 Minister for Home Affairs Honourable Dr. Virginia Albert-Poyutt is this week reviewing recommendations stemming from an in-depth management meeting with divisional heads of the St. Lucia fire service. The minister says she was particularly keen on hearing the concerns and experiences emanating from the outpost stations. The highlight of the meeting she said was the overwhelming call by firemen for a new fire service headquarters. The high point of our discussion has been the long overdue fire headquarters and that has been brought to the attention of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of Ministers and they are starting to give some consideration to that idea. So we are still exploring the possibility of a suitable location and how soon we are going to start the whole exercise. So we know our police also need the headquarters, we know the firemen need the headquarters. So we have a lot of our hands but we are trying to manage it as best as we can. Fire officers also expressed some concerns with the reception of the public on accident sites but noted that most sections of the public remain very cooperative. In the discussion with the fire officers they do have challenges with the public because the request for the use of ambulance is very frequent, it's very high and they have limited transport to do that. They also faced challenges with some members of the public who are giving some unnecessary calls and when they arrived at the site they felt that this did not really dissolve ambulance service and there are some areas that are inaccessible and it's very difficult for them to reach those sites to help these people to take them for the type of service that they need at the hospital. Another critical issue that came up for discussion during the high level meeting was whether the ambulance service should be removed from the operations of the St. Lucia fire service and be placed under the purview of the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Illyria Fairs.