Bolton
Looking across the county Bolton borough has escaped direct cuts fire engine wise. Crew sizes will be reduced in Bolton as they will across the whole brigade and this raises concerns around the safety of both firefighters and public. Rumworth which is considered a high risk ward will have to waiting longer for a fire engine as will Westhoughton South which is considered low risk.
Bury
Bury borough will see a 20% reduction in daytime fire engines and a 40% reduction in night time fire engines. 76% of all wards in Bury borough will have to wait longer for a fire engine to arrive, this includes 75% of the high risk wards.
Manchester
Manchester is the biggest borough and almost wholly consists of very high and high risk wards. 34% of all wards will have to wait longer for a fire engine seven of these wards are high risk.
Oldham
Oldham borough is hit by a 20% night time reduction in fire engines. The borough will also see 60% of the wards have to wait longer for a fire engine arrive, three of these wards are considered to be high risk.
Rochdale
Rochdale takes a big hit in these proposals, there is a 16% reduction in day time fire engines and a 33% reduction in night time fire engines. 85% of all wards in the borough will have to wait longer for a fire engine. All six high risk wards will wait longer for an engines.
Salford
Salford borough on the face of things looks to come through unscathed, but because of the cuts affecting Trafford, Manchester and Wigan there will inevitably be pressure put on resources in Salford.
Stockport
Stockport will see a 17% reduction in day time fire engines. The night time availability will stay the same as it is at present but they will be distributed differently. 66% of the wards will have to wait longer for a fire engine this includes the only very high risk ward Brinnington & Central.
Tameside
Tameside will see a 17% reduction in available fire engines in both day and night time. Ashton and Staylbridge will alternate between one and two fire engines. 95% of Tameside's wards will have to wait longer for a fire engine this includes the two high risk wards of St Peters and Stalybridge North.
Trafford
Trafford is one of the big losers in this plan, there will be a 40% reduction in fire engines. 95% of all wards within Trafford will have to wait longer for a fire engine, this includes 7 high risk wards. The only very high risk ward will also have to wait longer for a fire engine.
Wigan
Wigan borough will see it's number of fire engines reduced by 17% each night time. 57% of all wards will have to wait longer for a fire engine this includes the only 2 wards that are considered high risk.
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