Highlands & Islands Fire and Rescue Service

Wholetime Station
This Station is staffed by a total of 76 personnel who work on wholetime duty system. It is provided with 2 fire appliances which are equipped to deal with fires, road collisions and other emergencies. All of the staff are trained to respond to these incidents. Staff are also heavily involved in community fire safety activities, which include carrying out Home Fire Safety checks.

In addition, a number of specialist vehicles are located here to deal with protracted and complex incidents.

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Date ▼	Title	Summary
29/07/2010 05:28	Fire in Inverness	100 metre exclusion zone and 23 properties evacuated at an incident in Inverness.
12/07/2010 02:24	Commitment to Excellence Awards 2010 - Winners	The winners of the 2010 Commitment to Excellence Awards were announced on Friday 9th July at the Town House, Inverness.
07/07/2010 04:33	Press Release - Highland Trading Standards Warn of 'Free Alarm' Offers	Highland Council Trading Standards are warning all residents to be on their guard when answering ‘cold-call’ telephone sales calls offering a ‘free home fire and security survey’, if they agree to a home visit by sales staff. This warnings follows on from previous press releases by Trading Standards as a result of firms contining to target elderly and vulnerable consumers in the Highland area. Consumers are advised, to shop around for a home/fire safety alarm system, locally, before agreeing to a home visit.
01/07/2010 11:22	Wildfire at Fearn, Ross-shire	A call was received by Fire Control at 1120 on 30th June 2010 to a wildfire at Fearn, Ross-shire.
01/07/2010 11:17	Fire Safety Outdoors	HIFRS give fire safety tips in relation to Barbecues, Camp fires, Tents and Caravans.
23/06/2010 05:10	Efficiency Savings	Highlands & Islands Fire & Rescue Service invite efficiency saving ideas.
10/06/2010 05:33	Be Safe at RockNess	Highlands & Islands Fire & Rescue Service would like everyone to be aware of the dangers of fire and alcohol.
20/05/2010 02:43	Fire in Spean Bridge	Flat Fire in Achnacarry, Spean Bridge
14/05/2010 11:30	Carbon Reduction Programme	Every Fire Service in Scotland commits to Carbon Reduction Programme
12/05/2010 12:50	Wildfires - Your Safety Leaflet	Information leaflet providing health and safety advice in the event of a wildfire.
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There are currently no vacancies at this station.

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30/07/2010 12:35

Called to one vehicle road traffic collision. Crews disconnected battery and made scene safe.

Broadford
Kyle Of Lochalsh
Inverness Station
Portree

30/07/2010 00:09

Called to one vehicle road traffic collision. Fire service checked vehicle thoroughly, no action required.

Fortrose
Cromarty
Dingwall
Inverness Station

29/07/2010 14:09

Fire crews assisted ambulance with one male casualty.

Inverness Station

29/07/2010 12:24

50-100 detonators involved in a fire causing an explosion. Fire crews extinguished fire and cooled detonators using 1 hosereel jet. Two casualties attended to on scene by ambulance crew. Incident left in hands of bomb disposal team.

Inverness Station

29/07/2010 01:09

Quantity of rubbish destroyed by fire, extinguished using 1 knapsack tank.

Inverness Station

28/07/2010 22:33

Two vehicle road traffic collision. Crews administered oxygen to one female casualty and made vehicles safe.

Grantown on Spey
Inverness Station

28/07/2010 18:36

One vehicle road traffic collision. Fire crews made scene safe and disconnected batteries.

Wick
Inverness Station

28/07/2010 17:24

Small quantity of rubbish on fire. Extinguished on arrival of Fire Service.

Inverness Station

28/07/2010 12:41

One vehicle road traffic collision. No fire action required.

Lochinver
Achiltibuie
Scourie
Inverness Station

27/07/2010 21:39

Quantity of rubbish in a skip destroyed by fire. Extinguished using one hosereel jet.

Inverness Station