'This could be catastrophic' - firefighters hit out at plans to stop manning station nearest to Stepping Hill Hospital at night
Firefighters have hit out at potentially ‘catastrophic’ plans to switch to a ‘day-only’ model at the station closest to Stepping Hill Hospital.
It reads: “Any fire at night would mean a delay of at least five minutes for Stockport town centre’s appliance to attend. Whilst statistics will show the majority of incidents we attend there are false alarms, I would remind you of the devastating impacts that a fire in a large hospital can have.” But Offerton firefighters disagree.of hese are average response times, therefore for some incidents could be significantly more.
They add that 90pc of current station staff would no longer be able to work at Offerton - and would be subject to compulsory moves - as they do not live in the immediate station area.Coun Helen Hibbert said: "Despite assurances that we will have coverage from four other stations, within the 10-minute benchmark, one is Marple which is also day-crewed, leaving the whole of the east of the Borough without a manned station after 6pm in the evening.
William Wragg, Conservative MP for the Hazel Grove constituency, has further misgivings over the plans
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