Warwickshire Fire Authority will decide on proposals to put forward for public consultation at a meeting on 20 July 2010.

Original proposals inc. the closure of 7 RDS stations in Warwickshire were withdrawn after the original consultation process identified numerous flaws in the proposal. Warks CFO Graeme Smith has put forward 3 options with the recommendation that 'Model A' should be progressed.

OPERATIONAL RESOURCING MODELS

Model A

This operational response model includes the following key features:

• Alcester Fire Station is upgraded to a Wholetime and Retained Fire
  Station with two fire appliances covering the combined areas of Alcester,
  Bidford and Studley.
• Bedworth Fire Station is crewed by a Retained Fire Appliance and a Small
  Fires Unit. The Day Crewed Fire appliance is not required.
• Fenny Compton and Kenilworth Fire Stations remain as retained stations.
• Four Fire Stations (Bidford, Brinklow, Studley and Warwick) are
  decommissioned back into the Council’s Asset Management portfolio.

Model B

This station model differs from Model A as follows:

• Bidford Fire Station and the retained crew remain in place.
• At Alcester Fire Station the retained crew is not required (although the
  wholetime crew remains).
• Three Fire Stations (Brinklow, Studley and Warwick) are decommissioned
  back into the Council’s Asset Management portfolio.

Model C

This station model differs from the Model A as follows:

• Alcester Fire Station remains as a Retained only station as does Bidford
  and Studley.
• The retained fire appliance at Stratford Fire Station is upgraded to a
  wholetime appliance.
• Two Fire Stations (Brinklow and Warwick) are decommissioned back into
  the Council’s Asset Management portfolio.

Models A and B will allow for 36 job losses within the Retained Duty System but create 17 jobs within the Wholetime Duty System

Model C will allow for 27 job losses within the Retained Duty System

Full details of the proposals can be found here.