The Night Shift
Rugby FM has been given details of a draft timetable for the closure of three Warwickshire Fire Stations.
Warwick Fire Station could shut in September 2011 and be the first of
three to close as part of Chief Fire Officer Graeme Smith's Improvement
Plan designed to improve response to flooding and car accidents.
Brinklow and Studley will also be decommissioned.
The Improvement Plan was backed by County Councillors at a meeting on
July 20th. It also means the Brigade's also increasing home fire safety
checks from 6,500 to 30,000 and investing in a new small fires unit.
Service bosses also want to look at ways of cutting the number of
automatic fire alarm call outs they're forced to attend.
Brinklow Fire Station's timetabled to shut in March 2012. At the same
time Bedworth Fire Station will become a retained station with a whole
time small fires unit. The closure of Studley Fire Station is not due
to take place until September 2013.
Warwickshire County Council say it's only a draft timetable at the
moment and could change but have promised at no point will the safety
of the public or firefighters be compromised.
The Fire Brigades Union are currently deciding whether to ballot their
members for industrial action - but say going on strike is a last
resort.
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