Patterdale 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
Patterdale, though a relatively quiet station, deals with a variety of incidents including chimney fires, barn fires, house fires, road traffic collisions, prolonged flooding and automatic alarms from Hotels. A memorable special service call was to the Ullswater steamer the M.V Raven which was about to sink at its moorings when a stop cock failed. The light portable pump soon had her pumped out and floating again ready for the season.
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Next nearest supporting Fire Engine
Ambleside - 14 miles
Penrith - 22 miles
Keswick - 26 miles
| Station Area | 2,800 population |
| Crewing Type | On-Call |
| Fire Engines | 1 Fire Engine |
The communities of Patterdale and Glenridding historically were mainly farming and mining orientated, for many years now though they have become more and more reliant on tourism. Mining ceased in the early 1960's and farming employs less people by the year.
Many years ago the appliance was housed in what is now the Hikers Bar at the Ullswater Hotel, several of the crew being miners who also made up the Mines Rescue at the Greenside Mine, Glenridding.
The area contains:
3 Heritage, 1 Grade 1 and 2 Grade II listed buildings
1 Special Area of Conservation and 4 sites of Specific Scientific Interest
Ullswater pumping station is a Sites Specific Risk
There is risk of flooding posed from Grisedale, Deepdale and Goldrill becks
Within that area the most significant risks are undoubtedly the large hotels in and around Glenridding and along the length of Ullswater. Also within the area are two Youth Hostels and several residential outdoor pursuit centres, which cater for large numbers of students, many of secondary school age. Other risks include agricultural premises and the lake steamers which can carry up to 200 passengers.
The table shows the number of incidents that have occurred within a designated area for 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 | 23 | 22 | 17 | |
| All Fires | 7 | 11 | 7 | |
| Accidental primary dwelling fires | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Secondary fires | 2 | 7 | 3 | |
| Chimney fires | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| Deliberate primary fires | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deliberate secondary fires | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| False Alarms | ||||
| All false alarms | 12 | 9 | 3 | |
| Special Service Calls | ||||
| Non Road Traffic Collisions Special Service Calls | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Road Traffic Collisions Special Service Calls | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Response times
On-call Fire Engine
| Fire Engine C26P1 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 |
| Average crew turnout time (time it takes the crew to respond to the station) | 6 mins 50 secs | 6 mins 10 secs | 1 mins 46 secs |
| Average response time (time it takes the crew to arrive at the incident from the station) | 5 mins 30 secs | 14 mins 57 secs | 19 mins 38 secs |
| Number of incidents attended by fire engine C26P1 | 13 | 6 | 7 |
Availability
On-call Fire Engine
| Fire Engine C26P1 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 |
| Total Availability | 83% | 67% | 72% |
| Mon - Fri (08:00 - 18:00) | 71% | 49% | 61% |
| Mon - Thurs (18:00 - 08:00) | 92% | 85% | 84% |
| Fri - Mon (18:00 - 08:00) | 83% | 67% | 71% |
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.