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You may recall that the ‘Royal’ Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service originally proposed to close Windsor Fire Station fully? That plan was thrown out by the Fire Authority of old.
However, a different plan for night closure was subsquently accepted by a newly elected Fire Authority. This, many believed, was merely a preliminary to a full closure.
Since then, there have been legal tussles with the Royal Borough Council, further campaigning by activists, Royal family comment and even a supportive visit by David Cameron, amongst many dynamic developments
The Brigades latest Integrated Risk Management Plan stated that Windsor would close in December 2010.
However in a response to Mr Richard Coates to a question raised at the Fire Authority Meeting dated 30 June 2010, the Chief Fire Officer states, ‘The proposed completion date of 15 July 2011 [relating to major roadworks upon the Windsor and Eton Relief Road] is not far off and it would appear unlikely that the closure of Windsor Fire Station at night would have been effected by this time.’

We shall maintain a ‘weather eye’…