A public consultation will be held tonight in Wandsworth, on London Fire Brigade's plans to put one of the borough's engines permanently out of service.
November 30: London Fire Brigade braces for £8.1m cuts by 2017
The emergency service must make £8.1m in cuts by 2017, and three options have been put on the table to achieve this.
The first will see 13 engines that have been decommissioned since 2013, put permanently out of service.
The 13 fire stations that had one of their two fire engines removed in August 2013 were: Chelsea, Ealing, Erith, Forest Hill, Holloway, Old Kent Road, Plaistow, Poplar, Romford, Shoreditch, Stratford, Wandsworth and Willesden.
A second option would put 10 of those 13 out of service, meaning Wandsworth's engine would be returned.
Alternatively, chairman of LFEPA Resources Committee Andrew Dismore has recommended putting the 13 fire engines back into service but making savings by establishing alternate crewing at stations with some specialist appliances.
London Fire Commissioner Ron Dobson said:
"I have identified two possible ways of making these savings that mean we avoid compulsory redundancies for operational staff.
"We have managed without the 13 fire engines for over two years now and our response times have still remained well within our average attendance time targets.
"My preferred option would also see an increase in the number of staff available to crew our Fire Rescue Units."
The public meeting will take place from 7pm until 9pm tonight (Tuesday) in the Open Door Community Centre in Keevil Drive, SW19 6TF.
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