Campaigners say they are 'delighted' after plans to bring a full service back to Ashfield were confirmed
Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service has officially confirmed it wants to return the Ashfield Fire Station to 24-hour cover. Campaigners have been fighting to return the station to a full service since initial cuts were made in 2018.
But plans will now be discussed at a meeting of the Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Authority on Friday to bring a full service back to Ashfield. Twelve extra crew members are needed to bring 24-hour cover back, but the fire service plans are to instead bring them back using the current staffing levels at the station.Papers being presented at the meeting say the cost of 12 more crew members would cost around £600,000, a figure the service says is "not viable.
"We always said, the decision to move to a part-time station in 2018 was the wrong one. I was the only councillor to vote against this at the time. Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue initially said last December that £600,000 could be invested in returning Ashfield to a full-time station, money which would have been saved by removing the night shift from West Bridgford instead.
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