Fire and Rescue Services: Emergency Calls
(asked on 2nd April 2019) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce fire service emergency response times.
This question was answered on 8th April 2019
It is the responsibility of each fire and rescue authority in England to deploy resources based on its analysis of risk and local circumstances.
Factors affecting response times can include changing traffic levels, health and safety policies and control staff typically asking more questions of the caller to better assess the risk and attendance needed.