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The Brigade has recently promulgated the ‘Best Value Scorecard’ in relation to Windsor Fire Station. 
In one particular area, namely attendance times, particular failures are noted even BEFORE the Brigade plans to CLOSE Windsor Fire Station?
The percentages for attendance times within 8 minutes were 83.3% as opposed to 88.9% the previous year.
The percentages for attendance times within 10 minutes [...]

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The following is an extracted  quote from Matt Wrack the General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union in a media release entitled, ‘Tragedy, Loss , Hope, Help, Rescue and Survival: New Figures show for the first time the key role of fire service rescues.’ 
This was dated 08 September.
‘The fire service today is an all-round emergency response and rescue [...]

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In fire service terminology, ’shouts’ are the calls which we receive. Here are a selection of recent calls attended by Windsor Crews;
28 September at 21-27 hours. McDonalds restaurant, Thames Street, Windsor. Kitchen fire.
27 September at 00-52 hours. Windsor Race course. Alarms actuating.
25 September at 00-56 hours. Hazel Hill, Bracknell. Flooding within flats.
23 September at 12-45 [...]

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The Windsor night crews attended two seperate fires within a short period of time, in close proximity to each other upon the Dedworth estate
The fires occurred during the evening of 16th September.
The first incident was in Tudor Way at 20-17 hours. A skip on the driveway of a family home had been deliberately set alight. [...]

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Contrary to the spin put forward by Brigade management, Windsor Fire Station is actually quite busy. It also backs up Langley and Slough on a regular basis making it key to the safety of the public and Firefighters in east Berkshire.
Below are only a small selection of recent calls, or ’shouts’ as firefighters refer to [...]

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It would appear that the strength of the Windsor Firefighters campaign in conjunction with the Royal Boroughs forthcoming judicial review is forcing a Brigade rethink?
Our reliable inside sources have revealed to us that the Brigade are contemplating removing the second appliance from Slough instead of closing Windsor?
Furthermore, Ascot Fire Station is being scrutinised for the [...]

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In the early hours of Monday the 8th September, the Windsor NIGHT crew were called to an arson attack upon one of the nations favourite stores.
The Marks and Spencer store in Peascod Street, Windsor was the scene of a blaze involving a trolley of national newspapers, which had been deliberately set alight. It is believed [...]

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