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Our Year 2023-24

Our People  

DFRS employs a total of 932 people* (*this figure includes dual roles) 

Control 46 

Wholetime Firefighters 352 

On Call 338 

Support 194  

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion 

15% of our operational workforce are from under-represented groups. 

12% of our operational workforce are female. 

29% of the whole workforce were from under-represented groups and 3% of the whole workforce were from ethnic minority backgrounds. 

Assurance 

99.9% wholetime availa bility increase 0.1% 

81% On Call availability increase 1.7% 

Our Fleet 

47 Fire engines  

18 Specialist appliances 

6 Electric vehicles 

Reduction in vehicles CO2 emissions 147,666kgs 

Reduction in vehicles – 13 

Reduction in mileage 113,570 miles  

Fun fact - Total length of all DFRS red fire hose when joined together 14.7 miles 

Finance 

Annual Budget 24/ 2 5 £50.2m 

Ongoing savings £0.7m 2023/24 

Incidents 

41,379 emergency calls handled by Control staff. 

The average call handling time was 81 seconds decrease 6 seconds on 2022/23 

6,889 incidents attended 

803 deliberate fires decrease 33% 

364 accidental dwelling fires  

6 fire fatalities  

28 fire casualties 

53 chimney fires 18% reduction on last year 

612 Road Traffic Collisions 11% increase on 2022/23 of which 28 people were killed or seriously injured. 

1391 other Emergency Special Services 

143 Incidents involving flooding/water rescues increase 110%  

90 Animal rescue incidents 17% above average 

85 Bariatric rescues decrease 11% 

754 over-border mobilisations decrease 32% on 2022/23 

Youth and Inclusion Activity 

77 FireSAFE cases reduction 

5 Youth Engagement Schemes involving 40 young people 

5 DFRS Fire Cadet units across the county involving 75 young people 

5 Employee Support Networks 

405 people interacted with through Positive Action 

Prevention Activity: Protecting You 

2,650 Adult as Risk referrals 

281 Children at Risk referrals 

37 Safeguarding Adult and Children referrals 48% increase on last year 

15,400 Safe and Well Checks  

54% increase in referrals to agencies for health & wellbeing and falls compared to last year 

444 DIY Safe and Well Check completed 37% of which were very high/high risk 

754 School fire safety talks  

Social Reach 

Facebook 33, 730 +4922 

Instagram 5,103 +417 

X, formally Twitter 30,104 - +560 

LinkedIn – 3,013 +364 

TikTok 5,654 +3,288 

Awards 

Disability Confident Leader 

Cyber Essentials 

Cyber Essentials Plus 

Shortlisted for Emergency Service of the Year Excellence in Fire Awards 

Joint Runner Up in the Women in the Fire Service Advocate of Excellence Award 

Collaboration 

Joint Fire Control 

1 Partner Agency – SV2 at Buxton 

Sharing 8 Sites with EMAS 

Sharing 7 sites with Derbyshire Constabulary 

Protection Activity: Protecting Derbyshire 

Over 8,100 non-domestic properties were interacted with last year  

1,238 audits were carried out 23% increase on last year. 

14% audits completed were in high risk properties 

2,776 Protection advice given 

3,142 Business consultations completed 

Learning & Development  

1,874 courses delivered 

273 Incident Commanders (all levels) 

323 Emergency Response Drivers