Fire service spending cuts risk lives, say firefighters

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Published on Nov 7, 2011 by

West Midlands fire service is facing £30m of proposed budget cuts over the next four years - the biggest cut to a fire brigade in the UK. With bonfire night approaching, Cameron Robertson visits Aston fire station in Birmingham to find out how its firefighters see the future of the service

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  • WEST MIDLANDS FIRE CIRCUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Great video of your department. It's amazing that the fire department is lauded one day and the next....well that depends on ol' saying "what have you done for me lately". Something people and polititons will never understand is that we are there when they need us EVERYTIME without fail. They are the ones that gamble with brownouts and closures and when tragety hits....they are the first to run and hide under the fiscal unbrella. Peace to my brothers in Great Britian...stay safe!

  • Love the turn out alarm at 2.24 but wmfs as an organisation has become worse with alot of changes etc... and thats something i for one lost faith in the service. Can't make up their minds, reducing number of frontline fire engines between certain times when they could be needed to save lives to large incidents, not engaging with the communities much, bit unproffessional and with bad manners certain stations, wasting money on silly things like fire engines (Volvo's) what a rubbish appliance.

  • 0.11 nice siren, but on the other hand this brigade looks like it struggling, and alot of changes look like they are going to be made which is propley going to defenitly make the job less enjoyable

  • The fire service is a job I have always wanted to do and with the spending cuts it is difficult for them to do the job they need to do

  • this my dream job always wanted to join the wmfs but its so hard to get in due to the bloody budget cuts

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