Dementia

Mohammed AliKirklees District

Prevention

Our Ambition:Making West Yorkshire Safer

Our Aim:Provide an excellent Fire and Rescue Service working in partnership to reduce death, injury and economic loss and contribute to community well being.

Local authority Estimated people with dementia

(2012)  diagnosed undiagnosed

•West Yorkshire  23,623  12,589  11,034         Leeds   7,793   4,299   3,494          Bradford        5,527   2,968   2,559          Calderdale       2,247   1,141   1,106         Kirklees         4,344   2,235   2,109         Wakefield        3,712   1,946   1,766          http://www.dementiaprevalencecalculator.org.uk/

Cost of Fire Death

• Estimated costs to the UK economy that can be associated to a fatal fire death is £1.4 million, (Economic Cost of Fire: Estimates for 2004)

• http://mycouncil.surreycc.gov.uk/Data/Adult%20Social%20Care%20Select%20Committee/20120518/Agenda/Item%2008%20-%20Fatal%20Fire%20Deaths%20Report.pdf

Partnership

Partnerships

Dementia Alliance

Adult ServicesMemory Clinics

District Nurses

Housing Association

Mental Health

Training

Case Study

• Crews

Prevention

Occupant / Housing

Protection FS FS Housing

False Alarms Reduced