SFRS Board
Find out the role of the board, future meetings, and read our current board papers.
Committee meetings
Find out more about our comittees, future meetings, and read the current meeting papers.
Audit and Risk Assurance Committee
The committee supports the Board and Chief Officer, as Accountable Officer. They provide assurance that appropriate and effective measures are in place for:
- risk management
- governance
- internal control systems
The two most significant sources of assurance are the internal and external audits.
The internal audit benefits the Board and Accountable Officer. The external audit benefits Scottish Parliament. It is also of benefit to the organisation too.
- Thursday, 23 October 2025
- Tuesday, 22 January 2026
The previous three years papers are available from publications.
Chair
- Brian Baverstock
Members
- Mhairi Wylie
- Madeline Smith
- Malcolm Payton
- Neil Mapes
In Attendance
- Chief Officer - Accountable Officer
- Deputy Chief Officer
- Deputy Chief Officer (Corporate Services)
- Director of Strategic Planning, Performance and Communications
- Director of Finance and Contractual Services
- Appointed Internal Audit
- Appointed External Audit
- Chief Inspector HMFSI
Integrated Governance Forum
The committee ensures joined up corporate governance. It ensures that issues raised in committees are discussed across the board.
The forum was previously the Integrated Governance Committee. The change came into place in April 2020 during the annual governance review. Since this time, meetings have taken place in private.
Meeting papers
Committee meetings take place in private, and no meeting papers are published.
- Thursday 19 June 2025
- Thursday 23 October 2025
- Thursday 22 January 2026
Chair
- Kirsty Darwent
Members
- Paul Stollard (Deputy Chair)
- Brian Baverstock
- Mhairi Wylie
- Tim Wright
- Stuart Ballingall
In Attendance
- Chief Officer
- Other representatives as appropriate
People Committee
The committee provide strategic advice and direction on matters affecting employees. They also ensure that staffing and payment arrangements are affordable and support the strategic aims of the Service.
- Thursday, 11 September 2025
- Thursday, 4 December 2025
- Thursday, 5 March 2026
The previous three years papers are available from publications.
Chair
- Mhairi Wylie
Members
- Malcolm Payton
- Kirsty Darwent (ex officio)
- Andrew Smith
- Neil Mapes
- Madeline Smith
In Attendance
- Deputy Chief Officer (Corporate Services)
- Deputy Chief Officer
- Director of People
- Director of Training, Safety and Assurance
- Director of Operational Delivery
- Other representation, as appropriate and by invite.
Remuneration, Appointments and Nominations Sub-committee
This is a sub-committee of the People Committee. Its purpose is to advise on the remuneration and appointments strategy. They also support frameworks for the posts covered by the sub-committee’s remit.
They have no decision-making authority. They will offer the Board and Chief Officer, through the Chair of People Committee:
- opinions
- guidance
- support
- recommendations
Meeting papers
Sub-committee meetings take place in private and no meeting papers are published.
- Thursday, 5 June 2025
- Thursday, 11 September 2025
- Thursday, 4 December 2025
- Thursday, 5 March 2026
Chair
- Mhairi Wylie
Members
- Kirsty Darwent
- Stuart Ballingall
- Malcolm Payton
- Therese O’Donnell
- Paul Stollard
In Attendance
- Chief Officer
- Director of People
- Other representatives as appropriate to the business of the sub-committee
Service Delivery Committee
The overall purpose of the Committee is to scrutinise and challenge the safety, quality, performance and effectiveness of service delivery across Scotland, to drive improvement.
The committee assure the Board of the quality of service delivery. This includes:
- operational efficiency and effectiveness
- operational safety
- delivery of approved operational, and prevention and protection strategies.
It is their role to scrutinies, monitor and review performance to achieve this aim.
- Thursday, 21 August 2025
- Tuesday, 25 November 2025
- Tuesday, 24 February 2026
The previous three years papers are available from publications.
Chair
- Tim Wright
Members
- Paul Stollard
- Angiolina Foster
- Kirsty Darwent (ex officio)
- Andrew Smith
- Madeline Smith
In Attendance
- Deputy Chief Officer
- Director of Operational Delivery
- Director of Prevention, Protection and Preparedness
- Director of Training, Safety and Assurance
- Other representation, as appropriate and by invite.
Strategic Planning and Change Committee
The overall purpose of the Committee is to provide scrutiny and challenge of strategic/financial planning and change resource allocation and delivery.
- Tuesday, 29 August 2025
- Thursday, 6 November 2025
- Thursday, 5 February 2026
The previous three years papers are available from publications.
Chair
- Stuart Ballingall
Members
- Angiolina Foster
- Kirsty Darwent (ex officio)
- Therese O’Donnell
- Tim Wright
- Paul Stollard
In Attendance
- Deputy Chief Officer
- Deputy Chief Officer (Corporate Services)
- Director of Strategic Planning, Performance and Communications
- Director of Finance and Contractual Services
- Head of Governance, Strategy and Performance
- Head of Portfolio Office
- Other representation, as appropriate and by invite
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