AQW 54527/11-16 Written question to the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the number of times Fire Stations in (i) Coleraine; (ii) Limavady; (iii) Portrush; (iv) Portstewart; (v) Kilrea; and (vi) Dungiven have not met their Gartan availability target times in the last two years.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 19 February 2016
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 19 February 2016
- Answer due by
- 7 March 2016
- Answered
- 10 March 201620 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service introduced the GARTAN Electronic Retained Availability system in April 2014. The table below details the number of identified breaches of Retained Duty System availability targets at Coleraine, Limavady, Portrush, Portstewart, Kilrea and Dungiven Stations during the period April 2014 to January 2016.
| Station | 1st Appliance | 2nd Appliance | Total |
| Coleraine | 18 | 470 | 488 |
| Limavady | 495 | 1,428 | 1,923 |
| Portrush | 14 | 726 | 740 |
| Portstewart | 148 | 1,345 | 1,493 |
| *Kilrea | 263 | N/A | 263 |
| *Dungiven | 120 | N/A | 120 |
* Station with one appliance
NIFRS’ Regional Control Centre continually monitors Retained availability. Where there is inadequate Retained availability which may result in a failure to respond, crews are mobilised immediately from neighbouring Stations.