County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service

Our Standards and Commitments:

Emergency Response:

• we will attend 70% of all dwelling fires within 8 minutes and 90% within 11 minutes
• we will attend 70% of all non-domestice fires within 8 minutes and 90% within 11 minutes
• we will attend 75% of all road traffic accidents within 11 minutes and 90% within 15 minutes
• emergency calls will be answered within 6 seconds

These are measured through quarterly performance reports which are published on our website.

Support Services:

• all administration telephone calls received by Headquarters’ reception team will be answered within 15 seconds
• we will acknowledge receipt of all correspondence and e-mails within 5 working days of receipt and respond fully within 10 working days

Complaints:

• you can expect a response to informal complaints within 5 working days
• formal complaints will be acknowledged within 2 working days and fully responded to within 7 working
  days (please refer to our ‘Comments, Compliments & Suggestions PDF Form [PDF] (1.2 mb)’ leaflet for full details)

Our Promise:

In seeking to achieve excellence in customer care we aim to ensure that:

• our staff are welcoming, polite, courteous and helpful
• all our staff wear identity badges,
• we respect your right to privacy, confidentiality and safety,
• we treat everyone fairly and equitably, respecting individual needs,
• we use clear language and not jargon,
• we communicate effectively and respectfully with all members of our community,
• our staff are regularly trained and developed,
• we regularly seek the views of Service users, and
• our standards, targets and performance plans are widely published.

Our staff development and appraisal processes seek to ensure that the appropriate personal qualities and attributes are adopted by all personnel in order to meet the above aims. We monitor this through the 'After the Incident' survey and 'Community Fire Safety' surveys.

If you have any feedback relating to any of the above, suggestions on how to make our services more accessible for all members of the communities we serve please complete the Comments, Compliments & Suggestions Form or contact Headquarters reception by Telephone: 0191 3843381 or   Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or by writing to us at the address below:

County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service
Service Headquarters
Framwellgate Moor
Durham
DH1 5JR

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