999 fire call ‘cuts’
I am extremely concerned to hear about the planned changes to staffing levels at the 999 control centre covering Mid and West Wales, which amount to nothing short of dreadful cuts.
Our emergency services do a fantastic job at whatever level they work at, be it at a call centre or on the front lines. I am getting increasingly concerned that the Labour Government both here in Cardiff and at Westminster simply do not recognise this in terms of their treatment of these superb workers.
It is for the people providing these services to tell us what they need in order to do the job and their needs must be met as a priority. I share the staff’s grave concerns about cutting down the night cover to only four people, if the people on the front line think it’s not enough, I fail to see why the Fire authority and politicians can question it.
In areas such as Mid and West Wales clear information is one of the most important assets the emergency services can have, especially considering the distances our emergency services have to travel. Mistakes cost lives.
I wanted to blog about this subject because I was extremely concerned to hear that the staff are feeling hugely under-valued. This is not true, I for one admire the work they do and I know from my constituency post bag that many many people from across Mid and West Wales are furious about the poor deal they are getting. They and we deserve better.
