Bransholme Fire Station

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Dear Humberside Fire and Rescue Service,

It recently came to my attention that Bransholme Fire Station has three garage bay doors, but only two bays remain in use. One bay is being used to store exercise equipment.

In that case, I would like to ask the following questions:
1) When did Bransholme Fire Station have it’s second fire engine removed?
2) Why was this the case? Was the station subject to budget cuts, or is adequate fire cover achieved through using one fire engine?
3) What would potentially allow/make the Service reinstate this second fire engine?

Yours faithfully,

Mx. Frost

Service Support, Humberside Fire and Rescue Service

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Good Morning, thank you for your e-mail dated (16^th January 2022)

 

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Good Morning Mr Frost,

 

Thank you for your application under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
in relation to Bransholme Fire Station.

 

The request is:

 

It recently came to my attention that Bransholme Fire Station has three
garage bay doors, but only two bays remain in use. One bay is being used
to store exercise equipment.

 

In that case, I would like to ask the following questions:

 

1) When did Bransholme Fire Station have its second fire engine removed?

 

2) Why was this the case? Was the station subject to budget cuts, or is
adequate fire cover achieved through using one fire engine?

 

3) What would potentially allow/make the Service reinstate this second
fire engine?

 

 

The response is:

 

We have made enquiries with some of our longer serving and retired staff
to obtain some information on the history of the number of fire engines at
Bransholme Fire Station. It seems that there has only ever been one
permanent fire engine based there. When the station was opened in 1976,
the third engine from what was then Hull North (now Clough Road Fire
Station) was transferred to Bransholme. Prior to that the area was covered
by the Hull North Station. In the past there has been, for temporary
periods in the 1990’s, a Hydraulic Platform and a Foam Tender. Once more
specialist equipment was available for inclusion on fire engines the foam
tender was no longer necessary, and we believe the Hydraulic Platform was
removed when our first Aerial Ladder Platform was purchased. Bransholme
currently has two boats and flood rafts at the station, which are used for
water rescue incidents, in addition to the fire engine.

 

The only other time Bransholme had two engines on the run was to deal with
bonfire night in 1990 when Bransholme attended nearly 1000 small fires in
the run up to, and including, bonfire night, and a second engine was sent
from one of the Hull stations.

 

The number of bays at a station doesn’t necessarily reflect the number of
engines allocated to that station, as some of our fire stations with a
free bay are used to store spare engines and other operational equipment.
Bransholme is one such station.

 

Our resource disposition is based on an assessment of risk in the
different geographical areas, and this is reviewed annually. It may help
to have a look at our Risk Management Plan which is on our website and can
be found by following [1]this link. Page 8 shows the emergency response
resources for Hull and the station at which they are based, and page 13
shows our intervention standards and response times and how these are
managed; Clough Road Fire Station and East Hull Fire Station are aligned
with Bransholme Fire Station within our intervention standards.

 

We hope this information has provided some background and reassurance as
to the fire cover available in the area, please don’t hesitate to contact
us if you have any other questions.

 

We would also like to offer you the opportunity of a visit to the fire
station. If you would like this to be arranged please contact me at the
email address or on the mobile telephone number below.

 

 

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Warm Regards

 

 

Hazel Bullen

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Dear Hazel Bullen,

Thank you for the generous wealth of history information in response to my request. Apologies if some of my questions about reinstating a second fire engine were slightly accusatory - I now feel more reliably informed since receiving your information on Bransholme’s fire cover.

Interesting to note that Bransholme fire station bays were never used to full capacity from its opening, while the use of an additional appliance for the 1990 Bonfire Night is a very interesting, though understandable tactic. I would assume the hydraulic platform was stationed at Bransholme due to the Maisonettes and other high-rises at the time?

Admittedly, the photographs taken circa. 2004 that led me to make this FOI request were, in fact, of the same fire engine. They were taken on two different angles, giving the illusion that two had been posed out of their bays. I still thank you for the information you have given me despite this, and I thank the former staff who have given this generous information.

With regards to a visit to Bransholme fire station, while I would gladly accept such a visit, unfortunately I must kindly turn down your invitation at this time. I will admit, I am more an adult enthusiast/photographer interested in the history of the Service than a member of the press. I currently may not have the time to make a visit, though I may be able to make further arrangements over the summertime.

With thanks for the information, and apologies that I cannot honour your invitation,

Mx. Frost

Hazel Bullen, Humberside Fire and Rescue Service

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Good Morning Mr Frost, we’re very glad we were able to help.

 

The location of the HP we believe was a combination of the high rise
buildings in the area and the spread of high reach capability around the
city.  We understand that in the early 80s there were at least four,
including the one at Bransholme.

 

If you are able to arrange a visit in the future you might like to see our
museum at Service Headquarters and have a chat with our volunteer museum
curator who is a retired member of staff and provided some of the
information we have been able to pass to you.

 

Warm Regards

 

 

Hazel

 

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Corporate Assurance

Humberside Fire and Rescue Service
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