It's time to take action against fire and unacceptable behaviour in Middlesbrough...
Despite reducing deliberate fires by 30% the number of fires in Middlesbrough is still unacceptably high. People are still dying and being injured in fires. Families are suffering. Local businesses are being destroyed and it is because over 90% of our fires are caused by anti-social and nuisance behaviour. The problem is rooted in our most deprived areas.
We refuse to tolerate anti-social activity and the damaging effects it has on our communities.
What's needed is a new approach. Middlesbrough is our town and we can do much more than fight fires to keep you safe. It's time to take action and put our firefighters on the streets to make our communities safer, stronger and proud.
What we're doing...
Our committed approach to improving your safety by reducing the risks has enabled us to:-
- Do over 60,000 home fire safety checks
- Clean up areas by removing refuses
- Board up empty properties
- Remove abandoned cars
- Deter vandalism and crime by a visible presence
- Teach fire safety to children of all ages
- Recapture the potential of disaffected youth
- Encourage the young to contribute to their communities
- Counsel young fire-setters
- Promote diversity and reach the vulnerable through our bi-lingual safety officers
- Improve road safety
- Help secure schools and commercial properties
..... and all of this contributes to building cleaner, greener, safer and stronger communities
Benefiting Everyone
We are taking the risk by doing something new and different to improve the quality of life in our communities We have the ability to get things done through know-how and a 'can-do' attitude; and the public has confidence and trust in us.
What we will do will benefit everyone:
- a safer, stronger and prouder community
- more business prosperity
- our partners will achieve more
- better quality of life for all
We're going to be there until it's done and we ALL have a part to play...
