South Wales Fire Service :- Have Your Say What changes are we considering in the Blaenau Gwent Area? Blaina Fire Station: Our proposal is to close the fire station in Blaina. Why these changes? • Blaina’s fire engine is the least busy appliance and responds to approximately 230 incidents each year. • Closing Blaina station does not cause an increase in the numbers of predicted fatalities over 100 years in dwelling fires, other building fires or road traffic collisions. • Blaina fire station was built in the early 60’s and requires a complete re-build due to the quantity of asbestos contained within the structure. The significant cost of re-building the station will be saved if the proposal is agreed. • Closing Blaina station would save £250,000 per year in ongoing running costs. • The Local Development Plan for Blaenau Gwent does not identify a significant number of new homes in the lower Ebbw Fach area, which means risk is unlikely to increase in the area over the immediate future. • The extra workload generated by closing Blaina station can easily be absorbed by the surrounding stations. southwales-fire.gov.uk/English/newsandevents/Documents/Fire%20Cover%20Review%20Proposals%20Stage%202%20-%20final.pdf
Posted on: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 22:29:49 +0000
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