AQW 52564/11-16


Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry


Tabled Date: 07/01/2016
Answered On Date: 14/03/2016
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the number of times that the Retained Duty System appliances failed to mobilise in Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue stations in (i) Coleraine; (ii) Portrush; (iii) Portstewart; (iv) Ballymoney; (v) Ballycastle; and (vi) Limavady in each of the last two years.


Answer:
The table below details the number of times the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) Retained Duty System appliances failed to mobilise in (i) Coleraine; (ii) Portrush; (iii) Portstewart; (iv) Ballymoney; (v) Ballycastle; and (vi) Limavady, in each of the last 2 years.
Station
Number of occasions when Appliances failed to Respond
2014
2015
Coleraine (RDS)
12
11
Portstewart
7
3
Portrush
3
6
Ballymoney
15
11
Ballycastle
5
2
Limavady
15
16
NIFRS’ Regional Control Centre continually monitors Retained availability. Where there is inadequate Retained availability which may result in a failure to respond, crews are mobilised immediately from neighbouring Stations.