8 h. ago Scottish Fire and Rescue Service needs 'urgent investment' to avoid emergency response times increasing

The Fire Brigades Union has warned some community stations could close under service cut-backs.

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13 h. ago Emergency crews in desperate search of Scots river in bid to find man who entered water

Police Scotland were joined by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and HM Coastguard in the urgent hunt for the man in the water in Renton at around 7.30pm on Saturday, September 13.

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1 week ago Proposed changes at Helensburgh Fire Station branded 'reckless' at Holyrood

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is reviewing a proposal that could see the full-time station in Helensburgh adopt a "day crewing" system, meaning crews would be based at the station only from 8am to 6pm.

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1 week ago Concern that 'dangerous' redesign of busy East Kilbride junction is delaying emergency response times

Collette Stevenson MSP is calling on the local authority to address road safety concerns and traffic issues at the junction of Eaglesham Road, Greenhills Road and Redwood Drive (B764) which is "putting lives at risk" by slowing down emergency vehicles.

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1 week ago Huge fire erupts at Dundee Recycling Centre as residents issued warning

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service urges locals to keep windows and doors closed as fire crews tackle flames at Riverside Recycling Centre.

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1 week ago Dundee fire LIVE: Updates as residents warned to keep doors and windows closed

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has confirmed three fire crews are at the scene of a blaze at a Riverside Recycling Centre on Wright Avenue in Dundee, on the north bank of the Firth of Tay

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1 week ago Worst wildfire year on record after crews respond to nearly 1,000 so far

Meanwhile the number of firefighters is down 25% since 2008, the equivalent of around 11,000 wholetime crew members, the NFCC said.

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2 w. ago Glasgow fire: Residents warned about smoke as huge blaze breaks out at building

Residents, including students, on Benview Street in Glasgow's Ruchill area have been warned about smoke following a blaze at a building, tackled by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

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2 w. ago West Lothian fire fears over 'hazardous' batteries in electric scooters and bikes

Paul Harvey, a Watch Commander with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, said the spread of lithium ion batteries brought increased frisks of fire from poor equipment.

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2 w. ago Investigation launched after huge blaze at Stirling chipboard factory

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) sent seven fire engines to the West Fraser site, in Station Road, Cowie, shortly before 10pm on Sunday evening.

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3 w. ago Almost a quarter of South Ayrshire deliberate fires take place in one area

The figures are contained within the year-end performance (quarter four) of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in South Ayrshire for 2024/25.

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4 w. ago Now thousands give up trying to get an ambulance to A&E and 'are finding their own way to hospital'

Long response times and scenes of emergency vehicles queuing outside hospitals are thought to have fuelled the surge in people turning to alternative transport - even in the most urgent cases.

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