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02/06/2026

02/06/2026

02/06/2026

🔥 These figures show an increasing number of stations where fire appliances are unavailable for at least 50% of the time. The overwhelming reason fire appliances are unavailable is the lack of staff to crew them.

Budget cuts = fewer firefighters, fewer firefighters = increased response times and increased response times = greater loss of life.👇🚒🔥

30/05/2026

Fire Union Warns Edinburgh and East Scotland ‘Left Exposed’ Amid Growing Concerns Over Proposed Service Cuts

The Fire Brigades Union has raised fresh concerns over proposed cuts to fire services across Edinburgh and Scotland, warning that frontline emergency cover is already stretched to its limits.

Union representatives pointed to a major incident at Torduff Reservoir on Thursday evening, where at approximately 7:30pm, appliances from Sighthill, Crewe Toll, Tollcross, Marionville, Macdonald Road and Musselburgh were all committed to tackling a fire in the open.

The incident has reignited questions over resilience and emergency cover across Edinburgh and the Lothians, with union officials asking what resources remained available should another major emergency have occurred at the same time.

Concerns have also been raised over the continued loss of second appliances from stations, leaving fewer fire engines available to respond to simultaneous incidents. Remaining crews would likely have relied on support from neighbouring areas, potentially leaving communities elsewhere without local cover and increasing response times.

The union argues that the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is already operating with an ultra-lean model and says further reductions would place public safety at risk.

“Services have already been stripped to the bone,” representatives said, warning that proposals to reduce pump numbers and cut full-time availability across the East of Scotland are increasingly exposing weaknesses in resilience.

The union is calling on decision-makers, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service board and the Scottish Government to intervene and ensure the service receives sufficient funding to meet the demands placed upon it.

As discussions over future resources continue, firefighters warn that every delay in addressing staffing and appliance levels risks leaving communities more vulnerable during major incidents.

The evidence is clear, Lives are potentially going to be lost due to the proposed cuts

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30/05/2026

Large fire on Arthur's Seat 'shows why it's a mistake to close Edinburgh's Marionville fire station'

29/05/2026

🔥Please ask your MSP to support this motion about the risk to communities of fire and rescue service cuts👇🔥🚒

29/05/2026

29/05/2026

We look forward to meeting David Barratt for Cowdenbeath Constituency to continue to fight and make the case for our communities Fire Station.

We are still waiting on the outcome of proposed cuts that were meant to be announced December last year.

29/05/2026

THE Fire Brigades Union Scotland urged ministers today to “look out of their comfortable offices” at the blaze raging on Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh and abandon proposed cuts to the fire service.Three crews of firefighters worked yesterday night and into today to contain the fire on the peak ov...

28/05/2026

Wildfire alert for Eastern Scotland

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