Alec Kidd’s list of recent incidents that raised alarm bells.
Thurso – Caithness – crew called to an address in Dundee that featured a street name including the word “Thurso”.
Beauly crew called to report of a fire on a Dingwall industrial estate because fire control was allegedly unaware Dingwall had its own fire station. It turned out to be a false alarm.
Lairg crew called to an incident in Skye, a two-hour journey over 100 miles away.
Serious road accident at Tomatin attended by Aviemore, Grantown and Carrbridge crews. The Inverness crew would have been closer than both Aviemore and Grantown.
An emergency tender not initially mobilised to a fatal road crash at Lochend but only when an attending appliance developed a fault.
A fire crew from Bressay, Shetland, was called to an incident at Yell, 20-plus miles away, because it allegedly “looked closer on the map.” Mr Kidd says there are five closer fire stations.
“No cover in place from Golspie to Dingwall for a whole day,” according to sources within the fire service.
Reports of incidents involving calls in Lybster and Thurso are both being followed up by local councillors.
List of recent fire incidents that raised alarm bells
