South Wales Fire Service is “as ready as it can be” for a potential no deal Brexit this October.
That was the reassurance given to members of the South Wales Fire Authority at its meeting in Llantrisant today.
The UK is due to leave the European Union on October 31 and there is still a chance that it may do so without a deal.
When considering the fire authority’s risk register, a list of the main risks the authority faces which includes Brexit, the director said that the service is as ready as it can be.
Councillor Joel Williams of Cardiff said that on a recent visit to south Wales the new Prime Minister Boris Johnson had told him he intends to take the UK out of the EU on October 31 with or without a deal.
So Cllr Williams asked if there was anything that was being done to support the service ahead of that date.
Richard Prendergast, director of technical services at the fire service, said they are comfortable that they have corporate measures in place.
He said that there would be no change on the operations front and that it wouldn’t have much of an impact on them.
Mr Prendergast said: “The impact is bigger for health in terms of the supply of medicines. We have very robust plans to deal with fuel disruption.
“There are other sectors of the economy which will be under far more pressure than us. We’re as ready as we can be.”
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