Services - Fire Fingertip Facts

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 * ff1=Central government funding has been reduced by an average of 45% since 2010
 * ff2=Funding from council tax has so far held up fairly well, with only a slight reduction (approx 2%)
 * ff3=Averaging out funding reduction across the two sources, funding has reduced by a third
 * ff4=More than 40 Fire Stations have closed
 * ff5=The quantity of fire fighting equipment has been severely reduced
 * ff6= There are 11,000 fewer fire fighters than in 2010
 * ff7= Fire deaths decreased year on year until 2015-16. Since then fire deaths have been increasing. Something that the Fire Brigade Union has been warning about since the start of the cuts
 * ff8= Response times did not not increase significantly between 2010-15, although the signs of strain were beginning to show. Since 2016 response times have begun to increase more markedly
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