Community Safety Partnership

Bonfirewatch

Partnership
Strathclyde Police, Community Support Officers, ASB Team, Strathclyde Fire and Rescue and South Ayrshire Waste Management.

Group Targeted
Persons who misuse fireworks and persons who commit ASB around bonfires and rubbish fires

Community Safety Partnership Priority

To reduce number of firework complaints received by the police
To reduce number of rubbish firework complaints received by the police and fire and rescue
To reduce disturbances and general ASB complaints received by the police.
To educate licensed premises of their rights and responsibilities around the sale of fireworks.

Aims
To achieved the above indicators by creating a multi-agency initiative to be implemented during this seasonal period.

Approach
To conduct joint visits between Trading Standards and the police to licensed premises to remind them of their rights and responsibilities with regards to the sale of fireworksAnalysis of where rubbish fire traditionally occur every year was carried outA table of those sites was then distributed to CSOs and the police to monitor those sites during the period of the campaignIf a rubbish fire was found on the site then Waste Management was then contacted to remove the rubbish before it was set alight.

Methodology
Site visits by CSOs and Police to identify rubbish fires and communicating the find to waste management.

Agencies Involved
Strathclyde Police, Community Support Officers, ASB Team, Strathclyde Fire and Rescue, South Ayrshire Waste Management and Trading Standards.

Evaluation Process
Review of Police and Fire and Rescue figures

Evaluation Impact
All licensed premises were visited by Trading Standards and Police in the weeks before Bonfire Night, to remind them of their rights and responsibilities . A week later licensed premises were tested by Trading Standards in a test purchasing operation. During this operation no licensed premise sold fireworks to an underage person.

All identified sites for bonfires were distributed to CSOs and the police prior to the campaign. During the campaign numerous sites were identified to Waste Management as having a bonfire on site.

Police statistics show a considerable decrease in firework incidents, rubbish fire incidents and general disturbance incidents during the period of the campaign.

Criticism
A better media campaign before to highlight to work being done and also where to report the ASB.

Potential
The initiative proved to be very successful and it will be continued next year .

Contact Details
PC Brian Eaglesham, Police Antisocial Behaviour Officer
Tel: 01292 616445