Solihull
Solihull Command Operations Commander David Joyce
To contact the Solihull Command team please ring 0121 704 3755
There are 2 stations within the Solihull Command:
Solihull Fire Station (0121 380 7521)
Station Commander Ben Diamond
Streetsbrook Road,
Solihull,
West Midlands
B91 1QY
Bickenhill Fire Station (0121 380 7527)
Station Commander Mal Fellows
Northway,
National Exhibition Centre,
Bickenhill
B40 1PW
Also based at Bickenhill Fire Station is our Technical Rescue Unit which is managed by Station Commander Pete Mills.
Solihull Command area has a population of approximately 200,000 residents.
It covers the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull. This is an area to the south east of Birmingham, which stretches from the boundary with Birmingham to Coventry. It is bordered to the north and south by the county of Warwickshire.
Its residents live mostly in the north and the west of the area. The Borough covers approximately 68 square miles. The majority of the area is rural countryside, which leads to Solihull’s motto – Town in the country.
Primary Targeted Performance Indicators
- Reduce the number of arson vehicle fires
- Reduce the number of Road Traffic Collisions
- Reduce the number of accidental fires in dwellings
- Reduce the number of arson fires in non-domestic premises
Prevention Based Activity Initiatives
Most of the work of a modern day Fire Service revolves around preventing incidents. This means that the crews from both of Solihull’s Fire Stations spend much of their time working in the community, helping to educate people in how to live safer lives.
Firefighters visit people’s homes to check that they are safe, and to fit smoke detectors if they are needed. This is all done free of charge, and in Solihull, approximately 170 homes have a Home Fire Safety Check every month. We can even fit alarms that can alert people with impaired hearing. If you would like to know more about this valuable service, please contact your local Station using the details above.
Firefighters also visit schools to educate young people on road safety. This is known as the ‘Your Choice’ programme, and it shows young people some of the consequences of incidents that happen on the roads. Your Choice is a hard hitting programme that has seen significant changes in attitudes towards road safety issues. If you would like to know more about this valuable service, please contact your local Station using the details above.
Our crews are also involved in other prevention work such as;
- Operation Contact which resulted in over 400 Home Fire Safety Checks being delivered to some of the most vulnerable members of our community.
- Contact & Connect which will refer people aged over 60 years for Home Fire Safety Checks.
- Negotiating funding for target hardening Babs Mill Park to help reduce crime in the area.
- We are key partners in Solihull's Safer Communities Strategic Group (SCSG) which brings together the desired outcomes of a whole range of organisations including the Police, Fire Service, Solihull NHS Trust, Criminal Justice system and Solihull Council. It explains our aims and values and our priorities for improvement over the next 3 years and is specific about what will be done, by whom and by when. Our work will support the aspirations of the Sustainable Communities Strategy and its Local Area Agreement.
