Consultation on changing fire service provision in Hereford and Worcester opens

A consultation on reducing the number of fire engines in Hereford and Worcester has begun.

The Fire Service has published a review and is offering the community to comment.

In it, it proposes cutting eight engines to make the service more efficient and to save money, which it could better inest elsewhere.

The review found that:

• Eight fire engines could be removed from the Service and the reduction to night only fire cover for one On-Call fire engine without adversely affecting the ability to respond effectively to incidents across the two counties, and in those locations affected.

• The eight fire engines are currently crewed by On-Call firefighters and subsequently there would need to be reductions in the size of On-Call units at the affected fire stations, with only one fire station removing its On-Call unit in its entirety.

• No fire station closures are proposed – all eight fire engines that could be removed are On-Call fire engines at fire stations with two or more fire engines, no fire station with a single fire engine is affected.

• The nine fire engines identified currently have very low usage operationally and are the least available at their fire stations.

• Resources released as a result of removing the eight fire engines and changes to one other fire engine would be made available to be reinvested/reallocated to improve response capabilities in the affected locations.

Here is the review

You'll find a link the consultaion here

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