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Below are only a selection of recent calls or ’shouts’ as they are referred to within the Fire Service. Please note the overall contribution to east Berkshire which the Windsor appliance provides, then imagine the overall picture with the station being CLOSED?
08 March at 20-31 hours. McDonalds,Thames Street, Windsor. Fire in deep fat fryer.
11 March [...]

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Windsor Firefighters recently attended a serious house blaze in the towns Bolton Road. As a result of this dramatic incident dozens of  letters and e-mails of support from local residents were sent to Green Watch who were first in attendance.
The Brigade send out an update to most staff entitled ‘Routine Orders’ which has, for decades, published [...]

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At 12-57 hours 0n 07 March a severe house fire occurred in Bolton Road, Windsor. (Incident Number 11698)
This required the attendance of the following  FIVE appliances; Windsor, Slough (both), Langley and Maidenhead.
Specialist appliances were also sent from Reading, Slough and Maidenhead/Cookham. Two residents suffered smoke inhalation as a result of such an intense fire.
At 13-14 hours, [...]

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Recent events show the strain under which the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service is operating. Now contemplate the closure of Sonning last year, and the possible closure of 5 more retained stations with the county?Then consider the ramifications of the possible closure of Windsor Fire Station?
On the 04 March, Windsor were committed to cover Maidenheads [...]

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Below are just a small selection of calls attended by Windsor Firefighters. You will observe from this and other posts, that Windsor frequently back up other station grounds – a matter which the Brigade are reluctant to highlight?
03 March at 16-30 hours. Guards Polo Club, Windsor Great Park. Fire alarms actuating.
04 March at 09-58 hours. M4 [...]

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You may remember that in order to undertake a ‘public consultation’, the Brigade used a Consultancy?
 
The consultants ‘forums’ were ill advertised and therefore poorly attended. The attendees were bamboozled by the consultants with statistics and graphs relating to the night call rates for Windsor.
 
The call rates were contrived to form a non existent [...]

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Below are only a selection of calls for Windsor Firefighters. Observe how often the appliance supports other station areas, then imagine how stretched east Berkshire will be when Windsor is closed?
23 February at 15-08 hours. Boyn Valley Road, Maidenhead. Refuse fire.
24 February at 14-30 hours. Travel Lodge, Windsor. 13 persons rescued from a lift.
25 February [...]

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