2004 - Archived News
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October 2004 |
Thurso Fire Station |
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Personnel from Thurso Fire Station held an event over Halloween weekend which raised over 1000 pounds for local charities, please Click here for Information on Thurso Station |
| 29 October 2004 |
Ten casualties in north road accident |
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(Shown above is the crash on the A9 near Evanton) |
Three People were taken to hospital following a two-vehicle accident on the A862 between Dingwall and Cromarty at 1.15pm. A further two people were taken to Raigmore Hospital 10 minutes later in another car accident involving two vehicles on the main road near Daviot Church. No more than two hours later a third accident occured on the A9 near Evanton involving two vehicles, there were Five people injured. Fire crews were called out and used cutting gear to remove the doors of one vehicle to provide access for paramedics. Four people were taken to Raigmore Hospital by road ambulance while one man was airlifted from the crash scene. Police closed one carriageway of the road while the vehicle and debris were removed from the scene. It was reopened less than two hours later. |
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29 October 2004
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Retirement Presentations - LFf Bill Stewart and LFf Bill Greig |
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Presentations were made to Leading Firefighters Bill Stewart and Bill Greig, both from the Driver Training Section, by ADO Alan Clark, on the occasion of their retirement from the Brigade, after 30 years service.
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| 21 October 2004 | Road accident |
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A road accident was attended to by the Lochboisdale Auxiliary Highland and Island Fire Brigade.
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5 November 2004 |
Charity Leap of Faith for Ronnie |
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Inverness Firefighter, Ronnie MacDonald, completed a parachute jump to raise funds for research into Alzheimers. He raised £911 for the charity. |
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28 September 2004 |
Additional Funding for Highland & Islands Fire Brigade |
| Highland and Islands Fire Brigade are absolutely delighted with the announcement by the Scottish Executive that an additional £4million is to be made available this year. The money will address national pay increases, fund pay parity for Retained personnel and enable the Brigade to upgrade staff at 61 station locations from Auxiliary status to Retained. |
Firemaster Brian Murray stated that: "This increase in funding will result in the Highland and Islands being safer and better able to deal with emergencies than ever before. A determined effort over many years to improve our service by the Fire Board, the Brigade and the Firefighters who serve rural communities has brought about this transformation. It has been achieved in partnership with the Scottish Executive, the constituent Authorities in Highland, Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles as well as the Health and Safety Executive. It is very good news for the people of the Highland and Islands." |
| 17 September 2004 | Publication of Statutory Performance Indicators 2003/2004 |
Highland Council
Each year the Highland Council has a statutory duty to present indicators which compare their performance over the last 12 months with that of the previous year. This is required by the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (Section 13). This information will be available from Friday 17 September 2004 at the following locations throughout the Highland Council area.
Council Service Points
Council Libraries
Council Area Managers Offices
Council Headquarters Inverness Reception
The information can also be accessed online at your local library free of charge. The information is also available on the Highland Council's website: www.highland.gov.uk
Highland & Islands Fire Brigade
The Statutory Performance Indicators for the Highland and Islands Fire Brigade will be available from Friday 17 September 2004, at Council Service Points and Libraries in Shetland, Orkney and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Council areas and will be available on the Brigade's website.
Click here for the information.
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10 September 2004 |
National Fraud Initiative |
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Highland and Islands Fire Board has a duty to protect the public fund it administers. To this end from time to time it may use information provided to it for the prevention and detection of fraud and share it with other bodies concerned with public funds solely for these purposes. The Board will be participating in an anti-fraud initiative organised by Audit Scotland and being carried out under powers in section 100 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and section 53 of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003. Under this the Board will be required to provide details of employees to appointed auditors so that they can be compared with other information provided by the Board and by other public bodies to ensure that public funds are being paid only to persons who are entitled to them. For example, a comparison with housing benefit records to ensure that employment income is declared. While a key objective of the exercise is the detection of fraud, similar exercises have uncovered underpayments and other errors, which were rectified. These exercises, therefore, help ensure the best use of public funds. |
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28 August 2004 |
World Firefighter Games |
| Three members of the Brigade are heading to the World Firefighter Games. They are:
Mick Bond (Inverness) - Triathlon Cherie Pumphrey (Inverness) - Climbing Dominic MacAdam (Inverness) - Mountain Biking We wish them the Best of Luck with their competitions. |
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26 August 2004 |
Fire Board Meeting |
| The Fire Board Meeting was held in Orkney on Thursday 26 August 2004. |
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August 2004 |
New Paging Systems |
| Scourie and John O'Groats have been successfully integrated with the new paging system (GD92) format. |
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July 2004 |
Firemaster's Commendation |
| Sub Officer A J MacAughtrie, Bonar Bridge Auxiliary Unit has been awarded with the Firemaster's Commendation Award |
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