Merseyside’s fire and rescue authority chairman today accused Wirral councillors of “playing politics with people’s lives” by blocking plans for a new fire station to serve West Wirral. The fire authority unanimously agreed to resubmit their plans for a fire station at Saughall Massie to Wirral council, and
Merseyside’s chief fire officer is aiming to appeal to the government over Wirral council’s shock decision to refuse a new community fire station to serve West Kirby and Hoylake. In a two-pronged challenge, fire chief Dan Stephens also wants to revise and resubmit to the council the
Merseyside’s chief fire officer Dan Stephens has delivered a stark new warning of the risk to life for people in Hoylake, Meols and West Kirby if the controversial new Saughall Massie fire station plan is rejected next month. The proposed fire station sits on the edge of Wirral’s
West Kirby fire station will be phased out of operational use by the end of 2016 - leaving in its wake a potential emergency cover crisis. A bitter row has broken out about a proposal to merge it with Upton fire station on a new site half way between - and the
