Article: 'Alarm bells should be ringing at fire service sell-off plan' MSP JOINS BATTLE TO SAVE BRIGADES.(News)

Article: Bid to modernise Scots fire service
Evening Times;  June 29, 2004 ;     348 words ...NEW legislation to modernise the fire service was introduced by the Scottish Executive today. The Fire (Scotland) Bill would replace laws drafted in the 1940s and put on a statut-ory basis the expanded range of ...

Article: Scottish Parliament snubs Whitehall and throws out fast track ...
PR Newswire;  January 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... plans to push though fire service cuts behind closed doors. The Scottish Executive attempted to push through ... would pave the way for fire service cuts without community ... Strike ever in the UK Fire Service, in 1977. For all ...

Article: Anger over plans for fire service shake-up; Union ...
Evening Times;  December 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... proposed changes to the fire service in Scotland. Union leaders fear the Scottish Executive's plans for the ... changes proposed in the Scottish Executive consultation paper ... December 31 and a Fire Service Bill will be introduced ...

Article: Nationalist heads bid to stop cuts in fire service
The Scotsman;  September 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ...SCOTTISH Executive plans to reform the fire service were overshadowed yesterday ... for the first reforms of the fire service for 50 years. Ms Jamieson ... time". "The role of the fire service has changed and evolved over ...

Article: Fire service reform plan put on hold.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  November 19, 2004 ;     382 words ...A FINAL decision to reform the fire service in Scotland has been put on hold. Critics are angry at Scottish Executive plans to cut the number of control rooms ... wide radio communications system for the fire service.'

Article: Fire Service Minister announces independent review ...
M2 Presswire;  September 5, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... and management of the Fire Service. Policy responsibility for the Fire Service rests with the Office ... England and Wales, the Scottish Executive in Scotland, and the ... devolved administrations. Fire Service pay - Since the national ...

Article: Plan to take fire service into the private sector
Scotland on Sunday;  June 23, 2002 ;     469 words ... ... considered by the Scottish Executive, it was reported ... Highlands and Islands Fire Service, which includes ... spokeswoman for the Scottish Executive confirmed the plans ... the future of the fire service in Scotland in April ...