = | iaff = | reference1 = | commissioner = | divisions = | battalions = | stations = 22 | engines = 67 | trucks = | ladders = | tillers = | platforms = | quints = | squads = | rescues = | ambulances = | tenders = | hazmat = | usar = | crash = | wildland = | bulldozers = | airplanes = | fireboats = | rescue boats = 3 | light and air = | reference2 = | website = {{URL|https://www.avonfire.gov.uk}} | iaffweb = | dissolved = }} Avon Fire & Rescue Service (AF&RS) is the fire and rescue service covering the unitary authorities of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire in South West England. The headquarters of the service is co-located with Avon and Somerset Police in Portishead, and the service has 22 fire stations across its area. HistoryAvon Fire Brigade was created in 1974, when Avon county was created. In 1996, the county was abolished and four separate unitary authorities were created. Administration of the service was taken over by a joint fire authority made up of councillors from the four unitary authorities. In 2004, the Fire and Rescue Services Act was passed. To better reflect the changing roles and responsibilities of the fire service, Avon Fire Brigade changed its name to Avon Fire & Rescue Service.[2] Fleur Lombard QGM (1974 – 4 February 1996[3]) was the first female firefighter to die on duty in peacetime Britain, while Avon Fire and Rescue Service were fighting a supermarket fire in Staple Hill.[4][5] The Fleur Lombard Bursary Fund provides travel grants so that a junior UK firefighter may visit the fire service of another country.[6]In September 2017 the service's headquarters was moved from Temple Back, Bristol to the Avon and Somerset Constabulary's headquarters in Portishead. Following the move an unexpected number of support staff left the service, resulting in recruitment delays in finding replacement staff.[7][8] 2017 governance changesOn 28 July 2017, the Chief Fire Officer, Kevin Pearson was suspended following the publication of a report from the Home Office on an investigation into how the service is run, citing that it was being run as an "old boys' club", and that Pearson had been "unchallenged and not held properly to account for too long".[9][10] Deputy Chief Fire Officer Lorraine Houghton was also suspended.[11] The service is governed by the Avon Fire Authority, which has a total of 25 councillors from the four councils within the region. Following the suspension of Pearson, the board met on 2 August 2017 to discuss what changes needed to be made and how the authority should be governed in the future, but no conclusion was reached.[11] The authority released a statement afterwards announcing that it could not "fix itself" and that the Police and Crime Commissioner, Sue Mountstevens is to be appointed to the board in September. Mountstevens has said following the release of the report that she was considering a takeover of the area's fire service.[12] On 11 August 2017, it was announced that Mick Crennell had been appointed as the interim Chief Fire Officer on a six month contract, whilst the investigation of Pearson is taking place. Crennell previously served as Deputy Chief Fire Officer of Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service.[13] In April 2018 Crennell was appointed Chief Fire Officer.[14][15] Community safetyThe role of a modern fire and rescue service has increased from fighting fires to cover the core functions of 'Protecting, Preventing and Responding'. Avon Fire & Rescue Service now has a wider remit promoting community safety through events and education work, alongside attending a range of incidents and emergencies from road traffic collisions and fires, to flooding and chemical spills. The fire service aims to cut the risk of fire developing in the first place by promoting safety messages to local residents and encouraging people to have working smoke alarms.[16] Avon Fire & Rescue Service runs community safety campaigns. The summer 2009 campaign, 'Be BBQ Safe', included a hard hitting interview with a BBQ fire burns victim who spent the previous summer in intensive care after using nitro to light his BBQ. The Car Clear scheme was launched in 2001, with the intention of promptly removing abandoned vehicles from streets. This eliminates the possibility of arson attacks.[17][18] {{clear}}OperationsIn meeting their Mission, Vision and Values Avon Fire & Rescue Service utilizes a large cadre of emergency equipment. These include 81 appliances, 51 pumping appliances, four turntable ladders and 16 special appliances. Adding to the available emergency response can also be their boats, pods, fork lift trucks, a Control Emergency Evacuation Vehicle and a telescopic handler. In 2009 & 2011 Avon Fire & Rescue added two - Polybilt bodied Combined Aerial Rescue Platforms (CARP).[19] The first began service at Patchway fire station and was subsequently moved to Speedwell fire station. The second was assigned to Bedminster fire station.[20] However both of these appliances have been withdrawn from service by July 2016 and the bodywork has been removed from the chassis to allow for the chassis to be used for new specialist appliances. Also in 2009 to better serve the public Yate Fire Station was upgraded to "whole-time/retained status". Firefighters would now be ready to respond from the fire station 24/7. This was a preparedness upgrade from the previously "day-crewed" status of 0800 – 1700 hours daily and firefighters responding from their homes and work places.[21] As part of the "Investing for the Future" programme, which began in 2014, Kingswood Fire Station was closed for refurbishment.[22] The Kingswood Fire Station project was completed and subsequently Speedwell Fire Station closed permanently all in 2015. The Chair of Avon Fire Authority assured the public that response standards will remain unchanged. Along with Speedwell Fire Station Keynsham Fire Station was also closed 1 November 2015. According to the Chairman of Avon Fire Authority, Councillor Peter Abraham "The regeneration of Keynsham town centre meant we needed to move the existing Keynsham Fire Station. This has provided us with an opportunity to amalgamate the part-time station at Keynsham and Brislington fire station, which will both close, into a new Wholetime fire station at Hicks Gate."[23] CriticismsDiscrimination in recruitmentIn 2009 it emerged that the service had banned white males from four out of five of its recruitment workshops, with two only open to ethnic minorities and two for females only. The practice was criticised as illegal and divisive, with MP Philip Davies noting "the only way we are ever going to have complete equality in the job market is to give people jobs based on merit, regardless of their race, religion, or sexual orientation".[24] He questioned "how would people react if women and black people were banned from an open day?". The Bristol charity Support Against Racist Incidents similarly criticised the practice, arguing that there "has to be a level playing field; that's the law".[25] High-risk sitesIn 2019 it was reported that Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services had found that Avon was not "doing enough to keep the public safe through regulation of fire safety", after it found that only 115 of 9,317 high-risk locations had up-to-date fire safety information that had been audited within the most recent 12 month period.[26] Stations and appliances
Fire appliance glossary
See also
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Providing Avon Fire & Rescue Service|url=https://www.bristol.gov.uk/documents/20182/391623/Avon+Fire+Authority+council+tax+document+2017-18/36afacd4-8a4c-4b35-8ac9-f6100edaa188|publisher=Avon Fire & Rescue Service|accessdate=29 July 2017}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.avonfire.gov.uk/Avon/About+us/History.htm |title=History |publisher=Avon Fire & Rescue Service |accessdate=1 April 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728182104/http://www.avonfire.gov.uk/Avon/About%2Bus/History.htm |archivedate=28 July 2011 |df=dmy }} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fire.org.uk/deaths.php |title=UK Deaths on Duty |publisher=FireNet |accessdate=1 July 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422045041/http://www.fire.org.uk/deaths.php |archivedate=22 April 2008 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/09/02/nfleur02.html |title=Arsonist gets seven years for killing firewoman |last=Shaw |first=Terence |date=2 September 1997 |publisher=Telegraph Media Group |accessdate=1 July 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311101005/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=%2Farchive%2F1997%2F09%2F02%2Fnfleur02.html |archivedate=11 March 2007 |deadurl=yes }} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2381329.stm|title=Dying in the line of duty|date=31 October 2002|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=1 July 2008}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.avonfire.gov.uk/avon/charity?id=572|title=Fleur Lombard Bursary Fund|publisher=Avon Fire and Rescue Service}} 7. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/fire-service-pumps-profits-bristol-1725368 |title=Fire service pumps profits from Bristol HQ sale into Avonmouth, Bath and Weston stations |last=Wood |first=Alex |newspaper=Bristol Post |date=29 June 2018 |accessdate=8 September 2018}} 8. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/firefighters-quitting-avon-fire-rescue-1809803 |title=Why staff are quitting Avon Fire and Rescue Service |last=Pitts |first=Jack |newspaper=Bristol Post |date=23 July 2018 |accessdate=8 September 2018}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=Chief and Deputy Chief Fire Officer suspended|url=https://www.avonfire.gov.uk/all-areas/2044-chief-and-deputy-chief-fire-officer-suspended|publisher=Avon Fire & Rescue Service|accessdate=29 July 2017}} 10. ^{{cite news|title=Fire brigade leaders suspended over 'old boys' club' allegations|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/29/fire-brigade-leaders-suspended-over-old-boys-club-allegations|accessdate=29 July 2017|publisher=The Guardian}} 11. ^{{cite news|title=What is happening with Avon Fire Authority? It appears that no one knows|url=http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/what-happening-avon-fire-authority-262175|accessdate=5 August 2017|publisher=Bristol Post}} 12. ^{{cite news|title=Avon Fire Authority: PCC considering takeover|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-40668440|accessdate=5 August 2017|publisher=BBC News}} 13. ^{{cite web|title=Avon Fire Authority appoints Interim Chief Fire Officer|url=https://www.avonfire.gov.uk/all-areas/2049-avon-fire-authority-appoints-interim-chief-fire-officer|website=Avon Fire and Rescue Service|accessdate=15 August 2017}} 14. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-43811463 |title=Mick Crennell is new chief of Avon Fire and Rescue Service |work=BBC News |date=18 April 2018 |accessdate=8 September 2018}} 15. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/firefighters-lack-trust-senior-management-1506774 |title=Firefighters lack trust in senior management but 'change' is coming |last=Pitts |first=Jack |newspaper=Bristol Post |date=30 April 2018 |accessdate=8 September 2018}} 16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.avonfire.gov.uk/avon/your+safety |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-09-04 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120014212/http://www.avonfire.gov.uk/Avon/Your%2Bsafety/ |archivedate=20 November 2008 |df=dmy }} 17. ^{{cite news | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/features/crime_day/firebrigade.shtml | title=Car removal plan beats torchings |work=BBC News | date=17 September 2002 | accessdate=23 January 2012 | quote=[...] in 2001 Avon Fire Brigade embarked upon its Car Clear scheme to remove abandoned vehicles from Bristol's streets as soon as possible.}} 18. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.avonfire.gov.uk/Avon/News/Prs%20Rls%20-%20Car%20Clear.htm |title=Press Release – Car Clear saves Avon taxpayers over £6.5m |date=6 June 2007 |accessdate=23 January 2012 |publisher=Avon Fire and Rescue Service |quote=Martin Glanvill, Arson Task Force manager, said: "Car Clear has been a huge success over the last six years and during this time we have seen a big reduction in the number of vehicle fires. [...]" }} 19. ^http://www.polybilteurope.com/news/view/102 20. ^{{cite web|title=Avon Fire & Rescue - Our assets|url=http://www.avonfire.gov.uk/documents/category/144-our-assets|website=Avon Fire & Rescue|accessdate=16 August 2016}} 21. ^{{cite news|title=Avon Fire Authority News|url=http://www.avonfire.gov.uk/|accessdate=16 August 2016|work=Newsletter|agency=Avon Fire & Rescue|issue=Edition Two|publisher=Creative Services Unit, Avon Fire & Rescue Services|date=27 March 2009}} 22. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.avonfire.gov.uk/all-areas/1200-kingswood-fire-station-closes-temporarily-for|title=Home - Avon Fire & Rescue Service|author=|date=|website=www.avonfire.gov.uk}} 23. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.avonfire.gov.uk/bath-a-north-east-somerset-news/1635-new-fire-station-at-hicks-gate-nears-completion|title=Home - Avon Fire & Rescue Service|author=|date=|website=www.avonfire.gov.uk}} 24. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/fire-service-that-held-non-white-open-days-hires-just-one-ethnic-minority-recruit-6640732.html|title=Fire service that held 'non-white' open days hires just ONE ethnic|date=26 May 2008|website=Evening Standard}} 25. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1576499/Fire-brigade-discriminating-against-white-men.html|title=Fire brigade 'discriminating against white men'|first=Richard|last=Savill|date=25 January 2008|publisher=|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}} 26. ^{{cite magazine |author= |title=Unfit for service |magazine=Private Eye |location=London |publisher= Pressdram Ltd|date=25 January 2019 }} External links{{Commons category|Avon Fire and Rescue Service}}
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