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Some of you may have heard rumours that the plans to downgrade Windsor at night have been deferred beyond the original date of late 2008/early 2oo9?
The option is still subject to Fire Authority approval, by the same people who voted to close Windsor at night! It involves re-jigging the Brigades Integrated Risk Management Plan. This [...]

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There have been a number of car fires attended by WINDSOR firefighters recently.
ALL of them occurred during the critical night period: 
16 September – Flemish Farm Road.
20 September  – Longmead, Dedworth.
21 September  – Tinkers Lane, Dedworth.
23 September – Meadow Lane, Eton.
24 September – Camm Close, Dedworth. (2 vehicles).
25 September – Winfield Plain, nr. Drift Road.
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Gordon Parsons, a dedicated campaigner against cutbacks in Hertfordshire Fire Service, has recently e-mailed me with helpful advice. You can easily draw parallels with the Windsor campaign, past, present…and future? Be warned! (See below)
Michael,
I am sorry that your local county council have voted to close your station at night.
I am on the SOFAR committee, set up [...]

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Mr Afriyie has shown his support for the Save Windsor Fire Station Campaign for a lengthy period. To see Mr Afriyie’s  column in the Windsor Express, please follow the link;
http://icberkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/express/columnists/tm_headline=the-commons-touch-with-adam-afriyie-mp%26method=full%26objectid=19678781%26siteid=50102-name_page.html#story_continue

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On the 03rd September, the Windsor night crew were first to attend an incident at Osborne Road, Windsor. The flats are just around the corner from the fire station, so the appliance was there within seconds.
A section of timber decking had caught alight, possibly as a result of a discarded cigarette. The crews extingished the [...]

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Tonight the Windsor crews were called to a grass fire at Graystoke Road in Slough. Children had been setting fires.
As we were departing, we received a call to alarms actuating at the large Boots department store in Slough High Street. We attended that jointly with Langley because the Slough appliances were attending another incident.
So, if [...]

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The Royal Borough councillors are firmly behing the campaign to keep Windsor Fire Station 24/7. Follow this link to view the stategy; http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/web/news_14307_windsor_fire_station_action_plan.htm

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Fires at night are particularly dangerous: people are asleep and may be overcome by smoke and fumes, and fires go undetected longer.
If Windsor is downgraded at night, the theory is that Slough will cover their expansive station ground (Central Windsor, West Windsor, Fifield, Winkfield, The Great Park,Old Windsor and south Datchet).
However, Slough is the SECOND BUSIEST [...]

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