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Article: FBU Launches Major National Campaign to Protect and Develop Emergency Fire Service Control Rooms.
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- June 6, 2004
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LONDON, June 7 /PRNewswire/ --
The Fire Brigades Union has launched a major national campaign to protect and develop the work of emergency fire control rooms. The moves comes in response to Government attempts to force local fire authorities in England and Wales to shut down 49 existing control rooms and move them to 9 regional control centres.
The union says there is little or no local support for such moves which will be costly and damage the quality of service. It would also weaken the ability of the fire service to deal with major terrorist incidents and computer failures.
The union has produced a hard hitting report in response to ...