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This morning at 11-20 hours there was a serious chemical incident at Oakfield First School in Imperial Road, Windsor. During cleaning, certain chemicals got mixed up within the toilets resulting in gasses which caused severe coughing and streaming eyes to several people within the vicinity. The chemicals involved were sulphuric acid, sodium hypochlorite and chlorine.
Fortunately, [...]

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In the past, I’ve studied Marine Insurance as part of my Masters in Law. Such insurance contracts are subject to what is known as uberrimae fides – in other words they must be made in the ‘utmost good faith’ between the insurer and insured. There is a duty to disclose any material circumstance which could [...]

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You will recall that the reason furnished by the Fire Authority for proposing to close Windsor Fire at night and sending the crew to Wokingham was to efficiently apply Brigade resources?
Please check out the recent response to my request for information relating to NIGHT call rates at Wokingham (below) whilst bearing in mind the following [...]

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Today at 04-24 hours the Windsor Crews were mobilised to a fire at Osborne Road, Windsor. Concerned neighbours were awoken by the sound of a smoke detector and had seen smoke issuing from the building.
The Windsor crew took less than 1 minute to arrive. The occupants could not be raised, so the crews forced entry [...]

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Below are noteworthy incidents attended by Windsor Firefighters. Not all calls are listed. 
02 February 03-15 hours. TravelLodge, Windsor. Person trapped in lift.
04 February 16-16 hours. Connaught Court, Windsor. Person trapped in lift.
06 February 11-17 hours. B308 Sunningdale. Road Traffic Collision involving a Heavy Goods Vehicle.
06 February 14-45 hours. Regus, Drift Road, Winkfield. Small fire.
07 February 01-01 hours. [...]

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Dramatic news from London has centred upon the huge blaze at Camden Market, which is estimated to have cost £30 million and threatened 300 businesses.
In a recent edition of the London Lite newspaper, it was reported that the damage was exacerbated by the ‘late arrival of the Fire Brigade’.
 When Windsor Castle caught fire in 1992, the [...]

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The Crews at Windsor would like to thank the residents of Connaught Court, Alma Road, Windsor for sending us a 36 name petition which supports our campaign for a 24/7 station.
This is a new apartment block for retired persons, which has previously required the services of Windsor Firefighters to deal with several kitchen fires and lift incidents.
In addition to [...]

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The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service banned access to our website upon EVERY Fire Station within the County for over 4 months. This was done without warniing, negotiation or legitimate reason.
The protests against such censorship  got louder and louder. They have come from all directions -Fire Stations, outside bodies, certain Fire Authority members, the public, the [...]

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The Brigade still continues to ban this website upon EVERY Fire Station in Berkshire?! This occurred over 4 months ago without negotiation, warning or legitimate reason.
The Brigade then back-tracked and decided to reinstate the website following Fire Brigades Union protestations. However, that was over 6 weeks ago and the ban is still in place?
Let me [...]

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On February 13th the Royal Berkshire Fire Authority will be presented with a budgetary costings proposal by the Fire Brigades Union.
If accepted, the funds will be applied to furnishing a night crew for Wokingham Fire Station. This would seemingly save the night crew from Windsor being redeployed thus keeping Windsor 24/7 as it should be [...]

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