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Festival fire call.


Byline: Karren Brady Karren Brady (born April 1969) is a British broadcasting and sport business manager.

She is best known for being the managing director of Birmingham City Football Club.
 

FIRE chiefs today issued safety advice to revellers heading for the Midlands biggest rock festival this weekend.

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service are making final preparations for the V Festival at Weston Park Weston Park is a country house in Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire, England, set in more than 1,000 acres (4 km²) of park landscaped by Capability Brown. The park is located 10 miles north-west of Wolverhampton, close to the border with Shropshire.  in Stafford next Saturday and Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. .

The service is responsible for fire safety at the festival and fire safety officers have spent months in planning with other agencies.

Station manager Alan McEntire who is co-ordinating the fire safety for the event, said: "Around 90,000 people will be descending descending /des·cend·ing/ (de-send´ing) extending inferiorly.  on Weston Park this weekend, which is why we will have a dedicated crew on site."
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Publication:Birmingham Mail (England)
Date:Aug 12, 2008
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