§ Mr. Chidgey: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of fire appliances arrived at emergencies in the London area within (a) three minutes, (b) four minutes, (c) five minutes, (d) six 697W minutes, (e) seven minutes, (f) eight minutes, (g) nine minutes, (h) 10 minutes, (i) 11 minutes and, (j) 12 minutes, in 1992, 1993 and in the current year to date.
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerThe data requested are shown in the table; 1993 is the latest year for which data are available.
Response times1 to fires in London, 1992 and 1993 1992 1993 Response times (minutes) Number of fires Cumulative percentage Number of fires Cumulative percentage Within 3 5,650 27.3 5,142 25.7 4 6,319 57.9 5,769 54.5 5 5,269 83.3 5,015 79.5 6 1,639 91.3 1,941 89.2 7 776 95.0 1,048 94.5 8 476 97.3 529 97.1 9 209 98.3 244 98.3 10 129 99.0 139 99.0
Response times to fires in London, 1992 and 1993 1992 1993 Response time Number of fires Cumulative Percentage Number of fires Cumulative Percentage Within 5 minutes 1,970 51.8 1,890 54.8 6–10 minutes 1,439 89.7 1,263 91.5 11–15 minutes 279 97.0 211 97.6 16–20 minutes 49 98.3 31 98.5 Over 20 minutes 27 99.0 8 98.7 Unknown 38 100.0 44 100.0 Note:
1) The interval between the time of the first call taken by the brigade and the time the first appliance arrived at the fireground.
Source:
Home Office fire statistics.