Transcript EMAS

East Midlands Ambulance Service
• Background
• Crime/Risks to be addressed
• Interventions
Background Information
• Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Rutland
• One thousand 999 calls per day
• 38 Ambulance Stations
• 800 A&E staff
• Limited to Nottingham City Centre
Nottingham City Centre
• Crime Rate
• Crews responded to 163 stab/gunshot incidents
• Lone Worker (Rapid Response Vehicles)
• Drug use
• Police resources stretched
Previous Crime Reduction Initiatives
• Personal Radios
• Vehicle Tracking
• Risk address register
Crimes/Security Incidents
Verbal Abuse to Staff
Actual Physical Assaults on Staff
Criminal damage to ambulances
Theft of ambulances
Theft from ambulances
Theft of drugs from ambulance
Damage to equipment and vehicles
292
164
Not known
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17
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Crimes/Risk to be addressed
• Assault
• Assault with Offensive Weapon
• Lone Worker Risk
• Theft of controlled drugs
• Theft
Vehicles/ Staff
Nottingham City Area
180 crewmembers
20 ambulances
5 Fast Response Vehicles
6 Ambulance Stations
The Interventions
• Stab/Ballistic Resistant Vests
• Staff Protection System
• Drug Security Measures
• CCTV (withdrawn)
Personal Protective Equipment
• PSDB Body Armour Standards
– HG1/A - Ballistic Resistance
– KR1
- Stab Resistance
– SP1
- Spike Resistance
• Tailored to individuals
• Wearer policy
Staff Protection System
• Alarms
– Distress
– Timeout
– Motionless
– System failure
• Procedures
Drugs Security Measures
• Controlled Drugs
• Key Lock
Questions?