Analysis of Expenditure by Type of Service
The Authority continues to invest more financial resources in Community Fire Safety initiatives to ensure that Merseyside Fire Service will deliver our corporate objectives relating to the reduction of fire deaths and injuries, together with reducing dwelling fires over the forthcoming years. The pie chart below gives some indication of current
investment on a thematic basis. It can be seen that over 59% of expenditure goes
on emergency and specialist response, 2% on Control Rooms and 13% on Fire Resilience
& Reduction. Support costs making up the remaining 26%.
Looking in more detail at each area the following investments are included :-
Reduce & Restore:
Investing over £5.5m p.a in fire safety including:
- Employing 48 specialist Advocates (£1m)
- The purchase of £0.7m worth of smoke alarms.
- The continuation of the Princes Trust and Free Programmes (£0.1m).
- Investing in an Arson Task Force (£0.4m)
- Investing in a Fireworks Team (FIRST) (£0.1m)
- Investing in District Fire Safety Teams (£1.4m)
- The operation of Fire Service Direct (£0.2m)
- Working with young people, including the school liaison initiative.
- Investing in Volunteers via the Fire Support Network (£0.2m)
- Working with the private sector to deliver speedier restoration of property
Responding & Control
Investing over £44.5m p.a in fire response including:
- Delivering emergency response through its 26 fire stations (these staff
do increasing amounts of preventative work as well).
- The provision of specialist teams like Search and Rescue Team, Targeted response
group, Hazmats team
and
Emergency response dogs
- Investing in staff safety – via the procurement of the highest specification in
terms of fire kit, helmets, boots and appliances
- Investing in two small fires unit that target antisocial fires.
- Investing £0.4m on the Incident Management Team.
- Development of the unique quick response motorcycle unit.
- Delivering 100,000 Home Fire Safety Checks p.a.
Preparedness & Resilience
The investment of £4.6m to deliver a variety of services to help, support
and complement the front line response investment and ensure firefighter safety.
The investment includes:
- Operational Planning and Policy,
- Contingency Planning,
- The management of the “New Dimensions Investment” that has been made to cope with major disasters and terrorist threats
- Operational Equipment Team
- A Water Management Section
- A Health and Safety Department
- Transport/Fleet Management – to keep vehicles operating effectively
- Workshops
- A Marine Rescue Unit to support the airport and safety on the river
- A Standard Operating Procedure Review Team
Support Services & Other
The investment in support services of £18.7m (26% of the budget) includes:-
- Time and Attendance Management – manages staff numbers on appliances and stations
- People and Organisation Development – includes investment in the Training and Development
Academy and costs of training for all staff
- Debt Servicing Costs – reflect the investment in asset purchase and improvement
in the past
- Estates – includes the running costs of buildings
- ICT – includes the cost of the Mobilising Command and Control System
- Strategic Planning / Legal Services – includes the cost of insurance and claims
| Expenditure 2010/11 |
£'m |
% |
|
Reduce & Restore |
£5.5 |
7% |
|
Responding & Control |
£44.5 |
61% |
|
Preparedness & resilience Response |
£4.6 |
6% |
|
Support Services & Other |
£18.7 |
26% |
| Total |
73.3
|
100
|
|
|