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Wildfire Warning for North and North-East Scotland: 20 - 21 March 2026

People in the North and North-East of Scotland should be aware that there is a ‘very high’ risk of wildfire in their areas from Friday 20 March to Saturday 21 March.
20 March 2026

Coylton business owner makes career change to become a firefighter after 20 years

Jonathan ‘Jonny’ McCutcheon has been running his own business for 20 years before he became a firefighter.
20 March 2026

Queer firefighter and mum urges more women to join Scotland’s fire and rescue service

Statistics show that just 220 of Scotland’s 3,430 wholetime operational firefighters are women.
18 March 2026

Tiny shard of glass helped a fire investigator solve a case of a suspicious house fire

A recent fire investigation has highlighted how specialist skills within the Service can help uncover the truth behind serious incidents.
17 March 2026

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has handed over control of the site of a major Glasgow fire to Glasgow City Council

This marks the end of firefighting at the site of the fire on Union Street, which resulted in the collapse of a historic Glasgow building, and the beginning of the recovery phase.
12 March 2026

Preliminary multi-agency investigation into the cause of the Union Street fire in Glasgow is underway

The cause of a fire that started in the ground-floor of a commercial unit in Union Street, Glasgow, causing the four-story structure to partially collapse, will be investigated by a multi-agency team.
9 March 2026