BY
LA
URA
HANNAM
la
ur
a.
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nn
am
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PL
ANS
to
change
the
shifts
of
fir
efighters
hav
e
been
delayed
follo
wing
union
pr
otests.
The
decision
on
whether
to
change
the
shift
sys
-
tem
wor
ked
at
six
of
Bu
ckinghamshir
e
Fi
re
&
Re
scue
Se
rv
ice
8217s
stations
,
including
Bl
etchley
,
Br
oughton
and
Gr
eat
Ho
lm,
has
been
deferr
ed
for
thr
ee
months
.
Mo
re
than
120
fir
efighters
,
officers
and
emer-
gency
fir
e
contr
ol
staff
and
their
families
pr
otested
outside
the
ser
vice
8217s
Ex
ecutive
Co
mmittee
last
Thursday
at
the
plans
,
which
they
said
would
dam
-
age
family
life
.
Fi
re
fighters
at
the
stations
curr
ently
wor
k
two
nine-hour
days
,
star
ting
at
9am,
follo
we
d
by
two
15-hour
nights
,
starting
at
6pm,
and
then
hav
e
four
days
off
befor
e
the
cy
cle
is
re
peated.
Pr
oposals
to
shorten
the
nights
and
lengthen
the
days
we
re
put
to
the
ser
vice
8217s
committee
.
A
re
por
t
by
senior
fir
e
officers
asked
members
to
support
the
intr
oduction
of
two
12-hour
day
shifts
,
star
ting
earlier
at
7.30am
and
finishing
at
7.30pm.
Bu
t
the
Fi
re
Br
igades
Un
ion
(FB
U)
said
the
changes
would
cause
hav
oc
with
childcar
e,
under-
mine
fir
e
cr
ew
8217s
family
life
and
make
a
mockery
of
management
claims
of
being
a
family
fr
iendly
emplo
ye
r.
It
pr
oposed
an
alter
native
of
ten-hour
day
shifts
,
star
ting
at
8.30am,
and
14-hour
night
shifts
,
star
ting
at
6.30pm.
The
committee
was
also
asked
to
consider
an
option
for
11-hour
days
and
13-hour
nights
.
Me
mbers
deferr
ed
the
decision
to
the
full
meeting
of
Bu
ckinghamshir
e
&
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
Fi
re
Au
thor
ity
on
Se
ptember
26
to
allo
w
mor
e
time
for
the
re
lative
mer
its
to
be
explor
ed.
Chair
man
of
the
Au
thor
ity
and
the
executive
com-
mittee
,
Cllr
David
Ro
wlands
said:
8220I
was
ver
y
pleased
with
the
outcome
of
today8217
s
meeting
and
we
lcome
the
oppor
tunity
to
mo
ve
for
war
ds
to
war
ds
a
decision
in
Se
ptember
.8221
Ricky
Ma
tthews
,
Bu
ckinghamshir
e
FB
U
br
igade
secr
etar
y
said:
8220B
uckinghamshir
e8217
s
fir
e
cr
ews
ar
e
delighted
with
the
decision
of
our
councillors
.
8220T
hey
listened
to
our
genuine
concer
ns
about
the
plans
to
extend
our
alr
eady
long
wor
king
day
by
thr
ee
hours
and
changing
our
star
t
and
finish
times
.
8220A
ll
we
want
to
do
is
to
continue
to
wor
k
to
keep
the
people
of
this
county
safe
at
all
hours
and
ev
er
y
day
of
the
ye
ar
.
8220T
hat
can
be
achiev
ed
within
a
sensible
shift
sys-
tem
that
wor
ks
for
us
and
the
public
we
ser
ve
.8221Fi
refighters
alarmed
by
proposed
shift
changes
Vi
sit
www
.theplacetobe.info
or
the
MKNEWS
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pages.
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ww
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