Members of the West Yorkshire Fire Authority will meet on Friday to consider a report on the proposed relocation of Bradford fire station.

Councillors attending the meeting at fire service headquarters in Birkenshaw, Bradford, will also decide whether to approve a public consultation.

Under the proposals, Bradford's existing fire station in Nelson Street would be moved to a new site on Maud Street off Leeds Road.

If the public consultation goes ahead those people in the affected areas will have until December 3 to write to the authority with their comments about the relocation plans.

According to the report Bradford is classed as an A-Risk area, the highest classification, which means there a high risk of loss of life or damage to property.

This means at least two fire engines from Nelson Street must be able to respond to a call-out within five minutes.

The relocation to the new site is necessary, the report argues, to cover parts of east Bradford which are A-risk areas but currently outside that five minute response time.

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