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SFRS firefighter douses flames at the Glasgow School of Art fire in May 2014 A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service engine from the Girvan fire station in 2017. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service attended 25,002 fires in 2014/15. The service also delivers a preventative programme, with 65,343 free home fire safety visits conducted in 2015/16. [15]
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service National Training Centre is a purpose-built training facility in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire. Also known as the Uaill Training Centre , it has mock buildings and areas suitable for training to use specialist fire and rescue equipment.
Robert Scott served as an assistant chief officer within the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service until his retirement in 2017. He formed part of a small team that helped lead the reform of the fire and rescue services in Scotland. This process led to the creation of the new Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in 2013.
Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service was a Local Authority fire and rescue service covering an area of 2,500 square miles (6,500 km 2) of south east Scotland, and serving a total population of 890,000. [1] It was amalgamated into the single Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in April 2013.
It retained its police and fire services until they were merged, on 1 April 2013, into bodies known as Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, which cover the whole of Scotland. Provision of healthcare across the region also continues via NHS Tayside. [5]
The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 resulted in the merger of local police and fire services on 1 April 2013 to form the Police Service of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Seirbheis Phoilis na h-Alba) and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS, Scottish Gaelic: Seirbheis Smàlaidh agus Teasairginn na h-Alba).
Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service, along with the other seven fire and rescue services across Scotland, was amalgamated into a single, new Scottish Fire and Rescue Service on 1 April 2013. This replaced the previous system of eight regional fire and rescue services across Scotland which existed since 1975.
The Grampian Fire and Rescue Service was unusual in operating distinctive white painted fire engines. [4] Other UK fire services operate red painted vehicles. The creation of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service will lead to the gradual replacement of Grampian's vehicles with newer, red appliances.