Fire Service
Scottish Parliament Written answers, 4 November 2009
Richard Baker (Labour) | Question S3W-28165
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will commit to (a) maintaining or (b) increasing the number of firefighters on the front line in the future years.
Fergus Ewing (Scottish National Party)
Decisions on current and future resourcing requirements within the fire and rescue service are entirely for local government to take.
It is clear that local government will be operating within a more challenging economic climate in the future and the Scottish Government have made clear our expectation that spending decisions should protect frontline services wherever possible.