Fire and Rescue services
Compendium 2003/04
There are eight fire and rescue services in Scotland. Two of these cover the same areas as councils - Dumfries & Galloway and Fife. Six are responsible to joint boards of councils and cover more than one council area: Central Scotland, Lothian & Borders, Grampian, Highland & Islands, Strathclyde and Tayside.
Several factors affect the way a service performs. It is necessary to be aware of these in order to understand why results may vary. Some factors are outwith the control of a service - for example, the level of deprivation and the mix between urban and rural settlements. Other factors may be specific to a particular service or to the groups of people it serves.
These local factors may mean that a service with a performance which, at first sight, appears to be worse than that of another has, in fact, done better given the circumstances it faces.
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Read the introduction to the Compendium (PDF | 200KB)
- All (92KB)
- All (38KB)
- Central Fire and Rescue Service (86KB)
- Dumfries & Galloway Fire and Rescue Service (86KB)
- Fife Fire and Rescue Service (86KB)
- Grampian Fire and Rescue Service (86KB)
- Highlands & Islands Fire and Rescue Service (86KB)
- Lothian & Borders Fire and Rescue Service (86KB)
- Strathclyde Fire and Rescue Service (86KB)
- Tayside Fire and Rescue Service (86KB)
More information
For more information from any of the fire and rescue services covered on this page, please visit their website. These links will open in a new window.