Councillor convinced new fire service HQ should be in Dundee

Dundee Labour’s Fire and Rescue spokesman has called on the new single Scottish service to continue to look after local needs and local views.

Councillor Richard McCready also made the case for Dundee to become a base for the new operation.

He said: “The new service must be responsive to the needs and views of local people. Tayside Fire and Rescue Board demonstrated that it was responsive to local views when it rejected plans to downgrade Balmossie Fire Station twice.

“The new board must be mindful of local views. So, just for example, it would be wrong for the new service to try to downgrade Balmossie.”

He added: “I am glad that the temporary headquarters are in Perth and not in Glasgow or Edinburgh. However, I remain convinced that the headquarters should be in Dundee.

“At Blackness Road there is an office complex that could hold the new headquarters. Dundee has a really strong argument to receive more government jobs and I think that the fire and rescue headquarters coming to Dundee would be a start.”