• Reference
    FSD/F8/28
  • Title
    Complaints from the public
  • Date free text
    1974 to 1984
  • Production date
    From: 1974 To: 1984
  • Scope and Content
    Includes complaints regarding: - curtains at Luton Fire Station; - noise from loud speakers at Kempston Fire Station; - noise levels at Luton Fire Station; - noise from the public address system at Luton Fire Station; - incorrect fire location address in Stotfold given by GPO operator; - noise from a disco at Harrold Fire Station; - damaged coat from wet paint on fire hydrant on Lowther Road, Dunstable; - alleged hedge damage in Lyneham Road, Luton; - the burning of derelict cars in training exercises; - perceived delay in the tackling of a fire in Stopsley; - locked fire escape at the Granada Cinema in Bedford; - the effects of stubble burning in the autumn; - disturbance from a disco held at Toddington Fire Station; - perceived delay in responding to a fire in Avon Drive, Bedford; - excessive use of sirens in residential areas during the night; - perceived dangerous driving of fire engine in Leighton Buzzard; - uniform standards of fire officers visiting other counties; - handling of a call regarding flooding of a property in Biddenham; - construction of boundary fence at Sandy Fire Station; - damage to an allotment by a fire engin in Maulden; Also includes procedures for settling employee grievances (re Contracts of Employment Act). [8/30]
  • Level of description
    file