News Story
Our brigade attended a record number of calls in year ended 30th June. In his annual report given at last night's Brigade Annual General Meeting, Chief Fire Officer Glenn Teal detailed the 739 callouts - "a massive 20 per cent increase on the previous year and while only 3 calls escalated to Third Alarms, there was a great variety of emergencies, some long-duration events". Motor vehicle accidents (282) and structure fires (262) were, by far, the most-attended. "The statistic for structure fires is a surprise", says Glenn, "given that the nation-wide trend is for fewer fires". His report emphasises that while the brigade's primary purpose is attending emergencies, there's a great deal of work required across the membership to organise, manage and maintain the Brigade. Glenn thanked each member, personally, for their contribution. He said the year ahead will be interesting with the transition to a re-organised fire service and he looks forward to continuing, and perhaps new, responsibilities for our Brigade as part of the restructured service.
