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Board agrees retirement of Tayside Fire and Rescue chief Stephen Hunter
Tayside's chief fire officer Stephen Hunter is to retire, just months before the creation of a Scotland-wide fire service. (...)
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Councillor claims reaction to Fife fire service report was 'scaremongering'
A Fife councillor has condemned criticism of the region's fire service as ''scaremongering''. (...)
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Fife fire service audit says it is 'difficult to see' how more cuts can be made without risking community safety
Cuts in the number of frontline firefighters in Fife are set to threaten public safety, an Audit Scotland report has warned. (...)
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Accounts Commission says Balmossie saga shows fire board put politics before public purse
A spending watchdog has criticised councillors for failing to back the downgrading of a Tayside fire station. (...)
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Tayside Fire and Rescue plagued by hoax calls
The number of malicious calls to Tayside Fire and Rescue has risen. (...)
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Newlywed the suspected victim of Perthshire farmhouse fire
A 56-year-old man has died in a ferocious blaze at his Perthshire farmhouse. (...)
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Tullis Russell managing director praises 'magnificent' work of fire crews
The fact no one was injured when fire ripped through a Fife papermill, causing hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage, has been attributed to the courage of fire and rescue crews. (...)
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Firefighters call on Scottish ministers to protect service
Firefighters gathered in Kirkcaldy to warn the Scottish Government about proposed cuts to their budgets. (...)
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ABN mill fire investigation will take some time
A probe into what caused a major fire at an animal feed mill in Fife is set to continue for some days to come, The Courier understands. (...)
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Hard work just beginning for historic SNP Government
The shape of the Scottish Government will become clear this week when Alex Salmond is reinstalled as first minister. (...)
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Dundee pubs Cask Bar and Sinatra's forced to call time on business
Two more Dundee pubs, the Cask Bar in Albert Street and Sinatra's in King Street, have called last orders. (...)
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Scott Imray's emotional search for bodies in Christchurch's rubble
A Mearns father-of-two has spoken of the most "emotional" experience of his 29-year career as he helped search for survivors of the Christchurch earthquake. (...)
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SNP split on Scotland-wide fire service
SNP politicians in Tayside are not expected to accept proposals put forward by their party at Holyrood advocating a single, Scotland-wide fire service — despite one councillor's suggestion that party members should all be "singing from the same hymn sheet" on the matter. (...)
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Lib Dem warns centralisation plan could pose new threat to Balmossie Fire Station
The creation of a single centralised fire service for Scotland could reignite the row over the future of Balmossie Fire Station, according to a former Dundee councillor. (...)
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Firefighters getting a lift from new fitness regime
Firefighters are taking part in a fitness programme designed by the Fife Sports & Leisure Trust. (...)
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Scottish Government backs merger of country's fire services
The Scottish Government has backed a single fire service for Scotland. (...)
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Blaze at Kirkcaldy factory prompts crisis talks
Management of the fire-ravaged Production Glassfibre plant in Kirkcaldy were in crisis meetings after the business was burned to the ground. (...)
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Fire and rescue service battles 'challenging' conditions
Tayside Fire and Rescue had what one officer described as a "challenging" Sunday with the weather causing widespread disruption. (...)
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Police and fire control rooms merger to be discussed
Proposals to create a joint control room for Tayside police and fire service could move forward today when they come before the joint boards of each organisation in Perth. (...)
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November 5 fire callouts fall by more than half
Firefighters have "never seen such a quiet Bonfire Night" as November 5 callouts fell by more than half. (...)
