A councillor says urgent action is needed to address shortage of on-call firefighters in rural areas.
A Devon councillor says there is an urgent need to address an ongoing shortage of on-call firefighters in rural areas.
Assistant chief fire officer Gerald Taylor said there was still plenty of firefighter availability at night time when the risk to life was highest. Sophie Weeks, 30, one of nine on-call firefighters in Modbury, is contracted to provide 63 hours of on-call cover a week. "Dartmouth at the moment is down to just seven. They can only manage to crew one appliance at the best of times.Barrie French said: "A lot of the time we've got no cover at all here, and that's a bit worrying"
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