Fire Service Control Room Scotland

The justice committee considered pe1511 by laura ross on the decision made by the scottish fire and rescue service to close inverness control room and agreed to write to the scottish fire and rescue service seeking its response in relation to issues raised in hm inspectorate of constabulary in scotland s hmics call handling interim report and to keep the petitions open.

Fire service control room scotland.

The service s board has approved plans to reduce the number of control rooms which handle emergency calls from eight to. Scottish fire and rescue service marks world suicide prevention day 10 september 2020. A fire service watch commander revealed how his training helped save the life of someone trapped inside a burning car as the scottish fire and rescue service launches a new recruitment drive. Steptember 2020 on course to out run last year 08 september 2020.

Reducing the number of fire controls in scotland will also bring benefits both for our professional control room staff who perform a vital role in delivering community and firefighter safety and the public who rely on us to provide an emergency response to a range of life threatening incidents where the service has a critical role in. Our role begins long before any 999 call is made. North hq scottish fire and rescue service pitmedden road dyce ab21 0dp. There is a concern that consultant s report downplays the importance of local knowledge as a key element that local fire service control room staff bring to their area.

07 august 2020 by sean rooney. We respond to emergencies in communities across scotland. Five control rooms for the scottish fire and rescue service are to close. The fact is that there is a rich variety of roles with both uniformed and non uniformed staff working together for a safer scotland.

Most people assume that the service is made up only of firefighters and control room staff who save lives by responding to emergency calls. Your service your voice which set out a vision for transforming the scottish fire and rescue service to do so much more for the people of scotland. Scottish fire and rescue service headquarters westburn drive cambuslang g72 7na. Sfrs launches control room firefighter recruitment drive publish date.

Unison scotland is concerned that the consultants do not fully appreciate the role of fire service control room staff. Our firefighters control teams and support staff are ready for action 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year.