However community safety and resilience board chairman councillor Allison Duncan says local employees are ‘exonerated’
Health and safety report on fire stations a ‘damning indictment’
Meanwhile a Bristow representative says it was a ‘difficult decision’ for the company to end the festive flight
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has been ordered to improve facilities at its Bressay, Walls and Hillswick stations
MP Alistair Carmichael said search and rescue teams were at risk of being stretched too thin
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service ‘supportive’ of the move
- Allison (Flea) Duncan and Catherine Hughson to meet fire bosses today (Monday)
- Bressay and Walls way down the improvement priority list
- Concern for the health of fire fighters as nine stations in Shetland have no water facilities
Community safety and resilience board chairman Allison Duncan said some firefighters are working in ‘atrocious conditions’ and has threatened to raise the issue with the Health and Safety Executive
But there is positive recruitment news elsewhere in Shetland
Police reiterate advice to motorist to take extra care during the cold snap
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