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To: Gloucestershire County Council

Stop Dangerous Cuts to Gloucestershire Fire Service!

Gloucestershire County Council is considering plans to slash frontline fire cover in our County. They want to close Painswick Fire Station and remove all full-time Firefighters from Cirencester Fire Station. Your local Firefighters believe that these plans are dangerous. We believe they would severely compromise our ability to do our job safely and protect the public. Please add your name to our petition and tell Gloucestershire County Council to rethink these dangerous cuts!

Why is this important?

Firefighters understand that times are difficult and money is tight, but we believe these cuts go too far and would risk the long term safety of the public. The cuts would lead to slower response times, with fire engines taking longer to reach you in times of need. They would lead to a significantly increased risk to both the public and firefighters alike. Please add your name to our petition and tell Gloucestershire County Council to rethink these dangerous cuts!

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2015-12-12 20:20:08 +0000

1,000 signatures reached

2015-11-22 18:44:37 +0000

FBU members took their campaign onto the streets of Cirencester today and received incredible support from the public who queued up to sign their petition against the cuts. You can see an album of photos of the event here: http://on.fb.me/1HgpWAy Surprise signatures included the Earl of Bathurst and Firefighters were also approached by people who had received help from the local Fire Station in the past. Gloucestershire resident Lucie Rowe, asked to be quoted saying “I am so grateful to Cirencester firefighters, who responded very quickly when a serious fire caught hold in my house. I have witnessed at first hand the terrifying consequences of fire and I cannot believe the Council is considering making these cuts. If full-time Firefighters are taken away from Cirencester then the public will have to wait longer in an emergency, and believe me, in a fire time can cost lives. Please support our Firefighters and no to these cuts.”

Support your Firefighters - Say NO to dangerous cuts!

2015-11-19 15:54:10 +0000

For more details of these cuts and our campaign to stop them, please visit our special webpage at this link: http://bit.ly/1ME2dqI Thanks for all your support so far!

2015-10-24 12:09:33 +0100

When the cuts were announced, Firefighters denounced them as "dangerous" and warned of "the potential consequences that budget cuts will have on public safety" See the full press release here: http://bit.ly/1iODRC5 Thanks for all the support so far! Cuts Cost Lives!

2015-10-23 20:11:00 +0100

500 signatures reached

2015-10-18 04:16:29 +0100

100 signatures reached

2015-10-16 22:13:07 +0100

50 signatures reached

2015-10-16 18:56:58 +0100

25 signatures reached

2015-10-16 17:51:01 +0100

10 signatures reached