paulb Posted February 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 i don't mind who comes to our rescue full train full timers/retained or whoever else there is. its better to have someone helping put out your fire or cutting your out of your car than waiting for ages for a highly skilled fireman. the diffrence in response times will be very unsafe. if its just a matter over money for buildings then the charity trust should step in. we pay the same amount for a fire service in our council tax yet we are threatened with a worse service than the rest of the brigades area. it really not on. there are quite a few green godess being sold on ebay i hope we don't have to buy one as our own fire service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordcapri Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 basically da mighty city o'lerook will benefit yet again as da rest o shetland has to suffer da consequences! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netwolf Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 cutting the fire service is not a well thought out plan , but why close stations ? would it not be more practical to spread the units .why have 2 engines at brae and lerwick ? 1 would be enough and then the other 2 could be used central such as the sandwick station and on the west side . if a station can not man its engine then it is fair enough to close it down as it is none effective ,but to close stations that are manned and effective is not a good idea . brae is probably now smaller than sandwick so where is the logic in 2 pumps at brae and none in sandwick ? this is not the mainland where stations are manned 24/7 and have 3/4 engines,we will wait on an engine turning up to sandwick from lerwick about 20/25mins and possible another 10/15 on the second appliance .at present we would be about 5/10 mins for the sandwick unit and the second engine would turn up 10/15 minutes later.as for the sumburgh unit to turn out , they have had manning issues so that is a non starter.that 10/15 minutes in a fire or car accident is very much a CASE OF LIFE OR DEATH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50pence Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 http://www.highland.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/73928 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppet Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/News/Chief-fire-officer-off-sick-in-advance-of-crunch-meeting-24022012.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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