Scotland can’t afford to lose more firefighters
The protest has been organised by the Fire Brigades Union against Scottish Government cuts of £11 million from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in 2023/24.
The FBU argue that reduced firefighter numbers and restricted appliance availability have already impacted on the viability of Scotland’s emergency fire service. Edinburgh’s New Town was growing rapidly in the 1820s and there was an increasing number of fires in derelict buildings in the Old Town, which the firefighting capabilities provided by insurance companies were unable to tackle effectively.
Braidwood went on to become the first head of the forerunner to the London Fire Brigade. In 1861, then aged 61, James Braidwood led a firefighting team to tackle a fire on the south bank of the River Thames and was killed when a wall collapsed on him. Lest we forget that every firefighter places his or her life in harm’s way each day for the safety of the public.
The FBU say these cuts will decimate the fire and rescue service in Scotland, undermining the credibility of SFRS as an effective emergency service protecting Scotland’s communities. The resource budget set for SFRS in 2023/24 is £308.6m, a £31.6m real terms cut over a 10-year period. Using the 2012/13 resource budget figure of £290.7m, the FBU calculate that an overall £56.8 million real terms cut has been inflicted upon SFRS over the last 11 years.
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