Below are the answers to written questions submitted to the Mayor by Joanne in December 2013 Plenary session with the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.
| School sprinklers Question No: 2013/4550 Joanne McCartneyAre all schools in London fitted with sprinkler systems? If not, can you list the percentage of schools fitted with a sprinkler system in each Borough? LFEPA answer No, not all schools are fitted with sprinkler systems. Based on the information held the number and percentage of schools by borough that have sprinklers is listed below. The number of schools we have recommended sprinklers be installed in as part of a planning application response is 172, we have been doing this since 2009.
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| *Enforcement notices Question No: 2013/4551 Joanne McCartney How many enforcement notices have been given out in Enfield and Haringey this year? How does this compare with the five previous years? LFEPA answer
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| *Lift response times Question No: 2013/4552 Joanne McCartney How many calls have you received due to faulty lifts in Enfield and Haringey? LFEPA answer We do not record whether or not a lift was faulty, only whether an attendance was made to rescue persons shut in a lift car or trapped in lift machinery. The number of attendances to persons shut in a lift car in Enfield and Haringey in 2013/14 so far (1 April to 30 November 2013) was 186 (108 in Enfield and 78 in Haringey). The number of incidents to people trapped in lift machinery in 2013/14 so far (April to November 2013) in the whole of London was seven with none in Enfield or Haringey. |
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| *Response times 1 Question No: 2013/4553 Joanne McCartney Can you please provide response times for past year for first and second appliances in Enfield and Haringey? How does this compare with the five previous years? LFEPA answer
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| *Response times 2 Question No: 2013/4554 Joanne McCartney What it is the anticipated average attendance time for both first and second appliance attendance at an incident in both Enfield and Haringey after your cuts take affect? LFEPA answer As set out in the Fire Commissioner’s report to the Fire Authority in July 2013 (FEP2091 and available on the LFB web site), the modelled first and second appliance attendance times before and after implementation of the changes in the Fifth London Safety Plan (LSP5) were stated as follows:
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| *Flooding 1 Question No: 2013/4555 Joanne McCartney How many times have the Fire Brigade been called out to deal with flooding in London this year? How does this compare with the five previous years? LFEPA answer As described in LSP5 supporting document 2 – incident profiles (available on the LFB web site), Flooding incidents include surface water flooding after heavy rain and fluvial flooding of rivers, but most flooding incidents we attend are to buildings as a result of leaky plumbing, burst pipes or simply leaving sinks/baths to overflow. Between 1 April and 30 November 2013 the London fire Brigade have attended 4,020 flooding incidents. The table below shows the previous five years.
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| *Flooding 2 Question No: 2013/4556 Joanne McCartney How many times have the Fire Brigade been called out to deal with flooding in Enfield and Haringey this year? LFEPA answer 298 times (between 1 April and 24 November 2013). As outlined the answer to question 2013/4555, most flooding incidents attended by the LFB are to buildings as a result of leaky plumbing, burst pipes or simply leaving sinks/baths to overflow.
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Joanne McCartney AM 