The purpose of this document is for Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service to meet our statutory requirements as set out in the Race Relations Act 1976 (Statutory Duties) (Scotland) Order 2002.

To achieve this, its main objectives will be to:

• Review the progress of our current Race Equality Scheme 2005-2008
• Revise our action plan in accordance with review findings to take forward into the next three year period
• Publish our new list of relevant functions, policies and proposed policies  and their relevance to race equality and the general statutory duty

This document outlines the service policy on race equality