Dorset Fire and Rescue Service: Emergency Calls

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average response time of Dorset Fire and Rescue Service to emergency call-outs was in each of the last 24 months. (191236)

[holding answer March 2008]: The most recent fire statistics available are for 2006 and only cover response times for primary fires. Response times on incidents, other than primary fires are not available. The following table shows Dorset Fire and Rescue Service's average response time, in minutes, to primary fires, by month, for 2005 and 2006.

*Table 1: Average response times in minutes, by month, to primary fires*¹ *by Dorset FRS area, 2005 and 2006*² *(time of call and time of mobilisation to time of arrival)*
Month	2005	2006
	First call to attendance	Mobilisation to attendance	First call to attendance	Mobilisation to attendance
January	6.78	440	8.08	4.68
February	7.29	4.92	8.09	4.70
March	8.15	4.70	7.82	4.39
April	7.98	448	8.04	4.33
May	7.48	4.26	8.46	4.75
June	8.44	4.97	8.47	5.01
July	8.20	4.65	9.24	5.37
August	8.37	4.98	8.89	5.09
September	7.98	4.66	8.08	4.72
October	8.54	5.23	7.70	4.44
November	7.92	4.54	7.42	4.50
December	7.52	3.94	7.90	4.56
¹ Incidents with a response time greater than 59 minutes are excluded as response time data maybe incorrect and will therefore skew the averages. ² Data for 2006 is provisional and subject to change.

Volume 472: debated on Wednesday 5 March 2008