Frontline fire service jobs could be axed under £4m Humberside cuts
DOZENS of frontline roles could be lost as Humberside Fire and Rescue Service makes savings of up to £4m in the next three years.
A further 48 staff posts could be axed across the service, which has already reduced staff numbers by 72 in the past two years.
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Cuts: Humberside Fire and Rescue Service could axe a further 48 staff posts.
Chief fire officer Richard Hannigan hopes no compulsory redundancies will be needed and the majority of the reductions will come through not replacing staff who retire.
He has vowed not to let the cuts affect call-out times and has said they will continue to work on improving response times.
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He said: "The figures of frontline staff are not approved yet.
"I think we should look at the positive picture. We continue to improve call-out times and efficiency.
"We will not be compromising the standard of our service."
He said the fire service knew the cuts were coming and was prepared.
"We've not recruited frontline staff for six years now," he said.
"Our staff have been excellent and continue to be excellent during these difficult times. They are flexible but will need to be even more flexible in the future."
At the Humberside Fire Authority meeting, Mr Hannigan said the 300 retained firefighters in the region will be safe. A review is under way with regards to the support staff, although they have a very small team.
At the meeting at the Hessle headquarters, the fire authority expressed concern over proposals of further cuts in 2015-16.
Mr Hannigan said a figure of 8 per cent was being proposed, although he would be lobbying against this.
He said: "8 per cent is the figure that has been proposed but that is not certain.
"I'm not confident we would be able to maintain our response times with these cuts.
"Further cuts would not be sustainable."
A report entitled Financial Outlook 2013-14 Onwards, produced by the service's director of finance Kevin Wilson, can be viewed online at www.humber sidefire.gov.uk
Comments
by Demonica666
Saturday, October 27 2012, 7:11PM
“This government will not rest until they have decimated the public sector and it's not happening at the top as it should do. The front line staff should be the LAST to go, if at all.”
by AstynomiaKats
Saturday, October 27 2012, 6:50PM
“How the fire authority have such short memories remember this headline from last year...
Four officers from Humberside Fire And Rescue Service could reportedly receive pension packages worth a combined £1.1-million after being temporarily promoted.
Wonder what they are doing now with all that money?
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by whenyourready
Saturday, October 27 2012, 10:49AM
“The house of comons has some 600+ Mp's on a wage of around £45k for sat at a desk or chitty chatting playing political table tennis..there was hear say of the so called Cameron looking into reducing these numbers but they all voted against it so thats all brushed out of the window, & yet we have these men "Firefighters" who risk their lives EVERYDAY they are called out! taking risks from angry violent kids to buildings dangerous to falling down due to fire damage and i bet there isnt a single MP that would even go near a fire apart from the one in their cosy living rooms...
Ironic we are keeping all the fatcats who now its clear look after themselves and yet the VERY core key staff we need to keep this country safe are been scrutinised WELL how about someone from the HOC leaving their job and for the wage they where on would support TWO fire men.....the whole country is falling to bits”
by killer127
Saturday, October 27 2012, 9:44AM
“I wonder if Prescott has anything to say about frontline fire service cuts, after all he wasted over £500m of fire service money.”
by buornfree
Saturday, October 27 2012, 8:59AM
“why is it on the daily news that we HEAR all about 1500 jobs going at the Ford plant down SOUTH but not one word about the closure of the factories in Hull and Lincolnshire then they say there is not a north south divine they must be joking”