The head of Nottinghamshire's fire service has defended proposed cuts to stations in West Bridgford and Nottingham, insisting the changes are the "least worst" option. A consultation has been launched to reduce Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service's budget by £2million.
The major changes that come with the proposals would see West Bridgford Fire Station have no crew on duty at night, and both London Road and Stockhill stations losing one fire engine each. It is a move that led one union to claim the county would be left with a "lesser fire service".
Chief fire officer Craig Parkin said the proposals were the "least worst" option available to the service. "We have limited resources and my job is to deal with the most vulnerable and those, on the information I have, are not in West Bridgford," he told Nottinghamshire Live.
