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We can't spend £50k replacing fire station doors
RE: The letter two weeks ago from a 13-year-old girl complaining about the look of the fire station in High Wycombe, and asking for it to be repainted red.
IN ANSWER to Javeria Ali's letter about High Wycombe Fire Station in the Bucks Free Press, we're sorry about the appliance bay doors!
Our experience has been that new paint rapidly weathers back to the current faded colour, and unfortunately we can't justify spending the estimated £50,000 it would cost to replace them.
Over the next three years, our funding from the Government is being cut in real terms, and we face significant difficulties in maintaining the high standards of emergency response and safety advice that residents of Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes expect and deserve.
In such circumstances, we feel it would be wrong to divert what little funding we have from maintaining critical systems towards non-essential works.
The good news is that Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service supports Wycombe District Council's desire to redevelop the town centre, and we are in detailed discussions with its officers over possible relocation of the fire station.
Our hope is that we will be able to move forward quickly with Wycombe District Council in providing a new fire station for High Wycombe.
Should this not be possible, we would naturally review our current position of limiting funding to essential maintenance of the station, which has itself cost more than £150,000 in the last financial year.
We would be happy to invite Javeria and other concerned residents to visit the station and discuss their concerns with us face to face, always provided of course that they are prepared to accept a return visit from our firefighters for our free home safety check!
Roy Harold, Area Manager, Property, Procurement , & Transport, Buckinghamshire Fire
& Rescue Service
8:27pm Thursday 15th May 2008
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CommentPosted by: Ivor on 9:09pm Thu 15 May 08
[quote]Our experience has been that new paint rapidly weathers back to the current faded colour, and unfortunately we can't justify spending the estimated £50,000 it would cost to replace them.[/quote]
The doors don't need REPLACING they just need REPAINTING!
For £100 you could buy enough paint to do all the doors on the fire station. As for the paint rapidly weathering modern paint lasts at least 5 years.
As for the offer of a "free home safety check" I've checked your fire station doors and they have FAILED - Get them painted and stop making excuses!
Our experience has been that new paint rapidly weathers back to the current faded colour, and unfortunately we can't justify spending the estimated £50,000 it would cost to replace them.
The doors don't need REPLACING they just need REPAINTING!
For £100 you could buy enough paint to do all the doors on the fire station. As for the paint rapidly weathering modern paint lasts at least 5 years.
As for the offer of a "free home safety check" I've checked your fire station doors and they have FAILED - Get them painted and stop making excuses!
Posted by: Local, Bucks on 9:28am Fri 16 May 08
When a fireman is saving your life after a car crash or a house fire, will it really matter 2 hoots whether the doors to the station are newly painted or not??
Idiotic. Who cares what they look like as long as it does not hinder their ability to do their jobs.
When a fireman is saving your life after a car crash or a house fire, will it really matter 2 hoots whether the doors to the station are newly painted or not??
Idiotic. Who cares what they look like as long as it does not hinder their ability to do their jobs.
Posted by: acjy1985, high wycombe on 12:24pm Fri 16 May 08
If people are so bothered about the colour of the Fire Station doors, why don't they show a little community spirit and club together to buy the paint and then paint the doors themselves. That way everyone is happy.
If people are so bothered about the colour of the Fire Station doors, why don't they show a little community spirit and club together to buy the paint and then paint the doors themselves. That way everyone is happy.
Posted by: Town Cryer, Wycombe on 7:21pm Fri 16 May 08
EXCUSES !!!
whats Wycombe coming to that we cant give doors a lick of paint.
A jobbing painter would do job for £2000 inc Hammerite paint
EXCUSES !!!
whats Wycombe coming to that we cant give doors a lick of paint.
A jobbing painter would do job for £2000 inc Hammerite paint
Posted by: Pierre, HW on 5:28pm Sat 17 May 08
The Fire Station is going to be demolished as part of the Bucks New Uni expansion, so why worry about the faded doors now?
The Fire Station is going to be demolished as part of the Bucks New Uni expansion, so why worry about the faded doors now?
Posted by: Gail Robinson on 10:12am Sun 18 May 08
I feel so proud now about my previous comments!!
Because, as I said before, my Dad was Station Officer in Wycombe (I was extremely proud of that).
he would have definitely agreed (of course) about the difference between the cost etc. of the doors and saving lives. so thanks to whoever posted the reaction to the original post.
The Fire Brigade live in a different world to us (they are used to saving lives etc. etc.)
What a wondeful life we would live in if the ordinary folk would have respect for life, like the fire brigade, police force and ambulance service.
It makes me wonder why they bother?
I feel so proud now about my previous comments!!
Because, as I said before, my Dad was Station Officer in Wycombe (I was extremely proud of that).
he would have definitely agreed (of course) about the difference between the cost etc. of the doors and saving lives. so thanks to whoever posted the reaction to the original post.
The Fire Brigade live in a different world to us (they are used to saving lives etc. etc.)
What a wondeful life we would live in if the ordinary folk would have respect for life, like the fire brigade, police force and ambulance service.
It makes me wonder why they bother?
Posted by: Marmite, HW on 9:34am Wed 21 May 08
Just paint the doors you slackers
Just paint the doors you slackers
Posted by: Lo_Wycombe, Bowerdean Rd on 4:40pm Thu 22 May 08
Couldn't we get a few unemplyed people to paint them for free?
How about a 4 pack of strong lager for the person who paints the most?
Couldn't we get a few unemplyed people to paint them for free?
How about a 4 pack of strong lager for the person who paints the most?
Posted by: Pearl Lewis on 4:05pm Mon 2 Jun 08
[quote][bold]Pierre[/bold] wrote:
The Fire Station is going to be demolished as part of the Bucks New Uni expansion, so why worry about the faded doors now?[/quote] Is this something new I was under the impression that Bucks New Uni were not going to expand beyond the fly over as this was not a viable option where would you divert the traffic to if this was an option.
Pierre wrote:
The Fire Station is going to be demolished as part of the Bucks New Uni expansion, so why worry about the faded doors now?
Is this something new I was under the impression that Bucks New Uni were not going to expand beyond the fly over as this was not a viable option where would you divert the traffic to if this was an option.
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