Scottish firefighters ‘extremely disappointed’ with lack of government funding for expansion of their duties

SCOTTISH firefighters are “extremely disappointed” at the government’s failure to fund an expansion of their duties, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said today.
An increase in both resource and capital spending for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was announced in the Budget earlier this month.
But the amount was nowhere near enough to address a backlog of property repairs and upgrades needed across the crumbling fire service estate, the FBU warned.
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Underinvestment and cuts have imperilled Scottish firefighters’ ability to adequately respond to all manner of emergencies, writes JOHN McKENZIE