windsorfirestation.co.uk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/10413392.stm

There was a serious incident at 00-44 hours on 25 June which required the attendance of the Windsor appliance as ‘back-up’ to a house blaze in Maidenhead. Both Maidenhead whole-time and retained appliances attended with the Slough second pump and their hydraulic platform. A Control Unit from Reading was also used. So you will appreciate that east Berkshire resources were rather stretched?

Sonning Fire Station is now history and Wargrave, Pangbourne and Cookham are to be axed. Then the Brigades Retained Review may well recommend the culling of more appliances when it reports soon?

The Brigade plans to close Windsor Fire Station in the future. Operational resilience must be maintained and Windsor kept as a 24 hour station.