Dear Parents/Guardians
In the run up to bonfire season, Police Scotland, City of Edinburgh Council and Scottish Fire & Rescue are keen to keep everyone safe during the festivities. In previous years we have seen firework-related anti-social behaviour (ASB) and disorder in this area, and we are asking for your help to prevent this occurring again. Continue reading Bonfire Season: Advice to local parents
FIREFIGHTERS attended more than 500 accidental house fires during last year’s festive and New Year celebrations, latest figures show. They were alerted to a total of 517 such emergencies at homes across Scotland between 7 December and 11 January. Continue reading Firefighters issue winter safety appeal
Members of the public are being advised to prepare for heavy rain and strong winds as Storm Frank sweeps across the country today. Continue reading Scotland braced for Storm Frank
For some, they’re the latest ‘must have’ but more than 15,000 imported self-balancing scooters – ‘hoverboards’ – have been assessed as unsafe and detained at the border in recent weeks.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) has urged people who have bought ‘hoverboards’ to heed Trading Standards’ advice after a huge number of the self-balancing scooters imported from abroad were assessed as unsafe and detained at the border. Continue reading Hoverboards: heed the warning
