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Birmingham Central

Birmingham Central Operations Commander Phil Loach

To contact the Birmingham Central Command team please ring 0121 380 6142.

There are 5 stations within the Birmingham Central Command area.

Aston Fire Station (0121 380 7512)
Station Commander Warren Simpson
Ettington Road,
Aston,
Birmingham
B6 6ED

Hay Mills Fire Station (0121 380 7539)
Station Commander Pete Millane
Speedwell Road,
Hay Mills,
Birmingham
B25 8HH

Ladywood Fire Station (0121 380 7537) 
Station Commander Sarah Warnes
Icknield Port Road,
Ladywood,
Birmingham,
B16 0RA

Sheldon Fire Station (0121 380 7522)
Station Commander Dave Boucher
Garretts Green Lane,
Sheldon,
Birmingham,
B33 0SE

Ward End Fire Station (0121 380 7516) 
Station Commander Mal Fellows
Washwood Heath Road,
Ward End,
Birmingham,
B8 2HF

Birmingham Central has a diverse population of over 300,000 people.

• Located within Birmingham Central are approximately 116,850 households
• About 19,600 of these homes are above first floor level.
• Approximately 13,600 lone parent families live within Central Birmingham. (They are considered to be at high risk from fire)
• There are a large number of industrial premises also contained within the area as well as a high population of revellers during weekends in the city centre.

 
Primary Targeted Performance Indicators

Year after year we continue to meet our targets for reducing fires and injuries from fires. Below are some of our current primary targeted performance indicators. This work is also carried out in conjunction with our community partners.

• Reduce vehicle arson by 5%
• Reduce arson secondary fires by 5%
• Ensure that working smoke alarms are fitted in at least 40% of homes who experience a fire.
• Reduce injuries from accidental dwelling fires by 7%
• Reduce accidental dwelling fires by 10 %

Prevention Based Activity Initiatives

Here are just a few of our prevention based initiatives within Central Birmingham,

• Hodge Hill building watch - securing void premises to reduce instances of arson.
• Red hot fire experience - Schools within the Sheldon area are being transported to our red hot fire experience in Handsworth to be educated in all aspects of fire safety in the home.
• An initiative being undertaken by the firefighters within Aston area is to drive down fires involving high rise properties where they are considered to be at a higher risk.
• In the Hay Mills area, firefighters are targeting specific high risk housing areas where there is a greater potential for fire and carrying out as many home fire safety checks as possible.
• Vehicle arson task group - involved in target hardening work to secure open land and joint operations such as ‘Cubit’ to crush abandoned vehicles.