West Yorkshire to Lose Fire Station Cooks

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service,  chief's have briefed Retained Crews (part-time firefighters) about “considerable changes”. It could include cost-cutting plans which could lead to the closure of nine retained fire stations in the County. Fire Chief's were keen to assure firefighters that a reduction in front line services was a last resort.  The service added that no station would be closing in the next 12 months, however they refused to rule out potential closures of retained stations, saying ‘considerable changes’ were on the way. “They are looking at shutting nine retained stations in the next three or four years because of the budget cuts" one firefighter said. About 150 of the 250 will lose their jobs. The county has 14 retained stations, nine of which could be at risk including stations at Marsden, Meltham, Mirfield, Skelmanthorpe and Slaithwaite.

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Steve Moorhouse, manager of Keighley’s green watch, said more crews were summoned as soon as soon as they arrived. He said: “There was a fire on the third floor, by three windows at the right-hand side. “At that time it was confined to that floor, then after about an hour it seemed to go quickly to the other side.” Mr Moorehouse said there was only enough space on the mill site to get one fire appliance to the side where the fire had started.When the fire took hold of the whole building the vehicle, and firefighters, were pulled back to a safe distance.

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Firefighters in West Yorkshire are now using new hi-tech radios designed to deal with major incidents such as terrorist attacks. The radios, part of the O2 Airwave network have all now been installed. It will enable crews to talk directly to police and ambulance command centres as well as communicate on an internal fire and rescue service network. The radio system, known as Firelink, is part of a 4 1/2 billion Government investment looking to improve responses to large-scale emergencies including terrorist attacks, industrial accidents and severe weather alerts.West Yorkshire Chief Fire Officer Simon Pilling said: "Firelink is already installed in control rooms and the technology has been fitted in fire appliances. They also have computer equipment (Data terminals) which will display maps and site information, along with incident information to help crews tackle incidents more effectively.

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