Save Warwick Fire Station

8.54.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Wed 7th Oct 2009

The Conservative County Council want to close Warwick Fire Station. Liberal Democrats Councillors are opposing this closure.

Local Lib-Dem Parliamentary Candidate and resident of Warwick, Alan Beddow said, "There are only two roads between Leamington and Warwick and these get clogged up during peak times, especially from the end of school in the afternoon through to the evening rush hour. During the consultation the Fire Officer admitted that the peak activity time was between 2pm and 10pm. He described this as a bell curve, which would place the actual peak at 6pm, right around the evening rush hour. I have asked for more information on this along with a revised map showing the response rates plotted at this time of day, taking into consideration the traffic at 6pm with and without Warwick Fire Station included."

There are 3 things you can do to keep up the pressure to Save our Fire Station.

Complete the consultation form and return it to the Fire and Rescue Service Deadline for return is 8th December 2009 - we strongly urge you to wait until after the meeting on November 10th to complete the form. You can download a copy of the form from www.warwickshire.gov.uk and follow the Fire Service web site.

Write a letter to go with the form The fire service want to use computer modelling to analyse the results - there is no guarantee any extra comments will be read in detail. We suggest you send a hard copy form with a covering letter to ensure that your views are recorded.

Lobby the Conservative County Councillors - Help them see sense.

Lib-Dem councillors on the county will be opposing the closure of Warwick Fire Station, so the decision will be down to the Conservatives who are proposing the closure.

Please write to the Conservative Fire and Rescue Portfolio Holder, Cllr R Hobbs (Conservative), Warwickshire County Council, Shire Hall, Warwick CV34 4SA.