Closure

Not gone yet

So the dirty deed is done, and again, evil has triumphed over good, lies over truth, greed over compassion and self interest over the safety and concerns of others.  Nothing really new there, a few people shout the truth but the sheep just bleat and accept their fate because that is their nature. You can no more blame a sheep for being a docile passive creature then you can stop the greed and self interest of the wolves that feed off them and their labours.

In a secret ballot held earlier this month 16 members of the South Wales Fire and Rescue Authority voted to close Blaina Fire Station despite having been presented with overwhelming evidence that Blaina Fire Station actually saved money by preserving lives, that if lost would have cost South Wales millions of pounds.

Of Men and Memorials

Fight for your children - these men did

First of all, the apologies.

Sorry there has been nothing on this site for some time now, but Ken and Barbie should take no comfort from that.

I am merely biding my time until nearer to the date that the Blaenau Gwent Scrutiny Committee present their findings to the Fire Authority.  When that date approaches, then this site will again shoot up the international rankings and reveal to the world just what a spiteful, vindictive and dangerous man Chief Fire Officer Huw Jakeway really is and just how he is endangering the lives of our community.

Since when does the tail wag the dog?

Huw Jakeway - His second lie.  His first lie was when he said publicly that he would meet with the people of Blaina and then ran away.

Before I rip into the Chief Fire Officer and asset stripper of the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service, the Twittering, McDonald eating, golf playing Huw Jakeway, I would like to answer a few of my critics both within and outside of the Fire Service.

Some of you seem to think that I am too outspoken and others among you, that I am being a tad unfair towards the Chief Fire Officer, who you say is only doing his job and that he is really a nice guy.

Now let us address these three points.

Situation Report

This will take them awhile to evaluate

Just a small article to bring you upto speed on what is happening in the campaign to stop the conservative Common Purpose (go do your own research) puppet, Chief Fire Officer Huw Jakeway and his non fire fighting Deputy, Barbie Chapman, from closing down Blaina Fire Station and putting the lives of you, and those you love at risk, in order to save a paltry £200,000 per year.

I am surprised that we have read nothing from the FBU and Welsh Assembly Member Alun Davies retracting what they said about the news that the decision to close Blaina Fire Station had been put on hold until September, by which time the Scrutiny Committee should have examined in depth the information submitted to them by the Fire Authority.

If you remember both the FBU and Alun Davies used words that seemed to imply that it was a done deal, when that is not the case.  Less defeatism and more positive action please guys.

The FBU - Save Your Fire Service Petiton

Please go sign the petition once you have read the article

I will always be honest with you.  I am not totally in agreement with many issues or some of the politics that the Fire Brigade Union support or sponsor.

However, that does not mean I cannot support them on those issues where I believe their cause is just and good for the people, such as their battles for pensions and keeping fire stations open.  Both just causes that deserve all of our support and for them, both personal differences and party politics should be set aside.

Given that across the disUnited Kingdom, Fire and Rescue Services are all under attack from within, with their own Senior Officers working to a common purpose using exactly the same script as the one Huw Jakeway and Barbie Chapman are reading from in Wales, I would have liked to have seen more coordinated action from the FBU in Blaenau Gwent.

The Llantrisant Meeting - Who do you trust with your lives?

Now pay attention Huw and listen to Blaina

Right, now where were we.  Oh yes, that's right. 

Yesterday, I told you about the Blaina delegation who attended the meeting of the South Wales Fire Authority, where the Fire Authority voted to send the proposal to endanger the lives of the people of the valley by closing down Blaina Fire Station to a scrutiny committee.

Now the reactions of many people to this news, was disappointment that the Fire Authority had not rejected the proposal outright, but given the size of the the rebuttal submitted to them by the Fire Service just days before the Llantrisant meeting, I think the decision was a wise one for several different reasons.

The Llantrisant Meeting - The Blaina Delegation

Honour these men's memories and fight for our station

Good Morning (afternoon or evening - delete to suit), concerned citizens of Blaina, Abertillery and Nantyglo.  Before you settle down to read what may well turn out to be a long article/report, it would be best to go get a cup of tea or coffee first and then continue to read when that is done.

OK, I'll just have to assume you are back and continue, but I warn you now, if you cannot handle the truth and straight talking, it would be best if you left now and did something else, because as I wrote once before:

"If manners prevent me from speaking the truth, then I will be without manners".

Quick Report on the Fire Cover Review Phase 2 - Llantrisant 24 March

The boys go in to hear their fate

First up the meat, so you do not have to wait to know how the battle to defend the lives our children and grandchildren in the Blaina, Abertillery and Nantyglo area is going.

I will leave my comments and response for future articles that will now start appearing over the next few months.

Recommendation 6.3 "Members approve in principle the Fire Cover Review proposal ......to close Blaina Fire and Rescue Station subject to independent post-decision scrutiny by Blaenau Gwent County Council scrutiny committee."

The Fire Authority voted for this (no choice really) but the key word is "subject".

Recommendation 6.4  This was the vote to kick start the scrutiny exercise.

The Fire Authority voted for this obviously.

Recommendation 6.5 (The one we were really interested in)

"That a further report be brought back to Members at their September meeting detailing the outcome of the scrutiny exercise by BGC scrutiny committee for Members consideration."

The Fire Authority voted for this unanimously.

Fire Service renews attempt to close down Blaina Fire Station

Sally Chapman  and cronie who admitted their database is inaccurate

Last night, Sally Chapman, the Deputy Chief Officer of the Fire and Rescue Service in Wales, carried a message from her Common Purpose master, Chief Fire Officer Huw Jakeway to the crew of Blaina Fire Station, that he had decided (or rather been instructed) that Blaina Fire Station had to close.

Basically, what happens now is this.  Ignoring the thousands of people who filled in the Fire Service forms supporting the retention of Blaina Fire Station, the suicidal Jakeway is saying that the initial badly flawed proposal stands and that the station must close.