Hereford Times - 14th January 2016 - Page 6
Hereford Times - 14th January 2016 - Page 6
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6 THE HEREFORD TIMES + Thursday. January 14. 2016 heretordtimescom Union slams firefighter PCSOs By ‘Rebecca Cain A UNION has criticised plans to train Police Com- munity Support Officers tPCSOsl up as retained firefighters and claims the efordshire and Shropshire will soon begin learning how to become on-call fire officers for their respective fire services. The initiative agreed be- tween the Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service and West Mercia Police was exclusively revealed by the Hereford Times last week. Worcester, said the union has made their opposition to the plan clear. He said:“We are a humani- tarian service. “The police do a great job but they are there to uphold the law. Our job is humani- tarian." The PCSOs. who will un- dertake five weeks of train— ing. will be released for retained duties and train- West Mercia Police. Mr Gould said the fire service currently has a great relationship with all parts of the community but claimed certain parts of the community do not see the police in the same light. He added: “The main risk is losing our impartiality with the public. Firefight- ers will be at greater risk of dune will lead to physical and verbal abuse. Eight PCSOs from Her And Steven Gould. brigade . oi the Fire Br1~ gade Union in Hereford and secretary ing. as and when required, when they are on duty for physical and verbal abuse. “And Hereford will be left short of PCSOs. If they can‘t respond to their (fire) alert because they are deal ing with a matter as a PCSO, our appliance might not be able to go out due to insuf- ficient crew numbers." Mr Gould said he believed the move is all about saving money. “We can acknowledge back-office savings,” he added. “But on the front line these roles need to remain sepa- rate.” 900009999090 First for news in the county of Herefordshire More than 216,000 unique users and nearly 1.5 million page views in December herefordtimes.com Sustainable Energy Enterprises Ltd Hereford (SEELH) — Proposed renewable energy generation and combined heat and power lCHP) plant on land to the east of the B4399 - Gatehouse Road Ftotherwas industrial Estate. Hereford. Members of the public are invited to an informal “drop in' presentation event on Thursday 2151 January 2016 from 16:30 to 19:30 at TRP's Board Room ~ Netherwood Road. Rotherwas Industrial Estate. Hereford HR2 BJU The event is an opportunity for the local community to View. discuss and provide feedback to representatives of SEEL and their consultants. The facility will efficiently utilise locally sourced, recovered biomass, to generate approxmately 12MWe of renewable and sustainable electricity and will provide heat to commercial. industrial and resudential users in Ratherwas and the Enterprise Zone areas. Following an analysis of the feedback received the proposals will be finalised and submitted as a formal planning application to Herefordshire Council. All interested parties can engage with the Council as part of the planning consultation process. For further information. please contact: Email: Claireéplanningsphereco.uK By Mail: SEELH Planning Response. c/o PlanmngSphere Limited. Coworking Bath. The Guild. High Street. Bath. BA1 5E8 Web: wvnvseelhcom l i l l l l l l l l 5"“ i i l l i Villagers help turn old phone box into community library ORCOP has tollowed the path set by other villages in turning its red phone box into a library The parish council bought the phone box from ET for £1 and have gone about filling it with books for people to share in the village. David Harlow. county councillor for the Birch ward. attended the launch. He said: “I am delighted to open the Orcop library. which is already being well used by members of the weal c ommunity. Thanks must go to Mar garet and G1 aham Bow en. along w ith Dot and Bairy Sha v for their hard .v01k in turning this dream into a reality. “This project. together with the OWL Good Neighbour Scheme being launched in the parishes of Orcop. St Vi’eonards and Llanwarne, shows that community spirit isn't just sur- viving but is thriving in this quiet corner of rural Herefordshire." 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