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Contact: Heather
Dalziel on 01594 822678
LIB
DEM COUNCILLORS BACK TRI-SERVICE CENTRE
At
Thursday’s meeting of the Forest of Dean District Council,
Lib Dem councillors called for Government to abandon plans to close the
Gloucestershire Tri-Service control centre.
Cllr Heather
Dalziel, Ruspidge & Littledean, Lib Dem says “The
Tri-Service centre cost £6.3million to build and only opened
last year. The joint emergency control centre enables the
fire, police and ambulance services to work more closely together and
has already led to significant improvements in operational efficiency.
The centre uses the latest technology and professional staff have high
standards of local knowledge which is invaluable in an
emergency”.
“The Government intends to replace
this with a regional control centre which could be as far away as
Exeter or Plymouth. This could endanger the lives of people of
Gloucestershire.”
The motion received support from all parties on
Forest of Dean District council. A
similar motion was passed with all-party support at Gloucestershire
County Council on March 24th.
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