how the west midlands fire service use gis
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Dr Angela Johnson shows how geographical information systems are used by the West Midlands Fire Service.TRANSCRIPT
GIS Workshop
Wednesday 10th November 2004Millennium Point - Birmingham
West Midlands Fire ServiceWest Midlands Fire Service
Dr Angela JohnsonDr Angela JohnsonBrigade StatisticianBrigade Statistician
The Fire BrigadeThe Fire Brigade
How GIS is used on the intranetHow GIS is used on the intranet
Using GIS for detailed analysisUsing GIS for detailed analysis
West Midlands Fire ServiceWest Midlands Fire Service
Fires in 2002Fires in 2002Warwickshire
3,413 Shropshire 3,279
Hereford & Worcester 4,069
Staffordshire 7,415West Midlands
26,742
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WestMidlands
Staffordshire Hereford &Worcester
Warwickshire Shropshire
West Midlands Fire ServiceWest Midlands Fire Service
West Midlands 2003/4West Midlands 2003/4 65,56965,569
Fires 32,644
Other incidents 8,440Good intent false alarms
8,555
Malicous false calls 4,069
Defective f ire alarm equipment false alarms
11,861
West Midlands 2003/4West Midlands 2003/4 FiresFires
Dwelling11% Other buildings
7%
Vehicle15%
Outdoor65%
Other 2%
80% of the fires we attend are arson
1999 1999 -- 20042004
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
% of accidental fires in dwellings
Not known
Toasters
Microwaves
Washing machine / Drier
Other
Other appliances
Heating
Matches / Candles
Electrical supply and wiring
Smoking materials
Cookers
Five times as likely to be injured in an accidental dwelling fire than any other type of property fire
Casualties per 1,000 accidental fires in Casualties per 1,000 accidental fires in dwellings 1999 dwellings 1999 -- 20042004
0 50 100 150 200 250
Rate
Not known
Toasters
Microwaves
Washing machine / Drier
Other
Other appliances
Heating
Matches / Candles
Electrical supply and wiring
Smoking materials
Cookers
Casualties Casualties -- BehaviourBehaviour
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
Discoveringfire
Trapped byfire / smoke
Immobility Fighting fire Rescuing Escaping fire Other
Female Male
5 times more likely to be injured in 5 times more likely to be injured in a fire if you dona fire if you don’’t have a working t have a working
smoke alarmsmoke alarm
The Fire BrigadeThe Fire Brigade
How GIS is used on the intranetHow GIS is used on the intranet
Hydrants
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AVLS SimulationAVLS Simulation
The Fire BrigadeThe Fire Brigade
How GIS is used on the intranetHow GIS is used on the intranet
Using GIS for detailed analysisUsing GIS for detailed analysis
