Q2 performance summary 2022-23

July - September 2022

Incident Activity

2,300 incidents attended between July and September, a 25% increase on the period average
In Q2, our crews attended over 1,000 fire incidents.

We attended 19 hoax fire calls in Q2, distracting our crews from potential life-threatening situations.

In Q2, 16,500 emergency calls were answered by Joint Control staff, the highest recorded quarterly total for Joint Control.
Control operators achieved an average call handling time of 92 seconds to P1 and P2 fires.
Our first pumps arrived at 70% of life-risk fires within 10 minutes of being mobilised, which is below our target of 80%
This quarter, our On-Call appliance availability was 77% while Wholetime pumps were available more than 99% of the time

Over 700 Outdoors attended between July and September, the highest quarterly total on records dating back to 2009.
16 fires attended by 5 or more pumps, several which were on moorland/heathland.

0 accidental fire fatalities between July and September.
8 people hospitalised with injuries from accidental fires in Q2
0 water related fatalities recorded in Q2, with incidents of this nature declining significantly on 2021/22.

Crews attended close to 500 deliberate fires between July and September, the highest Q2 total of the last decade.
Incidents were above average in all 3 service areas, with Chesterfield, Nottingham Road, Heanor and Ascot Drive seeing the biggest increase at station level.
Prevention work alongside partners has been ongoing in spike areas.

DFRS attended over 400 emergency special service incidents in Q2, including helping out Police and Ambulance on 80 occasions.

8 people were killed and 26 seriously injured at RTCs attended by DFRS during Q2.

By the end of September, 14% of our operational workforce were from under-represented groups and 11% of our operational workforce were female.
During quarter 4, we recorded 2.1 average shifts lost to sickness.

Between July and September, we delivered over 3,900 Safe and Well checks to vulnerable people in Derbyshire and we fitted over 2,000 smoke alarms.

Just 22 non-domestic property fires in Q2, the lowest quarterly total on record.
Our crews and protection teams visited over 900 commercial properties in Derbyshire to identify any potential risks to crews and to ensure compliance with fire regulations.
Nearly 150 fire safety audits at commercial premises were completed in Q2.

During the quarter, we undertook 13 training exercises, 4 of which were multi-agency exercises.

DFRS achieved its higher ever Impressions on social media - 61,000 impressions for the photo of a discarded camping stove at the fire at Win Hill