The call comes as the Fire Brigades Union gear up to hold a mass rally in George Square on Thursday to protest the latest savings made by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.
The Scottish Government must come forward with an emergency plan to save our fire and rescue service after a decade of cuts, Scottish Labour has said today. The call comes as the Fire Brigades Union gears up to hold a mass rally in George Square on Thursday to protest the latest savings made by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service .
It has also been reported that almost 1,100 firefighter jobs have been lost over the past decade. Scottish Labour research has also found nearly half of all stations in the country are assessed as being in “bad” or “poor” condition. "Ultimately, that also puts our communities at risk, with response time per incident increasing by 14 per cent in the past ten years. Scottish Labour’s message is that enough is enough. These latest cuts should be revoked and the Scottish Government must come forward with an emergency plan to save our fire service.”
Scottish politics "We are already seeing fire appliances being withdrawn, jobs lost and response times to life threatening incidents increasing. In this latest document SFRS says that, 'We cannot realistically reduce costs without reducing workforce numbers.'
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