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22/09/2003
Fire service allocated £132m for new equipment
The Fire and Rescue Service will get £132 million over three years to provide brigades with new equipment to help them deal with major incidents, the government has announced.
The investment will fund modern search and rescue equipment such as heavy lifting gear, search cameras and high volume water pumps. This will improve brigades' capacity to respond to incidents involving collapsed buildings, the government says. The funding will also lead to the creation of a central command control and training infrastructure.
Fire Service Minister Nick Raynsford said: "The provision of this equipment is to improve the capability of the fire and rescue service. It is not in response to a specific threat but in line with our commitment in the Fire White Paper to ensure that the fire and rescue service is properly equipped to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
"We are already doing a great deal to ensure that the Fire and Rescue Service can respond effectively to a wide range of incidents. Today's announcement will strengthen our abilities still further, building on the £56 million for New Dimension we announced last year."
The New Dimension Programme was launched in 2002 to review fire and rescue service preparedness against a potential terrorist threat. Some £56 million has already been allocated to Phase One.
The investment is being funded from the previously announced Capital Modernisation Fund allocations and from ODPM resources.
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The investment will fund modern search and rescue equipment such as heavy lifting gear, search cameras and high volume water pumps. This will improve brigades' capacity to respond to incidents involving collapsed buildings, the government says. The funding will also lead to the creation of a central command control and training infrastructure.
Fire Service Minister Nick Raynsford said: "The provision of this equipment is to improve the capability of the fire and rescue service. It is not in response to a specific threat but in line with our commitment in the Fire White Paper to ensure that the fire and rescue service is properly equipped to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
"We are already doing a great deal to ensure that the Fire and Rescue Service can respond effectively to a wide range of incidents. Today's announcement will strengthen our abilities still further, building on the £56 million for New Dimension we announced last year."
The New Dimension Programme was launched in 2002 to review fire and rescue service preparedness against a potential terrorist threat. Some £56 million has already been allocated to Phase One.
The investment is being funded from the previously announced Capital Modernisation Fund allocations and from ODPM resources.
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