Keep Supporting Hodnet Fire Station

Now that 2014 has arrived, the opportunity to respond to Shropshire Council’s survey on the future of the county’s Fire and Rescue Service has come to an end. However, there are still other ways to show your support for Hodnet Fire Station and the crew of Retained Fire Fighters based there.
Thank you to everyone who did complete the survey – in the last three months of 2013 there was a total of 82 clicks from this site to the survey pages. It is probable that not everyone who followed that link completed the survey, but it is hoped the majority did so.
According to the survey’s Next steps page, what happens now is that the information gathered through it will be collated and presented to the Fire Authority for consideration at a meeting during February 2014. It is at this meeting that Members of the Fire Authority will decide which options should get taken forward for full consultation, scrutiny and possible implementation.  Those options that are eventually selected for implementation will be included in the Fire Authority’s Integrated Risk Management Plan 2015-20, due to be published in July 2014.
There is still time before the February meeting of the Fire Authority to make your concerns about the future of our local fire station known to others. Previously we have suggested that local residents write to the local MP Owen Paterson (via this page on his website) and Hodnet’s County Councillor Karen Calder email. Those of you on Facebook can also visit the Hodnet Retained Fire Station page.
More information is available from the following pages:

• Act now to protect Hodnet Fire Station
• Our Fire Station is Still Under Threat

The Hodnet webteam will make every effort to keep local residents updated on future developments.