Lazonby Fire Station
Tel: 0300 303 8623 Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Training Evening: Wednesday 1900 hrs to 2100 hrs.
Email: enquiries.fire@cumbria.gov.uk
Lazonby fire station is staffed by On-call Firefighters and houses one fire engine.
The risks are mainly residential, though local industries include a large bakery, agriculture and forestry. Firefighters attend a wide range of incidents including property fires, grass and heath land fires and road traffic collisions.
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Next nearest supporting Fire Engine
Penrith - 8 miles
Carlisle - 14 miles
Alston - 18 miles
| Station Area | 7,600 population |
| Crewing Type | On-Call |
| Fire Engines | 1 fire engine |
Lazonby is a village and civil parish in the Lower Eden valley, about 8 miles NNE of Penrith. The village is quite large by local standards, offering a number of amenities to its local inhabitants which include, two public houses, a primary school, a co-operative store and post office, swimming pool, railway station and a large bakery.
In recent years many new housing developments have sprung up in the village, with the village being mainly lived in by people who work in Carlisle and Penrith.
The area contains:
1 Heritage site: Long Meg Stone Circle
2 Grade I listed buildings and 18 Grade II listed buildings
3 Sites of Specific Scientific Interest
1 Site Specific Risk, Eden Valley Minerals Ltd
There are no significant flooding risks identified within the station area
The risks are mainly residential, industries include the large bakery, agriculture and forestry.
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 | 63 | 68 | 52 | |
| All Fires | 22 | 35 | 18 | |
| Accidental primary dwelling fires | 5 | 7 | 2 | |
| Secondary fires | 4 | 12 | 6 | |
| Chimney fires | 7 | 5 | 3 | |
| Deliberate primary fires | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deliberate secondary fires | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| False Alarms | ||||
| All false alarms | 27 | 22 | 21 | |
| Special Service Calls | ||||
| Non Road Traffic Collisions Special Service Calls | 5 | 7 | 6 | |
| Road Traffic Collisions Special Service Calls | 9 | 4 | 6 |
Response times
On-call fire engine
| C24P1 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 |
| Average crew turnout time (time it takes the crew to respond to the station) | 4 mins 52 secs | 3 mins 510 secs | 3 mins 44 secs |
| Average response time (time it takes the crew to arrive at the incident from the station) | 11 mins 11 secs | 14 mins 51 secs | 13 mins 21 secs |
| Number of incidents attended by fire engine C24P1 | 30 | 41 | 54 |
Availability
On-call fire engine
| C24P1 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 |
| Total Availability | 65% | 80% | 91% |
| Mon - Fri (08:00 - 18:00) | 17% | 44% | 73% |
| Mon - Thurs (18:00 - 08:00) | 93% | 96% | 99% |
| Fri - Mon (18:00 - 08:00) | 78% | 94% | 98% |
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.