LABOUR FIRE CONTROL ROOM PLANS SHOULD BE SHELVED, SAY CANDIDATES
Swindon’s Conservative Candidates have welcomed a Conservative pledge to scrap Labour’s plans to shut down Local Fire Control Rooms and replace them with a South West regional Fire Control Centre.
Justin Tomlinson, North Swindon’s candidate, said: “Labour’s plan to end local control over our fire service is barmy. The South West region is 23,000km square and cannot be adequately served by a remote regional bureaucracy. Lives will be put at risk by this plan. The next Conservative Government will scrap this dangerous proposal”.
Robert Buckland, South Swindon’s candidate, added: “Our local Fire and Rescue Authority should be allowed to make organisational decisions based upon local needs, rather than top down regional decision-making. The next Conservative Government will halt the creation of Regional Fire Control Centres and will encourage active co-operation between fire brigades. Labour is quite literally playing with fire”.
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