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December 2009 |
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Fire
Consultation period ends
Warwickshire RFU publishes its response |
12 weeks of actively opposing the Warwickshire
‘Improvement Plan’ has come to a close with the
successful protest march from Warwickshire Racecourse to the
Shire Hall on Sunday 6th December. In a fight such as this,
significant public support, as demonstrated at the march is
essential to a successful campaign. Furthermore if consultation
has any value at all and we believe it does then the Fire
Authority must take heed of public opinion and reconsider
the proposal in full.
12 weeks in which Service Management
and Fire Authority members have completely failed in their
endeavours to convince the general public in Warwickshire
that their plan will actually improve the service and create
a higher degree of public safety. Warwickshire RFU has yet
to witness any signs of support for the plan from any quarter
and what is absolutely clear is the opposition at the announcement
of the plan has grown significantly in the last 12 weeks.
Taxpayers and the electorate
are not fools and have become well versed in the arguments
against the plan; many have posed questions at consultation
meetings without clear and concise answers being provided.
It would also be fair to suggest that any response when given
has lacked any real conviction which is even more disturbing.
If management cannot justify their own plan and convince the
public of its worth who can?
Without exception there is massive rejection
of a plan which proposes to decimate a vital emergency service,
which would see the loss of Bedworth, Bidford, Brinklow, Fenny
Compton, Kenilworth, Studley and Warwick fire stations and
RDS crews based at Coleshill and Atherstone being removed.
Even if the Authority does not value these stations as assets,
the taxpayers and the electorate do and should be listened
to.
Tony Morgan
RFU Vice-President and Warks RFU Secretary
Bedworth Crew Manager
www.wrfu.org.uk
Message Ends
Press contact
Anthony Morgan 07852 232166
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RFU Response to consultation document
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