Babcock to manage UK's largest Fire and Rescue Service fleet
The contract has been entered into following the recent deterioration of LFEPA’s arrangements with its existing supplier, Premier Fire Serve Limited (previously called AssetCo London Ltd).
Effective immediately, the contract sees Babcock supporting the maintenance of LFEPA’s fleet of over 500 vehicles and 50,000 pieces of equipment, located across its 113 stations. The service will be managed from Babcock’s London Control Centre, where the dedicated team will provide 24/7 support.
In securing this opportunity, Babcock is looking to provide a number of key benefits to the Authority through using ALCAMiE, its proven approach to asset management. This successful approach has consistently delivered within the emergency services sector to customers that include the Metropolitan Police Service’s 4,000 strong operational fleet and the Government’s New Dimension fleet, where Babcock has helped increase resilience, reduced costs, introduced innovation and helped customers maintain critical frontline focus.
Paul Wilkins, Babcock’s Director, Emergency Services business, said: “Babcock recognises the critical support that LFEPA requires for this interim period to ensure continuity of a critical public service whilst they carry out the procurement process for a new full term contract.
“We will not only seek to raise service levels for the Authority, but through our partnering approach, make every endeavour to achieve efficiencies and introduce best practice for our customer.”
LFEPA is the UK’s largest Fire and Rescue Service serving over seven million people across the 1587 square kilometres of Greater London. Its 5,800 operational firefighters and officers are based at its 113 stations located across the Capital.
London Fire Commissioner Ron Dobson said: “This move should stabilise the way in which our vehicles and equipment are managed and enable London Fire Brigade to continue to provide the Capital with the world class fire and rescue service it deserves.”
Babcock already delivers a fleet management service for the Government’s National Resilience Fire and Rescue Capability fleet of 650 vehicles and modules, as well as 175,000 items of equipment, which is available to Fire and Rescue Services across England and Wales in the event of major incidents.
