Nancy Platts, Labourās parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven has today launched a website and postcard campaign in an effort to prevent drastic cuts to the local fire service.
With only six weeks to go before East Sussex Fire Authority members vote on the proposals on June 5, Nancy is urging local residents to say āenough is enoughā to their Councillors and ask them to vote to save the fire service.
Nancy said:Ā āI am launching this campaign because the consultation exercise being carried out by East Sussex Fire Authority has been poorly publicised and is full of jargon.
“We have just five fire engines for the whole of our City and these proposals would take one away at a time when our population is growing and more properties are being built. Four fire engines alone are needed for incidents in high rise buildings.”
She continued:Ā āThis is a busy City and our local economy thrives on tourism and our many lively festivals, so it can be hard for fire engines to travel quickly from one end of the City to the other. We need more resources not less ā losing one fire engine will leave us desperately short in times of emergency.ā
All Labour members of the fire authority have committed to voting against the extreme cuts to the fire service but Nancy claims that Tory, Liberal Democrat, Green and UKIP councillors have either voted in favour of consultation on this plan or have expressed no view against the cuts.
To ask your local Councillor to ‘save our fire service’, CLICK HERE:
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