FIRE

MASSIVE CUTS TO FIRE SERVICE MEAN JOB LOSSES AND  A DANGER TO THE PUBLIC

South Yorkshire fire and Rescue service faces massive cuts having to slash £10 million from it's budget by 2015. The cuts will mean 140 fire fighters lose their jobs and 4 fire stations will close being replaced by 2  resulting in slower attendance times and a danger to the public.

Speaking on the FBU website John Gilliver, FBU brigade secretary said: “These are slash and burn cuts with frontline crews being targeted once again. Politicians of all parties promised no cuts to the front line, but that is precisely what continues to happen.

“We’re going to end up with even more cuts to firefighters, fewer appliances and fewer stations. Frontline crews will be spread even more thinly than we are now.

“We were over-stretched by major flooding a few years ago, if anything like that happens again we’ll be over-whelmed. It is difficult enough coping since the last round of cuts and these are a step too far.

“How can they expect us to cope with all the 999 incidents we have to deal with, after cuts of this magnitude? It is simply unreal to expect us to be able to do so no matter how dedicated we are to serving our local communities.

“These cuts would clearly increase risk to the public and fire-fighters."

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