Coniston Fire Station
Tel: 0300 303 8623 Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Training Evening: Monday 1900 hrs to 2100 hrs.
Email: enquiries.fire@cumbria.gov.uk
Coniston fire station is staffed by On-call Firefighters and houses one fire engine.
The risks are mainly residential; however there are a large number of hotels, guest houses, hostels, outward bound centres and other types of holiday accommodation throughout the area. The station attends a range of incidents from chimney fires to the rescue of large animals, farm fires, fell and forest fires. There are no trunk roads in the station area however there are a number of road traffic collisions every year on the congested, narrow, twisting roads around the lakes.
Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service carry out Safe and Well Visits; please use the link below for more information.
Safe and Well Visits and Safety in your home
Next nearest supporting Fire Engine
Ambleside - 8 miles
Broughton - 9 miles
Windermere - 12 miles
| Station Area | 3,000 population |
| Crewing Type | On-Call |
| Fire Engines | 1 fire engine |
The village of Coniston is situated in the south of the Lake District National Park, nestling among the mountains at the head of Coniston Water. The population of the village and surrounding area is approximately 3,500 people. The population quadruples during the holiday season resulting in an increased sleeping risk.
The station provides fire cover to most of High Furness, a large remote rural area of approximately 20,000 hectares, including the picturesque conservation village of Hawkshead. The station area is bounded by high fells to the north and west, Windermere to the east and the agricultural land of the Rusland and Crake valleys to the south.
The area contains:
• 1 Grade I Listed and 14 Grade II listed Buildings
• 12 Sites of Specific Scientific Interest
• Centre For Ecology and Hydrology is a Site Specific Risk
• No significant Flood Risk identified within the Station area
The table shows the number of incidents that have occurred within a nominal area assigned to the station (as shown on the map in the station profile). This is different to the number of incidents attended by fire engines which are based at the station, as they may attend incidents outside their station area.
| Fire | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | |
| All emergencies attended | 29 | 31 | 34 | |
| All Fires | 9 | 13 | 18 | |
| Accidental primary dwelling fires | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Secondary fires | 2 | 7 | 14 | |
| Chimney fires | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Deliberate primary fires | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deliberate secondary fires | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| False Alarms | ||||
| All false alarms | 14 | 10 | 12 | |
| Special Service Calls | ||||
| Non Road Traffic Collisions Special Service Calls | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Road Traffic Collisions Special Service Calls | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Response times
On-call fire engine
| C43P1 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 |
| Average crew turnout time (time it takes the crew to respond to the station) | 4 mins 59 secs | 6 mins 42 secs | 4 mins 34 secs |
| Average response time (time it takes the crew to arrive at the incident from the station) | 11 mins 38 secs | 16 mins 24 secs | 17 mins 55 secs |
| Number of incidents attended by fire engine C43P1 | 19 | 21 | 32 |
Availability
On-call fire engine
| C43P1 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 |
| Total Availability | 76% | 83% | 88% |
| Mon - Fri (08:00 - 18:00) | 63% | 72% | 82% |
| Mon - Thurs (18:00 - 08:00) | 92% | 97% | 97% |
| Fri - Mon (18:00 - 08:00) | 73% | 79% | 86% |
Further information for this fire station is available on a number of themes at the Cumbria Intelligence Observatory, including:
Population
Crime and Community
Health and Social Care
Housing
Economy and Employment
Environment
Children and Young People
Please visit www.cumbriaobservatory.org.uk and choose a fire station area for your particular theme of interest.