Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service is governed by a Joint Fire and Rescue Board that comprises of Councillors from Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling Councils.
The Service is managed by Chief Fire Officer Kenneth Taylor, who is supported by two Directors.
The most prominent role that the Service has is in emergency response. However, we are also heavily involved in preventative work in our communities, to educate and inform the public of the dangers of fire, road accidents and other emergencies.
Historically the Service has responded predominantly to fire emergencies and road traffic collisions. Now we have a much broader role. In addition to fire related emergencies, we also respond to water rescues, chemical incidents, urban search and rescue operations and rescues from height. We are frequently called upon to give humanitarian assistance which can involve a broad range of situations.
Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service covers an area in excess of 1000 square kilometres with a population of 291,760 people.
The Central Scotland area is one of contrasts - from urban areas with dense population to large areas of predominantly rural communities.
This in itself provides unique challenges for Fire and Rescue operations but we continue to ensure that the Service we provide to our communities is of a consistently high quality regardless of where within our region the incidents may occur.
To enable us to meet the requirements of our communities we have five Whole time stations based in Alloa, Bo’ness, Falkirk, Larbert and Stirling.
In addition we have 12 Retained stations based at strategic points throughout the area. They are Aberfoyle, Balfron, Bridge of Allan, Callander, Crianlarich, Denny, Doune, Dunblane, Killin, Slamannan, Tillicoultry and Tyndrum.
Within our area we have one of Europe’s largest petrochemical complexes and we also protect a number of Scotland’s key historical buildings such as Stirling Castle and the National Wallace Monument.