Firefighters say cuts are threatening the safety of both firefighters and the general public and are calling on the Scottish Goverment for more investment
At least 20 Perth firefighters and a Perth City North councillor will this week join firefighters from across Scotland protesting outside the Scottish Parliament against "dangerous" cuts to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service .Perth-based Fire Brigades Union exec committee member Colin Brown fears people could phone 999 and be told the SFRS cannot respond to the call.
On September 4, five posts were cut in Perth and Perth Fire Station went from having three water pumps to two - its third appliance now operates purely as a dedicated aerial rescue vehicle. The cuts were part of the first phase of around £36 million of savings being made over the next four years by the SFRS.
"And we're not in a position where someone picks up the phone and dials 999 to say, 'Your call's important to us but we can't afford to come out to it ' - but that's the position we're being pushed to." FBU Perth branch secretary David Evans said the cuts have left Perth with reduced capacity to respond to the recent flooding.
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