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t’s been another busy quarter for the Without a Manea Fire Station there
Parish Council. I appreciate that is
Iexactly how my last article started is little chance an engine from
but I’m not sure how else to sum it up! In another location will reach our
the last three months councillors have village within 12 minutes
attended meetings with representatives
from Anglian Water, Cambs FA, Cambs
County Council, Cambs Constabulary, and accidents. Cllr Marks and I have been
Cambs Fire Service, Hereward Community looking into this and I’ve learned a lot about
Rail Partnership and the Environment the wider role of the fire service. One fact
Agency to name just a few, discussing which stuck with me from a discussion I
issues ranging from securing funding for had today is that the target response time
our new Pavilion all the way through to the for a rural incident is 12 minutes. Without
new reservoir between the A141 and the a station there is little chance an engine
Sixteen Foot Bank. from another location will reach our village
within that time. As a community the best
thing we can do is be as vocal as possible
with our objections to this plan. A petition
has been set up which you can find by
searching ‘Save your local fire stations’
on the petitions website or by scanning
the QR code below. As more information
becomes available, we will share it during
our meetings and via our website.

In November we received the unwelcome
news that Cambs Fire Service are
considering a proposal to close Manea You may have noticed a new piece of
Fire Station. It was only in the last edition equipment in the park. We now have a
of Manea Matters that we were reminded ‘Monkey Challenge’ horizontal traversing
our village has had a fire station for over wall near the skate park. This was entirely
150 years. During that time, we have had funded by a grant of £6,425 which the
our own protection against fires, floods Parish Council secured from the National

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