Fire at Byron Wood

Byron Wood Fire
Byron Wood Fire

Dave and Denise are part of Council’s “CYPD Capacity Planning and Development – Assets” team. They are on call and as they were making plans for a night out one Saturday in March, their phones go off…

Dave gets there by 6pm, just when the fire brigade is damping down. Dave explains:

“They were tremendous. They managed somehow to get the hoses into the loft spaces and so prevent the whole school going up”.

Dave met up with Richard (the school buildings officer – ex caretaker); all the fire doors throughout the school were closed, so the damage was limited and it’s clear that Richard knew his job inside out. The Council ‘dangerous structures’ staff arrive and check the state of the site with Dave and the fire service. Despite Richard’s big dog, Dave calls security and when they arrive, he leaves after 8pm.

Monday

8am: Site meeting at the school. Sally Swann and Leah Barrett lead on major incidents and have already helped to set up the response with Dave and Denise…

Tuesday

Dave’s under pressure to get the cleaners in – but there’s no point unless there’s power. And Denise is being asked “when can the children come back in”…

Support

It looks like 26th March 2007 is the date the school can re-open – and the Nursery children will be back there soon after Easter…

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