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Thanks to all the people who have signed the petition to Save Clapham Fire Station, over one thousand people so far.

We’ll be handing the petitions in later this week, and are having a photo call of supporters outside the fire station before we do. Local trades unionists, local residents and local councillors will be there, and the South London Press is interested.

Photo call – Save Clapham Fire Station
Tuesday 11th June, 6pm – 6:15pm
Outside Clapham Fire Station

Please come to show your support for the fire station.

Also, there is still time to respond to the consultation, you can do so here. For our campaign the most important question is question 24: “Do you agree or disagree with the reductions in fire stations, fire engines and firefighter posts?”. Almost all other questions are optional, you need only answer them if you have time and you have a strong opinion on the subject

Congratulations to everyone who came to the demonstration and consultation meeting on Thursday. We got over 100 people on a really lively and colourful demonstration with more people joining us at the meeting. At the meeting I think we made our points well and made the commissioner and the chair of the London Fire Authority feel very uncomfortable.

Particular congratulations to Bridget for organising a vote at the meeting, in the teeth of the chair’s opposition, that showed nobody in the meeting supported the fire station closures. You can see a video of below

The event was reported by the SW Londoner and the Wandsworth Guardian. We also saw journalists from the Brixton Blog and the South London Press at the demo so we should get coverage there too.

We now need to decide the next steps for the campaign. We’re having a campaign meeting this Tuesday

Planning Meeting – Next steps for Clapham Fire Station Campaign
Tuesday 21st May, 7pm
Bread and Roses pub, Clapham Manor Street
(we’re generally in the room at the back)