Fire (Scotland) Act 2005

The Fire Act 2005 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which made certain reforms to fire and rescue services in Scotland.
During the passage of the bill, the Scottish Executive published a draft fire and rescue framework.

Provisions

The act makes dealing with some road traffic accidents and dealing with serious non-fire emergencies a statutory duty of fire and rescue services.
The act allows for more local decision making.
The bill for this act was passed on 23 February 2005 and received royal assent on 1 April 2005.

Reception

The act was criticised by the Scottish chairman of the Fire Brigades Union due to provisions relating to cutting response times to fire alarms from buildings potentially leading to resources being more spread out.