Councillor claims reaction to Fife fire service report was 'scaremongering'
A Fife councillor has condemned criticism of the region's fire service as ''scaremongering''. (...)
More cuts to Fife Fire and Rescue would endanger public, claims councillor
Any further cuts to front-line fire and rescue staff in Fife would pose a danger to the public and fire crews, a Fife councillor has claimed. (...)
Floods close roads across Fife as fire crews join relief effort
Roads across Fife were closed on Thursday as drains struggled to cope with Wednesday night's deluge. (...)
Move sees longer fire responses in West Fife
Moving Dunfermline Fire Station means that appliances are failing to arrive at incidents in the 10-minute target. (...)
Major search after elderly patient goes missing from Queen Margaret Hospital for six hours
A 74-year-old woman was missing for almost six hours after walking out of a ward at Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline — sparking a major search and rescue operation involving the police, the fire service and a specialist dog rescue team. (...)
Flooding across Tayside and Fife as frozen pipes burst
Scottish Water engineers have been out and about again, as they continue to deal with the effects of the weather. (...)
Further fire service cuts give union cause for concern
Fife's firefighters have expressed fears that further efficiency savings could lead to cuts in front-line services. (...)
Fire service reports fall in bonfire night call-outs
Firefighters in Fife saw a 40% drop in the number of blazes they had to deal with in the run-up to bonfire night. (...)
Evacuees allowed home after Cupar gas leak
Families evacuated when fire broke out at a fractured gas main in Cupar have been allowed back to their homes. (...)
Cupar homes evacuated in gas leak fire drama
A number of homes in Cupar had to be evacuated when road maintenance contractors accidentally fractured a gas main, setting it alight. (...)
Public service providers in line for £143m boost
Public service providers in Tayside and Fife are set to benefit from a share of £143 million as part of the Scottish Government's hub initiative. (...)
Dunfermline's Khushis restaurant hit by blaze
A thick pall of smoke hung over part of Dunfermline's historic quarter on Wednesday, after a fire broke out in an Indian restaurant. (...)
Tulliallan Primary School closed by fire
A west Fife school looks like being closed for at least a week following a fire. (...)
Former Dunfermline furniture store goes up in flames
Fire crews tackled a major fire in the former Thomsons World of Furniture store in Dunfermline. (...)
Girl airlifted to hospital after Ravenscraig castle cliff fall
A nine-year-old girl was airlifted to hospital after falling 50 feet down a cliff in Kirkcaldy. (...)
More on: Forth Coastguard | Eyemouth | Fife Fire and Rescue | Prestwick | Kirkcaldy
Lawnmower caused fire victim Patrick Reilly's death
A Kirkcaldy man who died in a house fire had been trying to repair a petrol lawnmower when the blaze broke out, investigators have revealed. (...)
More on: Fife Fire and Rescue | Patrick Reilly | Kirkcaldy | Gary Dall | Dundee
Video: fire at Caldwell's Paper Mill in Inverkeithing
A blaze at a derelict paper mill in Inverkeithing that has led to a whole back section of its roof collapsing and demolition contractors taking the building apart could have been started by an "act of vandalism," it has been claimed. (...)
More on: Fife Police | Fife | Dave Wishart | Dalgety Bay | Inverkeithing
Pledge that savings will not affect fire services
Savings in Fife Fire and Rescue's budget will not affect frontline services, according to the region's deputy chief fire officer. (...)
More on: Rosyth | Dunfermline | Fife Fire and Rescue | Neil McFarlane
Oakley family flee as house next door torched
An Oakley family of three had a lucky escape after vandals set fire to the house next door at the weekend. (...)
More on: Constable David Bellingham | Oakley | Dunfermline | Jamie Doctor | Fife Fire and Rescue