Walney Fire Station
Tel: 0300 303 8623 Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Training Evening: Thursday 1900 hrs to 2100 hrs.
Email: enquiries.fire@cumbria.gov.uk
Walney fire station is staffed by On-call Firefighters and houses one fire engine.
In addition to providing fire cover for the island, Walney also attend incidents in Barrow, particularly those affecting the submarine construction facility of BAE Systems.
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Next nearest supporting Fire Engine
Barrow - 2 miles
Ulverston - 11 miles
Broughton - 16 miles
| Station Area | 10,600 population |
| Crewing Type | On-Call |
| Fire Engines | 1 fire engine and 1 Joint Incident Command Unit |
Walney is situated on an island in the Irish Sea off the Cumbrian coast. The island is 11 miles long and 1 mile across at its widest point and is linked to the mainland at Barrow in Furness by Jubilee Bridge that spans Walney Channel. The channel is still navigational and Jubilee Bridge must be raised to allow passage of commercial and pleasure craft.
Over 10,000 people live on Walney Island in 5,000 households making the area mainly residential, although schools and nursing homes are situated there together with an airfield at the north end of the island and a large caravan site at the south.
Walney has a two-bay Fire Station that was built in 1974 and was staffed as a 'day crewed' Station until 1991 when it became crewed by Firefighters working the On-call duty system.
The area contains:
1 Grade II listed building
1 Site of Specific Scientific Interest
1 Site Specific Risk: Walney Air Field
There are no significant Flood Risks identified in Walney
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 | 59 | 51 | 47 | |
| All Fires | 35 | 28 | 21 | |
| Accidental primary dwelling fires | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| Secondary fires | 6 | 14 | 17 | |
| Chimney fires | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Deliberate primary fires | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Deliberate secondary fires | 18 | 9 | 8 | |
| False Alarms | ||||
| All false alarms | 13 | 15 | 14 | |
| Special Service Calls | ||||
| Non Road Traffic Collisions Special Service Calls | 9 | 1 | 11 | |
| Road Traffic Collisions Special Service Calls | 2 | 7 | 1 |
Response times
On-call fire engine
| C48P1 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 |
| Average crew turnout time (time it takes the crew to respond to the station) | 4 mins 32 secs | 3 mins 37 secs | 3 mins 39 secs |
| Average response time (time it takes the crew to arrive at the incident from the station) | 5 mins 18 secs | 5 mins 43 secs | 9 mins 02 secs |
| Number of incidents attended by fire engine C48P1 | 91 | 111 | 97 |
Availability
On-call fire engine
| C48P1 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 |
| Total Availability | 56% | 67% | 61% |
| Mon - Fri (08:00 - 18:00) | 30% | 38% | 27% |
| Mon - Thurs (18:00 - 08:00) | 78% | 87% | 83% |
| Fri - Mon (18:00 - 08:00) | 58% | 71% | 68% |
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.