Hinckley Fire & Rescue Station open day

Open Day at Hinckley Fire and Rescue Station





Firefighters from Hinckley Fire and Rescue Station invite all to it’s free open day at Leicester Road, Hinckley on Saturday 13 June 2009 10am – 2pm.



Not only is it a fantastic, fun and interactive day out for all the family with lots to see and do, but a great opportunity to learn about fire safety and prevention this summer.



Attractions and displays such as a bouncy castle, fairground rides, face painting, a tombola and a BBQ will be available, along with this, there will be a local Steel Band, a Hot Oil Demonstration, an adult and children’s smoke house experience, LFRS Technical Rescue team will be in attendance and there will be a display of a rescue from a car.



Paul Purser, Watch Manager White Watch at Hinckley Fire and Rescue Station said:



“We are really looking forward to this open day and to the opportunity to welcome members of the local community through the doors here at Hinckley Fire and Rescue Station.



There will be plenty of activities and demonstrations for everyone to see and do and the day will give local people the chance to meet and talk to their local firefighters.



This promises to be a positive and fun event, with lots to see and do, and we’re hoping to raise some money for the Fire Fighters Charity and local children’s charities.”

Central Fire Station

Fire station facelift bid gets boost

Plans to revamp Leicester's Central Fire Station have been given a boost after the Government announced £1.6 million in extra funding.

Fire minister Sadiq Khan revealed that Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service would receive the money over the next two financial years.

The funding is part of a £78 million investment package that will benefit all fire and rescue authorities in England.

This is the first time the country's FRAs have been given new money for capital investment.

Plans to refurbish the interior of the 1920s grade II-listed building in Lancaster Road, in the city centre, at a cost of £5.5 million were revealed in June, and director of finance Trevor Peel said the announcement had come as good news

He said: "We are already committed to refurbishing Central Fire Station which will cost in the region of £5.5 million.

"The funding is helpful as it will reduce the amount we have to borrow."

Work on the revamp is currently out to tender.

It is hoped that work will be finally completed by the end of April 2010.

Fleet Changes

November Fleet Change as follows Dennis SS K831 SKE from Training has been replaced with Dennis Sabre N773 OJF.

Warning over Regional Fire Control

Warning over merged fire control
The Fire Brigades Union has renewed calls for the authorities to think again over scrapping the county-based control rooms in the East Midlands.

The union said the cost of moving to a single control centre at Castle Donington would divert funds from front line training and equipment.

It also said problems with other government IT schemes could cost lives if repeated on this project.

But managers have said a single centre would make better use of resources.



We don't think we should be playing almost Russian roulette with the turnout system of an emergency service



Tom Neal, Fire Brigades Union


The move is part of a national plan to close 46 emergency fire control rooms and replace them with 8 regional centres.

But Leicester Fire Brigades Union spokesman Tom Neal, said they while they were not against changes which improved the service, losing control rooms was dangerous.

"I know that if we leave brigade control rooms as they are now, lives will not be put at risk.

"But as we go into this we may find ourselves in the situation that London ambulance were in a few years ago when they amalgamated into a central control room and they could not turn out ambulances."

He added: "If it works - all well and good - but we are not convinced it will and we don't think we should be playing almost Russian roulette with the turnout system of an emergency service."

The new multi-million pound centre is due to start training next year, going operationally live in May 2010.

It will replace five separate call centres in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire.

LFRS Our Plan 2009-2012

Hello all, LFRS now has Published on their website Our Plan 2009-2012 for Public consultation.

http://www.leicestershire-fire.gov.uk/fireservice/our_plan_consultation_2008.shtml

More Fleet Movements

FJ 56 FFW Scania P270 TVAC PRL has moved from Hinckley to Ashby De La Zouch. The Scania PRL from Ashby has now moved back to Hinckley where it was stationed before. This is Scania PRL 94D 260 TVAC FD 53 UXF.

Fire Rescue Dogs in the News

An article on the BBC website about Chris and the team with the rescue dogs:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/content/articles/2008/08/27/rescue_dogs_feature.shtml