Local people are invited to attend a public meeting about the future of the fire service in Hammersmith and Fulham at 7pm on Thursday 28 March.
The London Fire Brigade is holding a public meeting at the Assembly Hall in Hammersmith Town Hall on King Street so that residents can have their say on the future of the fire and rescue service.
The London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA), the political body which runs the London Fire Brigade, is consulting on its Draft Fifth London Safety Plan, which outlines how the Authority will deliver the capital’s fire and rescue service over the next three years.
Stephen Lumb, the Brigade’s Borough Commander for Hammersmith and Fuham, said: "The meetings have been arranged for local people to come along and hear about the changes being proposed to the fire service across London, as part of the Draft Fifth London Safety Plan."
Included in the plan are details of how the Authority proposes to make savings worth £28.8m, including closing 12 fire stations, removing 18 fire engines, relocating four fire engines and reducing the number of firefighter posts by 520.
This would be done while maintaining existing response time targets of getting the first fire engine to an incident, on average across London, in six minutes and the second, if needed in eight minutes. These are amongst the fastest target response times of any emergency service in the country and almost twice as fast as some other brigades. However, some boroughs will see reduced actual attendance times.
After attending the meetings to learn more about the proposals, the Brigade hopes people will then take part in the consultation which is available online at www.london-fire.gov.uk/LSP5.asp
