Big cash boost for life-saving Bognor Regis alarm scheme

A life-saving project in the Bognor Regis area has received a £2,500 boost from councillors.

The cash from parish, district and county council members will pay for firefighters to install 100 automatic early warning alarms in the homes of vulnerable residents around the town.

West Sussex County Council Fire and Rescue Service is unique in the country in offering this protection.

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The alarms are connected to the emergency alert systems, which vulnerable people have in their homes.

In the event of a fire, the alarms automatically send a signal to the alert system control centre, which immediately phones fire crews with the location of the blaze.

The cash was given by Joint Western Arun Area Committee through the county council's community initiative fund.

Mike Coleman, who is chairman of the committee's county council members, said: "The community initiative fund aims to help a wide range of community groups.

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"From these latest grants you can see we have covered this range with money going to youth projects, vulnerable adults and improving the local seaside for everybody who lives here."

Other grants awarded included:

Bognor Regis Seafront Lights '“ 2,692 for buying and installing improved seafront decorative lighting.

Cobnor Activity Centre Trust '“ 1,500 towards a building and refurbishment project to improve residential and training facilities

Youth of Bognor '“ 1,000 towards an annual camping trip for 60 children, specifically for craft material and subsidising low-income families.

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Wellspring West Sussex '“ 300 to help with the costs of venue hire for its family fun event for families which have children with disabilities.

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