Fire service call centres in Aberdeen to close

Fire service control centres in the North of Scotland are due to close and move to Dundee by the end of this year.

Published 28th Jul 2016

Fire service control centres in the North of Scotland are due to close and move to Dundee by the end of this year.

Emergencies currently handled at call centres in Inverness and Aberdeen will be dealt with in Tayside by April 2017.

It comes as part of a cost-saving drive to reduce the number of control rooms from 8 to 3.

Concerns have been raised over a loss of local knowledge and increased pressure on staff.

But the fire service maintained they would continue to respond to every 999 call.