Rescue and support available to an area in the event of a fire occurring.
a cut in local fire cover
Example sentencesExamples
- The Senior Service has been given the task of providing fire cover in the north of the county.
- We are still able to attend incidents across the capital and the fire cover we're providing at the Olympic venues has not been affected.
- Local authorities have introduced savage cuts to fire cover.
- Any reduction in emergency fire cover in the area can only result in a poorer service for the public.
- The plans also include upgrading it from a volunteer station to a retained unit to enhance fire cover.
- Fire chiefs are worried about the lack of time they will have to carry out a major review of the way fire cover is provided across the district.
- The town was left with no fire cover for hours when drunken yobs pelting crews with stones tied up the town's pumps.
- Prank calls mean that fire cover is reduced in other areas, potentially putting the lives of innocent people at risk.
- A shake up of fire cover was agreed three years ago as an "improvement to public safety".
- There could be fewer firefighters, fewer appliances, and less fire cover than the public expect.