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As you will now undoubtedly be aware, Windsor Fire Station has been downgraded. From 01 October 2011, half of the station crew establishment was redeployed to Wokingham (a station deemed to be ‘at need’ of upgrading to 24/7 cover, yet failing to attain the same night crew call rate as Windsor?)
However, as part of the ‘compromise deal’ (see Home Page) made between the Royal Borough Council and the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service, a delicate night cover is still maintained at Windsor for the short term. Between the hours of 8pm and 8am a Slough ‘special appliance’ with 2 riders travels to Windsor. A further 2 riders, if randomly available from around Berkshire are then brought in. Then, the ‘lottery four’ are switch crewed with the Windsor appliance and the Slough ‘special appliance’?!

Here are the discombobulated efforts of fire cover in November and December, with explanatory notes below:

01 November at 13-07 hours. Standby to Slough.
01 November at 16-47 hours. M&S, Peascod Street, Windsor. Child trapped in lift door.
02 November at 12-33 hours. Wyatt Road, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
02 November at 13-16 hours. High Street, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
02 November at 12-58 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
02 November at 21-30 hours. Manor Farm House, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
04 November at 14-21 hours. Moores Court, Datchet. Alarm/activation.
04 November at 19-57 hours. Datchet Cricket Club. Bonfire.
05 November at 01-00 hours. Co-op, Arthur Road, Windsor.
06 November at 16-46 hours. Stirling Centre, Bracknell.
06 November at 18-52 hours. Standby to Slough.
06 November at 21-52 hours. Osborne Street, Slough. Unspecified call.
07 November at 09-07 hours. Worcestershire, Bracknell. Unspecified call.
07 November at 12-30 hours. Regent Court, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
07 November at 18-14 hours. Windsor fire station. Ring removal.
08 November at 11-36 hours. Standby to Slough.
08 November at 17-42 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
08 November at 20-30 hours. Victoria Street, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
09 November at 10-02 hours. The Avenue, Old Windsor. Child locked in car.
09 November at 11-00 hours. Standby to Slough.
09 November at 11-05 hours. Slough Power Station. Fire-Make pumps five.
09 November at 14-46 hours. Vansittart Estate, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
09 November at 16-44 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
10 November at 14-32 hours. Standby to Maidenhead.
10 November at 16-22 hours. Laburnum Grove, Langley. Fire in flat.
10 November at 16-42 hours. Kipling Court, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
10 November at 17-06 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
10 November at 18-02 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
11 November at 12-03 hours. King Edward Court, Windsor. Special service call.
11 November at 16-03 hours. Thames Street, Windsor. Small fire.
11 November at 16-22 hours. Standby to Newbury.
12 November at 17-34 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
13 November at 22-05 hours. Standby to Slough.
14 November at 16-09 hours. Francis Chichester Close, Ascot. Kitchen fire.
14 November at 19-50 hours. Standby to Slough.
15 November at 14-54 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
16 November at 18-42 hours. Manor Farm House, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
17 November at 15-19 hours. Illingworth, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
18 November at 13-15 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
19 November at 02-35 hours. Church Lane, Sunninghill. Alarm/activation.
19 November at 03-30 hours. The Avenue, Ascot. Alarm/activation.
19 November at 11-25 hours. Standby to Slough.
19 November at 16-41 hours. Standby to Newbury.
19 November at 17-10 hours. Standby to Reading.
19 November at 17-30 hours. Standby to Newbury.
20 November at 13-30 hours. Standby to Newbury.
21 November at 02-23 hours. Bridgewater Way, Windsor. Assist ambulance with spinal injury.
21 November at 07-30 hours. Long Hill Road, Bracknell. Road traffic collision.
21 November at 10-28 hours. Standby to Maidenhead.
23 November at 09-03 hours. Windsor and Eton Relief Road. Road traffic collision.
23 November at 12-24 hours. Sutherland Chase, Ascot. House-explosion. Two casualties.
24 November at 03-55 hours. Windsor Leisure Centre. Alarm/activation.
24 November at 20-54 hours  Clarefield Court, Sunningdale. Alarm/activation.
25 November at 08-22 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
25 November at 17-21 hours. Standby to Newbury.
26 November at 06-56 hours. Mount Pleasant Flats, Bracknell. Alarm/activation.
26 November at 15-25 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
26 November at 16-04 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
26 November at 16-10 hours. Office block, Wokingham. Multi-pump fire.
27 November at 04-30 hours. Unspecified Ascot address. Flat fire.
27 November at 12-20 hours. Standby to Newbury.
28 November at 08-10 hours. Standby to Newbury.
30 November at 09-15 hours. Trinity Place, Windsor. Person trapped in machinery.
30 November at 12-55 hours. Standby to Maidenhead.
 
01 December at 07-48 hours. London Road, Ascot. Smoke issuing.
01 December at 22-00 hours. King Edward Court, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
02 December at 13-53 hours. Viscount Court, Windsor Lift- 5 persons released.
02 December at 16-09 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
03 December at 01-52 hour. Winkfield Road, Windsor. Road traffic collision.
03 December at 04-20 hours. Maidenhead Road, Windsor. Car fire.
03 December at 16-39 hours. Standby to Newbury.
04 December at 20-17 hours. Orwell Close, Windsor. Assist ambulance service with bariatric patient.
04 December at 21-03 hours. Standby to Maidenhead.
05 December at 05-47 hours. Standby to Maidenhead.
05 December at 14-57 hours. Peascod Street, Windsor. Unspecified call.
05 December at 16-11 hours Standby to Bracknell.
06 December at 16-38 hours. Daniels, Peascod Street, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
07 December at 11-36 hours. A330 Maidens Green, Winkfield. Road traffic collision.
08 December at 08-43 hours. Winkfield Road, Windsor. Road traffic collision.
08 December at 17-51 hours. Viscount Court, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
09 December at 16-13 hours.  Standby to Slough.
09 December at 17-20 hours. Kings Road, Ascot. Road traffic collision.
11 December at 17-15 hours. Bowes Lyon Close, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
13 December at 12-12 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
13 December at 13-19 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
13 December at 19-15 hours. Holmlea Walk, Datchet. Kitchen fire.
14 December at 06-00 hours. Minton Place, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
14 December at 19-45 hours. Minton Place, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
15 December at 18-00 hours. Leslie Dunne House, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
16 December at 09-30 hours. King Edward Court, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
16 December at 11-08 hours. Charters Road, Sunningdale. Road traffic collision.
16 December at 17-44 hours. Nixey Close Slough. Building fire-make pumps 4.
16 December at 22-50 hours. Mount Pleasant flats, Bracknell. Unspecified call.
16 December at 22-55 hours. Nell Gwynne Avenue, Sunninghill. Alarm/activation.
17 December at 03-46 hours. Peascod Street, Windsor. Special service call.
17 December at 13-39 hours. Standby to Maidenhead.
17 December at 14-06 hours. Standby to Slough.
17 December at 17-47hours. Standby to Bracknell.
18 December at 08-23 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
18 December at 17-35 hours. Leslie Dunne House, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
19 December at 07-19 hours. Standby to Maidenhead.
21 December at 07-30 hours. Castlemaine House,Sunninghill. Unspecified incident.
21 December at 17-31 hours. Standby to Reading.
22 December at 07-30 hours. Viscount Court, Windsor. Lift incident.
22 December at 21-55 hours. Minton Place, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
23 December at 09-01 hours. St Georges Close, Windsor. Unspecified incident.
24 December at 07-45 hours. Mount Pleasant flats, Bracknell. Alarm/activation.
24 December at 16-20 hours. Victor Road, Windsor. Chimney fire.
25 December at 09-16 hours. Green Lane, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
25 December at 11-34 hours. Truss Hill, Ascot. Kitchen fire.
26 December at 15-08 hours. Filmer Road, Windsor. Fire in flat.
27 December at 11-26 hours. Goaters Road, Ascot. Flooding in domestic property.
28 December at 14-52 hours. Temple Road, Windsor. Animal rescue.
28 December at 08-15 hours. Cowort Centre, Sunningdale. Fire.
28 December at 11-00 hours. Standby to Slough.
29 December at 02-12 hours. Harte and Garter Hotel, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
      30 December at 21-54 hours. Bay Road, Bracknell. Unspecified incident.
      30 December at 23-19 hours. Firs Avenue, Windsor. External fire.
Explanatory notes and further information:
1. A ‘standby’ occurs when a fire appliance is called to cover another station ground whilst they are attending an incident. As you will observe, the Windsor appliance is often utilised to ‘plug the gaps’ of operational resilience?
2. The Windsor appliance has been described by one senior control room operator as, ‘The glue which holds east Berkshire together’.
3. Call rates throughout the Brigade have been engineered as a result of reducing the ‘pre-determined attendances’ (PDA’s). Buildings such as shopping centres, hospitals and hotels, etc, are now sent a reduced attendance – in glaring contrast to the risk-weighted attendances of the past. In simple terms, fewer fire appliances are sent to potentially higher risks.
4. Another example of call rate engineering has been the ‘Call Challenge Policy’ whereby occupants of buildings are asked to re-enter where fire alarms have activated, to investigate the cause of the alarm –before any fire appliance is sent out? This would conflict with traditional fire service advice to, ‘Get out, stay out and call the fire brigade out.’?
5. Windsor fire station is under threat of closure. Sonning and Cookham fire stations have now been closed. Before these cuts, the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service had 20 stations. In an era of county growth along with complex specific risks, the Brigade is downsizing and resilience is potentially compromised?
6. The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service proudly announce within their latest IRMP document (Integrated Risk Management Planning) that Berkshire Firefighters rescue far more people from road accidents than fires.
A recent BBC News report referred to Endsleigh Insurance which described Slough as THE traffic accident ‘black spot’ for the UK. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8411310.stm)
Slough fire crews are covering the worst traffic accident ‘black spot’ in the UK yet the Brigade hope and expect that they will also be able to cover the expansive Windsor station area if it is closed?

As you will now undoubtedly be aware, Windsor Fire Station has been downgraded. From 01 October 2011, half of the station crew establishment was redeployed to Wokingham (a station deemed to be ‘at need’ of upgrading to 24/7 cover, yet failing to attain the same night crew call rate as Windsor?)
However, as part of the ‘compromise deal’(see Home Page) made between the Royal Borough Council and the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service, a delicate night cover is still maintained at Windsor for the short term. Between the hours of 8pm and 8am a Slough ‘special appliance’ with 2 riders travels to Windsor. A further 2 riders, if randomly available from around Berkshire are then brought in. Then, the ‘lottery four’ are switch crewed with the Windsor appliance and the Slough ‘special appliance’?!

Here are the discombobulated efforts of fire cover in October, with explanatory notes below:

01 October at 02-34 hours. North Street, Winkfied. Alarm/activation.
01 October at 12-59 hours. The Meads, Green Lane, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
01 October at 14-00 hours. Standby to Maidenhead.
01 October at 16-32 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
01 October at 19-32 hours Standby to Slough.
02 October at unspecified time. Albert Road, Old Windsor. Car fire following road traffic collision.
02 October at 01-25 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
02 October at 05-05 hours. Albert Road, Old Windsor. Car fire.
02 October at 12-46 hours. Standby to Slough.
02 October at 14-36 hours. Winkfield Lane, Winkfield. Gas cylinder fire.
02 October at 21-48 hours. Standby to Slough.
03 October at 04-10 hours. Brockenhurst Road, Ascot. Unspecified incident.
03 October at 12-38 hours. Standby to Maidenhead.
04 October at approximately 07-00. Lesley Dunne House, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
04 October at 10-23 hours. Royal Berkshire Clinic, Bracknell. Alarm/activation.
04 October at 19-38 hours. Sage Court, Old Windsor. Oven fire.
05 October at unspecified time. Kipling Court, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
05 October at unspecified time. Southlea Road, Datchet. Cow trapped in ditch.
05 October at 17-14 hours. Norfolk Road, Maidenhead. Alarm/activation.
05 October at 17-20 hours. Standby to Maidenhead.
06 October at unspecified time. Bowes Lyon Close, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
06 October at 11-03 hours. Osborne Road, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
07 October at 09-18 hours. Marks and Spencers, Windsor. 2 people released from lift.
07 October at 15-47 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
07 October at 20-32 hours. Manor House Close, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
08 October at unspecified time. Convent Court, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
08 October at 04-00 hours. Travel Lodge, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
08 October at 14-05 hours. Guards Polo Club, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
08 October at 15-13 hours, St Leonards Hill, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
08 October at 17-58 hours. Birch Hill, Bracknell. Unspecified incident.
09 October at 09-48 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
09 October at 10-26 hours. Broadmoor Hospital. Suspected fire.
09 October at 15-02 hours. Dedworth Recreation Ground, Windsor. Baby locked in car.
09 October at 15-29 hours. Stuart Way, Windsor. Kitchen fire.
09 October at 19-18 hours. Standby to Slough.
09 October at approximately 19-20 hours. St Leonards Road, Windsor. Assist ambulance service with deceased person.
10 October at 00-21 hours. Arthur Road, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
11 October at 08-06 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
13 October at 07-22 hours. Bullbrook, Bracknell. Alarm/activation.
15 October at 18-12 hours. Standby to Slough.
15 October at 21-59 hours, Winkfield Manor, Winkfield. Alarm/activation.
16 October at 00-30 hours. Standby to Maidenhead.
15 October at 04-32 hours. Lyon Oaks, Warfield. Alarm/activation.
16 October at 19-50 hours. Tyle Place, Old Windsor. Alarm/activation.
16 October at 23-30 hours. Minton Place, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
17 October at 20-48 hours. Standby to Maidenhead.
18 October at 07-16 hours. Ditton Raod, Langley. Alar/activation.
18 October at 14-17 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
18 October at 14-24 hours. Harmanswater, Bracknell. Alarm/activation.
18 October at 22-13 hours. Bells of Ouzely PH, Old Windsor. Kitchen fire.
18 October at 16-00 hours. Hatt Common, East Woodhay. Chimney fire.
18 October at 18-22 hours. Standby to Reading.
19 October at unspecified time. New Lodge, Winkfield. Alarm/activation.
21 October at 07-39 hours. Lawn Close, Datchet. Alarm/activation.
21 October at 12-42 hours. Enborne Street, Newbury. Fire following road traffic collision.
21 October at 19-44 hours. Foster Avenue, Windsor. Tree fire.
22 October at 19-01 hours. Legoland, Windsor. Field fire following fireworks display.
23 October at 13-29 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
24 October at unspecified time. St Marks Road, Windsor. Special service call.
24 October at unspecified time. High Street, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
24 October at 01-47 hours. Mount Pleasant Flats, Bracknell. Alarm/activation.
24 October at 18-17 hours. Broad Lane, Bracknell. Unspecified incident.
25 October at unspecified time. Manor Farm House, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
26 October at 11-23 hours. The Tapestries, Old Windsor. Alarm/activation.
26 October at 19-51 hours. Victoria Street, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
26 October at 23-26 hours. Standby to Slough.
27 October at 11-39 hours. Furze Platt Road, Maidenhead. Gas cylinder fire.
27 October at 18-19 hours. Cordwallis Road, Maidenhead. Unspecified incident.
28 October at 14-26 hours. Pelling Hill, Old Windsor. Kitchen fire.
28 October at 19-24 hours. Foster Avenue, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
29 October at 03-52 hours. Standby to Slough.
29 October at 18-43 hours. Standby to Slough.
30 October at 13-15 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
30 October at 16-13 hours. Standby to Maidenhead.
31 October at 08-50 hours. Flemish Farm, Windsor. Alarm/activation.

Explanatory notes and further information:
1. A ‘standby’ occurs when a fire appliance is called to cover another station ground whilst they are attending an incident. As you will observe, the Windsor appliance is often utilised to ‘plug the gaps’ of operational resilience?
2. The Windsor appliance has been described by one senior control room operator as, ‘The glue which holds east Berkshire together’.
3. Call rates throughout the Brigade have been engineered as a result of reducing the ‘pre-determined attendances’ (PDA’s). Buildings such as shopping centres, hospitals and hotels, etc, are now sent a reduced attendance – in glaring contrast to the risk-weighted attendances of the past. In simple terms, fewer fire appliances are sent to potentially higher risks.
4. Another example of call rate engineering has been the ‘Call Challenge Policy’ whereby occupants of buildings are asked to re-enter where fire alarms have activated, to investigate the cause of the alarm –before any fire appliance is sent out? This would conflict with traditional fire service advice to, ‘Get out, stay out and call the fire brigade out.’?
5. Windsor fire station is under threat of closure. Sonning and Cookham fire stations have now been closed. Before these cuts, the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service had 20 stations. In an era of county growth along with complex specific risks, the Brigade is downsizing and resilience is potentially compromised?
6. The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service proudly announce within their latest IRMP document (Integrated Risk Management Planning) that Berkshire Firefighters rescue far more people from road accidents than fires.
A recent BBC News report referred to Endsleigh Insurance which described Slough as THE traffic accident ‘black spot’ for the UK. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8411310.stm)
Slough fire crews are covering the worst traffic accident ‘black spot’ in the UK yet the Brigade hope and expect that they will also be able to cover the expansive Windsor station area if it is closed?

Here are all calls attended by the Windsor fire crews throughout September 2011.
Further information and explanatory notes are located at the foot of this page

02 September at 02-31 hours. Standby to Slough.
02 September at 15-46 hours. King Edward Hospital, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
03 September at 10-21 hours. Standby to Maidenhead.
03 September at 12-12 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
03 September at 13-12 hours. Manor Farm Close, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
03 September at 18-45 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
03 September at 22-25 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
04 September at 01-03 hours. Standby to Maidenhead.
04 September at 01-46 hours. Standby to Slough.
04 September at 12-30 hours. Kipling Court, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
04 September at 12-47 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
04 September at 14-55 hours. Standby to Slough.
05 September at 22-23 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
05 September at 22-25 hours. Parkside Road, Sunningdale. Alarm/activation.
06 September at 19-56 hours. Clewer Green, Windsor. Kitchen fire.
06 September at 20-00 hours. Park Street, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
07 September at 02-49 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
07 September at 03-00 hours. Broad Street, Wokingham. Fire. Make pumps eight.
07 September at 20-14 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
07 September at 23-00 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
08 September at 08-07 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
09 September at 13-29 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
09 September at 20-30 hours. Standby to Slough.
09 September at 22-13 hours. Victoria Street, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
10 September at 23-31 hours. Mount Pleasant Flats, Bracknell. Alarm/activation.
10 September at 04-04 hours. Standby to Maidenhead.
10 September at 16-17 hours. Kimber Close, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
10 September at 19-01 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
10 September at 21-33 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
11 September at 02-36 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
11 September at 05-55 hours. Standby to Slough.
11 September at 21-32 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
12 September at 23-17 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
13 September at 15-02 hours. M4 motorway. Lorry fire
13 September at 22-44 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
14 September at 00-01 hours. Calfridas Way, Bracknell. Car/garage fire.
14 September at unspecified time. Windsor Road, Slough. Fire in refuse container.
15 September at 09-46 hours. St Marks Road, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
15 September at 12-40 hours. The Meads, Windsor. Lift rescue.
15 September at 15-22 hours. Standby to Maidenhead.
15 September at 16-00 hours Standby to Slough.
15 September at 17-00 hours. Forest Green Road, Touchen End. Road traffic collision.
15 September at 19-10 hours. Foster Avenue, Windsor. Special service call involving a child.
15 September at unspecified time. Standby to Bracknell.
15 September at 20-35 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
16 September at 11-01 hours. Filmer Road, Windsor. Lock out-access gained.
16 September at 15-13 hours. Standby to Slough.
17 September at 09-35 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
17 September at 09-35 hours. The Oaks, Bracknell. Kitchen fire.
17 September at 12-30 hours. Manor Farm House, Windsor.
17 September at unspecified time Winkfield Road, Windsor. Road traffic collision.
17 September at 19-19 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
17 September at 19-27 hours Mount Pleasant Flats, Bracknell. Alarm/activation.
18 September at 06-01 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
18 September at 09-33 hours. Ellison Close, Windsor. Flooding.
18 September at 16-12 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
18 September at 19-02 hours. Standby to Reading.
19 September at 05-22 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
19 September at 05-33 hours. Summer Place, Bracknell. Unspecified incident.
19 September at 05-41 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
19 September at 12-40 hours. Alma Road, Windsor. Van fire.
19 September at 17-49 hours. Beaumont House, Old Windsor. Alarm/activation.
20 September at 15-35 hours. St Mary’s Hill, Ascot. Alarm/activation.
21 September at 09-01 hours London Road, Ascot. Road traffic collision.
22 September at 10-36 hours College Glen, Maidenhead. Alarm/activation.
22 September at 14-15 hours. Norfolk Road, Maidenhead. Alarm/activation.
22 September at 21-06 hours. Standby to Maidenhead.
22 September at 21-15 hours. Green Lane, Windsor. Shed fire.
23 September at 11-30 hours. Neve Lane, Maidenhead. Alarm/activation.
23 September at 12-00 hours. Green Lane, Maidenhead. Shed fire.
23 September at 13-07 hours Shurlock Row, Maidenhead. Aircraft crash.
23 September at 19-48 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
24 September at 09-20 hours. M4 motorway. Special service incident.
24 September at 10-31 hours. Standby to Maidenhead.
24 September at 15-19 hours. Stovell Road, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
24 September at 19-31 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
25 September at 02-58 hours. Hatchet Lane, Ascot. Road traffic collision.
26 September at 05-10 hours. Saxon House, Windsor. Alarm/activation.
27 September at 08-42 hours. Drift Road, Windsor. Unspecified incident.
27 September at 11-59 hours. Coronation Road, Ascot. Road traffic collision.
27 September at 23-40 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
28 September at 18-46 hours. Standby to Maidenhead.
28 September at 22-38 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
28 September at 22-51 hours. Wyatt Court, Sandhurst. Flat fire- make pumps four.
28 September at 23-10 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
29 September at 19-49 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
30 September at 10-59 hours. Standby to Slough.
30 September at 12-17 hours. Bromycroft Road, Slough. Kitchen fire.
30 September at 17-45 hours. North Street, Winkfield. Straw on fire.
30 September at 18-55 hours. North Street, Windsor. Relief crews for
above.
30 September at 21-50 hours. Standby to Bracknell.

Explanatory notes and further information:
1. A ‘standby’ occurs when a fire appliance is called to cover another station ground whilst they are attending an incident. As you will observe, the Windsor appliance is often utilised to ‘plug the gaps’ of operational resilience?
2. The Windsor appliance has been described by one senior control room operator as, ‘The glue which holds east Berkshire together’.
3. Call rates throughout the Brigade have been engineered as a result of reducing the ‘pre-determined attendances’ (PDA’s). Buildings such as shopping centres, hospitals and hotels, etc, are now sent a reduced attendance – in glaring contrast to the risk-weighted attendances of the past. In simple terms, fewer fire appliances are sent to potentially higher risks.
4. Another example of call rate engineering has been the ‘Call Challenge Policy’ whereby occupants of buildings are asked to re-enter where fire alarms have activated, to investigate the cause of the alarm –before any fire appliance is sent out? This would conflict with traditional fire service advice to, ‘Get out, stay out and call the fire brigade out.’?
5. Windsor fire station is under threat of closure. Sonning and Cookham fire stations have now been closed. Before these cuts, the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service had 20 stations. In an era of county growth along with complex specific risks, the Brigade is downsizing and resilience is potentially compromised?
6. The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service proudly announce within their latest IRMP document (Integrated Risk Management Planning) that Berkshire Firefighters rescue far more people from road accidents than fires.
A recent BBC News report referred to Endsleigh Insurance which described Slough as THE traffic accident ‘black spot’ for the UK. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8411310.stm)
Slough fire crews are covering the worst traffic accident ‘black spot’ in the UK yet the Brigade hope and expect that they will also be able to cover the expansive Windsor station area if it is closed?

Major road works are to commence on the Albert Road, which is the main traffic artery from Windsor into Old Windsor. The works are scheduled to commence from 19-00 hours on Friday 07 October until 07-00 hours on Monday 10 October.

The road will be CLOSED. Windsor Fire Station will also CLOSE at night if the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service proposal is implemented from 01 October.

That would then mean that cover from Slough Fire Station (if available- they are a busy station) would have a lengthy travel via Datchet to attend any incident in Old Windsor.

This should be a serious concern for Old Windsor residents, since the time it takes for a fire appliance to arrive directly correlates with loss of life, injury and damage to property.

(Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-14987859 )

The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service will CLOSE Windsor Fire Station at NIGHT from 01 OCTOBER 2011.

This is potentially risky as 7 million people visit Windsor each year and 10% of those stay over in Hotels and Guest Houses.

We have several established venues such as the Castle Hotel, the Harte and Garter Hotel, the Sir Christopher Wren Hotel and the Beaumont Hotel in Old Windsor. These are all very large hotels and some have experienced serious fires in the past.

The Travel Lodge is a large new hotel in Windsor and a big hotel is presently being constructed at Legoland.

Now we have recently learned that a 58 bed Holiday Inn Express is to be built in Alma Road, Windsor. This is just around the corner from the fire station, but that will be of little comfort to the guests since the fire station will be closed during the slumber hours from 01 October