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So, despite 13 Firefighter fatalities nationally within the last 5 years, the Brigade continues to hive off operational areas under the guise of ‘value for money’ and ‘efficiency’?
So far, Sonning Fire Station has been closed and the Fire Authority has nodded approval to the Brigade plans to close Windsor Fire Station at night. (The latter [...]

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The 20th of November 1992 saw a major blaze at Windsor Castle which cost £40,000,000 to repair. The conflagration attracted global publicity with praise from the Royal family, politicians, professionals and the public for the work of Firefighters.
But the rot had already set in. Only 5 years earlier in 1987, the Brigade had scapped two [...]

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Below is just a selection of recent calls attended by Windsor Firefighters.
Yet, the Brigade have hoodwinked the Fire Authority into believing that Windsor Fire Station does not have a valuable role to play in east Berkshire.
Check out the previous Blog entries relating to calls which clearly show the need to keep Windsor Fire Station open [...]

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Below are only a selection of recent calls for Windsor Firefighters. We continue to attend to your emergency calls in the shadow of closure.
The proposition is madness when you consider that there have been 13 Firefighter deaths nationally within the last 5 years. The Brigade has closed their minds to the safety of both Firefighters and [...]

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The following represent only a small selection of recent calls attended by Windsor Firefighters. It beggars belief that there are plans to CLOSE this station?
07 November at 21-58 hours. St Peters School, Old Windsor. Refuse fire endangering building.
06November at 03-50 hours. Vanilla Night Club, Windsor. Flooding.
05 November at 00-47 hours. Drift Road, Winkfield. Road traffic [...]

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Let us take a brief trip back in time to 1987? This Brigade has scrapped 1 retained appliance from Windsor and another from Slough. Gone: never to be replaced.
If we travel 5 years forward in time to 1992 we then see a £40 million fire at Windsor Castle, the largest inhabited castle in the world.
If [...]

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