Furness Peninsula Blue Light Hub Ulverston
Furness Peninsula Blue Light Hub
Beehive Business Park
Thomas Way
Ulverston
Cumbria
LA127TU
Telephone: 0300 303 8623 Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Training Evening: Tuesday 7.30pm to 9.30pm
Email: enquiries.fire@cumbria.gov.uk
Furness Peninsula Blue Light Hub . Joint site working with 999 services Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service , Cumbria Constabulary, Northwest Ambulance Service & British Transport Police.
Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service operate Regular Day Crewed Firefighters and On-call Firefighters system and houses two fire engines and support vehicles.
Rescue of large animals, farm and barn fires are a part of the station workload. Firefighters also respond to incidents and rescues from the sands and mud flats along with the RNLI, Coastguard and other agencies covering Morecambe Bay. Firefighters attend a significant number of road traffic collisions, mainly on the busy A590, the main route into south Cumbria.
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Cumbria Constabulary operating 24/7 with a number of Response & Community Support Officers.
Northwest Ambulance Service (NWAS) 24/7 with a number of Response Personnel and Patient Transport Services.
Next nearest supporting Fire Engine
Barrow - 9 miles
Broughton - 10 miles
Grange - 15 miles
| Station Area | 17,400 population |
| Crewing Type | Regular and On-Call |
| Fire Engines | 2 fire engines |
The market town of Ulverston is situated on the busy A590 trunk road in the centre of the Furness Peninsula in the south of the county. The population of the Station area is approximately 17,500 people, with 8,000 households.
The original Fire Station was built in 1886, and is still in use by Ulverston St. John's Ambulance Brigade and the second Station was opened in 1974. The current station opened in 2021 is a combined Furness Peninsula Blue Light Hub with Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service, Cumbria Constabulary & Northwest Ambulance Service all operating from the station hub.
The Station provides fire cover to the town and parts of High and Low Furness, a rural area of approximately 10,000 hectares, and is bounded by fells to the north and west, farmland to the south and Morecambe Bay to the east. The main industry in the town is the GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceutical production plant. There are a number of electronic, light engineering and specialist engineering factories in the town together with hotels, guest houses and other types of holiday accommodation throughout the area. Other industries include farming (the Agricultural and Livestock Market is held every Thursday) and forestry.
The area contains:
1 Grade I listed building and 11 Grade II listed buildings
4 Sites of Specific Scientific Interest
3 Site Specific Risks; George Barker and Sons Ltd, GlaxoSmithKline Marl International Ltd, Oxley Developments Co. Ltd
Dragley Beck runs through parts of Ulverston and has caused localised flooding to parts of the Town, mainly around the North Road and Steel Street areas.
Rescue of large animals, farm and barn fires are a part of the Station workload. Firefighters have also been involved with the RNLI, Coastguard and other agencies in rescues from the sand and mud flats of Morecambe Bay and also attending some severe flooding incidents in recent years. Firefighters attend a large number of road traffic collisions, mainly on the busy A590, the main route into south Cumbria.
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 | 114 | 119 | 144 | |
| All Fires | 35 | 45 | 41 | |
| Accidental primary dwelling fires | 7 | 7 | 10 | |
| Secondary fires | 3 | 11 | 21 | |
| Chimney fires | 8 | 5 | 4 | |
| Deliberate primary fires | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Deliberate secondary fires | 5 | 4 | 8 | |
| False Alarms | ||||
| All false alarms | 44 | 33 | 49 | |
| Special Service Calls | ||||
| Non Road Traffic Collisions Special Service Calls | 21 | 11 | 34 | |
| Road Traffic Collisions Special Service Calls | 14 | 30 | 20 |
Response times
Regular Fire Engine
| Fire Engine C47P1 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 |
| Average crew turnout time (time it takes the crew to respond to the station) | 1 mins 34 secs | 1 min 08 secs | 1 min 34 secs |
| Average response time (time it takes the crew to arrive at the incident from the station) | 10 mins 10 secs | 11 mins 22 secs | 8 mins 7 secs |
| Number of incidents attended by fire engine C47P1 | 208 | 251 | 238 |
On-Call Fire Engine
| Fire Engine C47P2 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 |
| Average crew turnout time (time it takes the crew to respond to the station) | 5 mins 28 secs | 5 min 59 secs | 5 mins 6 secs |
| Average response time (time it takes the crew to arrive at the incident from the station) | 9 mins 29 secs | 13 mins 22 secs | 11 mins 06 secs |
| Number of incidents attended by fire engine C47P2 | 55 | 46 | 59 |
Availability
Regular Fire Engine
| C47P1 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 |
| Total Availability | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Mon - Fri (08:00 - 18:00) | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Mon - Thurs (18:00 - 08:00) | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Fri - Mon (18:00 - 08:00) | 100% | 100% | 100% |
On-call Fire Engine
| C47P2 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 |
| Total Availability | 89% | 82% | 91% |
| Mon - Fri (08:00 - 18:00) | 78% | 62% | 86% |
| Mon - Thurs (18:00 - 08:00) | 99% | 98% | 98% |
| Fri - Mon (18:00 - 08:00) | 89% | 84% | 88% |
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.