Minutes:
The Council received a notice of motion moved by Councillor Jason Zadrozny and seconded by Councillor Matthew Relf as follows:-
“Ashfield District Council welcomes the recommendation of Nottingham Fire and Rescue Authority that will lead to the “Conversion of Ashfield (Fire Station) from one day shift crewing and one On-call appliance to one wholetime and one On-call appliance.”
This Council notes the announcement by Councillor Jason Zadrozny, Chairman of the authority’s community safety committee on April 29th 2022 of a full-scale assessment of resources across Nottinghamshire’s fire station network, with the review also assessing whether each station has sufficient equipment to serve their communities.
This Council acknowledges the role of the Ashfield Independents who have been campaigning relentlessly since 2018 to ensure the people of Ashfield have a fully staffed, 24 hour Fire Station.
Ashfield District Council believes that this decision will save lives and therefore instructs the Leader and Chief Executive of Ashfield District Council to write to the Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire and Rescue Authority formally asking for this decision to be implemented as soon as practically possible.”
Having presented the motion, the mover Councillor Zadrozny (and again seconded by Councillor Relf), advised that he wished to amend his motion following a recent decision by the Fire Authority, as follows:
“Ashfield District Council welcomes the recommendation of
Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue
Authority that will could
lead to the “Conversion of Ashfield (Fire Station) from one
day shift crewing and one On-call appliance to one wholetime and
one On-call appliance.”
This Council notes the announcement by Councillor Jason Zadrozny, chairman of the authority’s community safety committee on April 29th 2022 of a full-scale assessment of resources across Nottinghamshire’s fire station network, with the review also assessing whether each station has sufficient equipment to serve their communities.
This Council acknowledges the Public Consultation “Fire Cover in Nottinghamshire” which is launched on Friday, 27th September and will formally take part - citing Ashfield District Council’s firm opinion that Ashfield Fire Station, based on Kirkby Road should be fully staffed, 24 hours a day. Ashfield District Council will also do everything within its power to encourage Ashfield residents to back the recommendations of the Fire Authority.
This Council acknowledges the role of the Ashfield Independents who have been campaigning relentlessly since 2018 to ensure the people of Ashfield have a fully staffed, 24 hour Fire Station.
Ashfield District Council believes that this decision will save lives and therefore instructs the Leaderand Chief Executive of Ashfield District Council to write to the Nottinghamshire and City ofNottingham Fire and Rescue Authority formally stating the case for a 24 hour station based in Kirkby and asking for this decision to be implemented as soonas practically possible.
Councillor Keir Morrison then requested a further amendment to remove paragraph 4 of the motion or add reference to the Labour Group into the narrative as follows:
“This Council acknowledges the role of the Ashfield Independents and the Labour Party who have been campaigning relentlessly since 2018 to ensure the people of Ashfield have a fully staffed, 24 hour Fire Station.
Having considered the request, the mover and seconder of the motion agreed to add reference to the Labour Party into paragraph 4 of the motion narrative.
Having then been fully considered, the motion was put to the vote and it was
RESOLVED
that Ashfield District Council believes that a decision to ensure Ashfield Fire Station is fully staffed 24 hours a day will save lives, and therefore instructs the Leader and Chief Executive of Ashfield District Council to write to the Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire and Rescue Authority formally stating the case for a 24 hour station based in Kirkby and asking for this decision to be implemented as soon as practically possible.
(During consideration of this motion, Councillor Sarah Madigan left the meeting at 8.55pm.)