The following petition has been set up by colleagues in Avon F&RS.
If you read it and are willing to sign please follow the link below:
Thanks
Your petition reads:
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> We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Scrap the ill
> conceived and dangerous plans to regionalise Fire Control
> rooms, instead ensuring that the existing network achieves a
> sustainable standard.
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> The RCC project currently being undertaken by the government
> which plans to reduce the number of Fire Controls from 43 to
> just 9 relies too heavily on technology (which is currently
> unproven), will encourage a lower standard of staffing both in
> terms of numbers and experience and has a very high risk of
> total failure. This project will cost lives if it goes ahead,
> and another public service will end up providing a second
> class, top heavy service. Thankfully, not all of us will have
> cause to use the Fire Service throughout our lives but at least
> we know that if we did today it would at least find us. We the
> undersigned feel that the current arrangement along with
> improved investment is best suited to dealing with emergencies
> of all kinds.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/SaveourService/
