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It was fantastic to see David Cameron (the then Leader of the Opposition) visit Windsor Fire Station in October last year.
Mr Cameron showed strong support for our cause, referring to this, ‘…very important fire station’ and our important campaign to keep it open 24/7 ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjm23qPMOnE )
Mr Cameron who was very well appraised of the [...]

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In last weeks Royal Borough Observer newspaper, the Chief Fire Officer made reference to the future culling of yet more retained (part-time) fire stations and said, ”Even if we were to take all the retained stations away, Windsor would not be directly affected because it is bordered by whole time stations all the way around”.
The [...]

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The ‘Royal’ Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service has £££ 1.2 MILLION ‘underspend’ sitting in their bank account. Certain members of the Fire Authority want that money to be spent at the sharp end-namely operations.
Yet operational cutbacks have probably filled this massive pot? Sonning Fire Station has closed and Wargrave, Pangbourne and Cookham face the axe.
Then [...]

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You may recall that the ‘Royal’ Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service originally proposed to close Windsor Fire Station fully? That plan was thrown out by the Fire Authority of old.
However, a different plan for night closure was subsquently accepted by a newly elected Fire Authority. This, many believed, was merely a preliminary to a full [...]

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The Chief Fire Officer submitted a written response to a question received from Mr Richard Coates to the Fire Authority Meeting of 30 June 2010.
The response centred upon concerns raised by Mr Coates in relation to the protracted major roadworks being implemented upon the Windsor and Eton Relief Road.
The Chief Fire Officer stated,’ It [...]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/10413392.stm
There was a serious incident at 00-44 hours on 25 June which required the attendance of the Windsor appliance as ‘back-up’ to a house blaze in Maidenhead. Both Maidenhead whole-time and retained appliances attended with the Slough second pump and their hydraulic platform. A Control Unit from Reading was also used. So you will appreciate [...]

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The following is an account by Francis Batt of the Windsor Express of a fire attended by Windsor Crews;
Sleeping boy, 15, Rescued by Firefighters
Sunday 20th June 2010
A sleeping 15-year-old boy was rescued by firefighters from his smoke-filled flat in the early hours of this morning.
Residents of a neighbouring flat called the fire brigade after hearing [...]

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We recently published the night calls for Windsor Fire Station upon this website. The period covered the logging year from April 2009 to April 2010 and the data was extracted directly from the station call logs maintained at the station. We quite clearly set out the criteria of our data, which includes time capture and [...]

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It’s really good to have positive feedback from the public we serve following an incident. Letters of thanks have, for decades, been reproduced in a Brigade-wide bulletin termed Routine Orders.
In recent years (which seemingly parallel the duration of our campaign?!) Windsor Fire Station support letters have not been reproduced within Routine Orders? Windsor Fire Station [...]

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The following are only a selection of the calls attended by Windsor Fire Crews. Please observe their contribution to the safety of east Berkshire.
01 May at 04-48 hours. Tesco, Windsor. One person released from lift.
01 May at 18-30 hours. Windsor Great Park. Fire in woods.
02 May at 01-04 hours. Straight Road, Old Windsor. Speed camera [...]

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