New doors for High Wycombe Fire Station (From Bucks Free Press)
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New doors for High Wycombe Fire Station
5:30pm Friday 19th June 2009 in News By Alex Hayes
Javeria Ali
FIVE new sets of doors will be put up at High Wycombe Fire Station, just a year after fire chiefs ruled out replacing the existing doors.
The new roller doors will be installed during July and August as part of a £60,000 refurbishment of the site, which was branded “ghastly” by 13-year-old Javeria Ali last year.
She wrote to the Bucks Free Press last May saying: "Even though I am only 13 I still have opinions about the town I have lived in all my life.
"I like most things about High Wycombe but one thing I absolutely detest is the ghastly fire station that you see every time you come down Marlow Hill.
"I think the council should gather the decency and actually paint it red!"
At the time Roy Harold, an area manager with Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, ruled out spending £50,000 for replacements as the future of the site was unclear.
However, Mr Harold now says the works will go ahead as they have “exhausted” discussions with Wycombe District Council on a potential new site as the redevelopment of the town centre takes shape.
He said: “Following our latest meeting with the council, we are planning a modest redevelopment of the current site to meet the needs of both organisations in the short term.
“With the current economic climate in mind, we intend to get the maximum life out of as many of our fixtures and fittings as possible.
“For example, the most expensive element of our refurbishment – the five new appliance bay doors – will be coming with us to a new site at some point in the future.”
He added discussions had been ongoing about relocating the service to a site in Desborough Road, but this had now been ruled out as it would have an adverse impact on getting to incidents in the town and the M40.
Comments(15)
wigwam54
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7:42pm Fri 19 Jun 09
erm
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7:49pm Fri 19 Jun 09
Voyeur
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8:08pm Fri 19 Jun 09
I dooooon't belieeeeeeve it!
I suppose it means the fire service will be able to claim more in compensation when they are compulsorily acquired by WDC!
All funded by the taxpayer.
Plus ça change...
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8:16pm Fri 19 Jun 09
Just goes to show that one well written letter can have more effect that the tiresome 'bleating on' about the doors in some posts here...
Well done, Javeria, for speaking your mind so concisely.
Keep writing!
Firefighter Sam
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8:39pm Fri 19 Jun 09
The station cannot move "for the time being" - a phrase for some reason omitted from the BFP story - which is why we can now go ahead with the doors. As the story says, we will take the doors with us and fit them at the new station at some point in the future.
ivor
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3:21am Sat 20 Jun 09
The only time the doors would need replacing was if there was a danger of them failing to open in which case they should have been replaced years ago!
Does each door really cost £10,000? The door for my garage never cost anywhere near that!
Have you read Ivor’s blog today? Click on the “YOUR SAY” link at the top of the page then click on “BLOGS”.
parcelman
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6:07am Sat 20 Jun 09
ivor wrote:We have had a new door on our warehouse not as big as the fire station doors but still cost £7500k and you proberly brought your garage door in the 60's to go with your concrete garge from the 60's
Surely the doors only need repainting not replacing! The only time the doors would need replacing was if there was a danger of them failing to open in which case they should have been replaced years ago! Does each door really cost £10,000? The door for my garage never cost anywhere near that! Have you read Ivor’s blog today? Click on the “YOUR SAY” link at the top of the page then click on “BLOGS”.
smiley cat
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9:06am Sat 20 Jun 09
ivor wrote:Dear God....
Surely the doors only need repainting not replacing! The only time the doors would need replacing was if there was a danger of them failing to open in which case they should have been replaced years ago! Does each door really cost £10,000? The door for my garage never cost anywhere near that! Have you read Ivor’s blog today? Click on the “YOUR SAY” link at the top of the page then click on “BLOGS”.
Please tell me he did not just write that bit of inanity!
parcelman
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9:13am Sat 20 Jun 09
smiley cat wrote:Proberly due to lack of sleep affecting his ability to write properly
ivor wrote: Surely the doors only need repainting not replacing! The only time the doors would need replacing was if there was a danger of them failing to open in which case they should have been replaced years ago! Does each door really cost £10,000? The door for my garage never cost anywhere near that! Have you read Ivor’s blog today? Click on the “YOUR SAY” link at the top of the page then click on “BLOGS”.Dear God.... Please tell me he did not just write that bit of inanity!
parcelman
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9:14am Sat 20 Jun 09
parcelman wrote:Like most of his blogs
smiley cat wrote:Proberly due to lack of sleep affecting his ability to write properlyivor wrote: Surely the doors only need repainting not replacing! The only time the doors would need replacing was if there was a danger of them failing to open in which case they should have been replaced years ago! Does each door really cost £10,000? The door for my garage never cost anywhere near that! Have you read Ivor’s blog today? Click on the “YOUR SAY” link at the top of the page then click on “BLOGS”.Dear God.... Please tell me he did not just write that bit of inanity!
Plus ça change...
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10:08am Sat 20 Jun 09
Early doors?
reads2uch
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12:04am Sun 21 Jun 09
I am lost cause I dont get what painting the firehouse red has to do with the doors being replaced ????
I am glad the money has been spent on something that will save lives.... beats a sculpture at the bottom of marlow hill.
Probably get slagged off as usual but I am just glad that finally some wycombe money has gone to saving the citizens that live in its radar :-) x
Voyeur
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11:48pm Sun 21 Jun 09
parcelman wrote:Come On parcelman - I know doors of this type can be expensive but £7500K - that's £7.5 million!!!!!!!
ivor wrote:We have had a new door on our warehouse not as big as the fire station doors but still cost £7500k and you proberly brought your garage door in the 60's to go with your concrete garge from the 60's
Surely the doors only need repainting not replacing! The only time the doors would need replacing was if there was a danger of them failing to open in which case they should have been replaced years ago! Does each door really cost £10,000? The door for my garage never cost anywhere near that! Have you read Ivor’s blog today? Click on the “YOUR SAY” link at the top of the page then click on “BLOGS”.
Let me know when it's time to replace them and I will quote you less than £1 million.
J B Blackett
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6:12pm Tue 23 Jun 09
The 'bloom' (faded paintwork ) that is visible can be removed with a sponge and a bucket of warm soapy water.
Just go up to it and wet your finger and draw it across the surface. It will leave a 'clean' red streak.
Don't do this if anyone is watching or you might get charged with damaging the Service's property.
Still it's only tax payers' money and there's plenty more where that came from.
SDJones says...
5:35pm Fri 19 Jun 09