Coventry
Coventry Command Operations Commander Simon Shilton
To contact the Coventry Command team please ring 02476 220 635.
There are 4 stations within the Coventry Command area covering three constituencies of Coventry North West, Coventry South and Coventry North East.
Coventry North West:
Coventry Fire Station (0121 380 7523)
Station Commander Dave Smithson
Radford Road junction
Ringway Hill Crossroads,
Coventry,
CV1 4EL
Coventry South:
Binley Fire Station (02476 458 097)
Station Commander Paul Burnham
Hipswell Highway,
Binley,
Coventry
CV2 5FQ
Canley Fire Station (02476 672 223)
Station Commander Paul Burnham
Sir Henry Parkes Road,
Canley,
Coventry
CV4 7BA
Coventry North East:
Foleshill Fire Station (02476 688 678)
Station Commander Kevin Rogers
Foleshill Road,
Foleshill,
Coventry,
CV6 5HN
Coventry has a diverse population of 306,000 and 125,000 households.
- Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is the second largest city by population in the Midlands after Birmingham.
- 22% of the population is made up from minority ethnic groups compared with an average 13% in the remainder of the UK
- 15% of the population is over 65. Coventry is a “Young City”
Primary Targeted Performance Indicators
- Reduce Derelict Vehicle Fires
- Reduce Road Traffic Collisions
- Reduce the number of accidental fires in dwellings
- Reduce the number of arson fires in dwellings
- The number of Home Fire Safety checks conducted by the Brigade
Prevention Based Activity Initiatives
- Contact and Connect - older people's working group designed to reach all over 75s in the city
- Mental Health Initiative - working with partners in the primary care trust
- Youth Officer - working with youth offending service to reduce road traffic collisions, arson and anti-social behaviour
- Citizenship - working with partners to provide fire safety advice to people applying for citizenship
- One Stop Shop and Lloyds chemist
