Fire Brigade consulting on draft Fifth London Safety Plan

London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) is consulting on its Draft Fifth London Safety Plan and we’d like your views.

We are holding a public meeting in Haringey on Thursday, 18th April 7–9pm at Haringey Council Chamber, Haringey Civic Centre, High Road, Wood Green, N22 8LE where we will outline our plans. I‘d like to invite you or another representative from your organisation to attend.

The plan sets out how the fire and rescue service could be delivered over the next few years. Amongst other things, it includes plans to keep within our target attendance times for getting to incidents and details how savings worth £28.8m could be made. These proposals also involve the closure of 12 fire stations, the removal of 18 fire engines, the redeployment of four fire engines and a reduction in the number of firefighter posts of 520.

For full details of the plan proposals and our online consultation go to:

http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/LSP5.asp

When consultation on the full plan is complete, all of the responses we have received will be analysed. A report will be prepared and considered by LFEPA, who make decisions on the proposals in the Plan.

The final decision is expected to be made later this year, but not before June 2013.