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Article: Union claims lives are put at risk by firefighters' freeze; But South Wales chief says there is no recruitment problem.(News)
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- June 12, 2008
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Byline: Abby Alford
WALES' largest fire service is suffering a shortage of firefighters amid a "recruitment freeze", a union has claimed.
The Fire Brigades Union fears lives could be put at risk because South Wales Fire and Rescue Service may become 100 firefighters below the required manpower level.
It is calling for an immediate recruitment drive to replenish the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service's ranks, which have been depleted by a glut of retirements.
John Jenkins, the union's brigade secretary in South Wales, said: "We feel the ...