Campaigners want u-
A local campaign has been launched to fight against plans to close s fire service control centre in Inverness.
The are fears that moving the 999-
Cllr Charlie Nicolson has arranged a campaign meeting for anyone interested in the Inverness Fire Service Control Centre Petition Group at 5.30pm on Friday in the County Hotel, Stornoway.
The petition to the Scottish Parliament urges an u-
Campaigners say the local knowledge cannot be replicated by computers or persons elsewhere.
The petition points out the Highlands and Islands are an “unique geographical area, with a mountainous terrain and landmass with hundreds of miles of extremely remote coastline, the area involved covers a landmass larger than Belgium.”
It says “our communities are far and wide and each fire station and retained fire station are very diverse in its requirements.
“The Inverness Control Room provides us with a unique understanding and knowledge of the areas and communities they serve, the region’s communities have one of the largest range of dialects anywhere in the UK.
“We also have many native Gaelic speakers, who also have unique dialects. Many roads and house names throughout the region are in Gaelic encompassing unique spellings and phonetics. Its is essential therefore that the people serving this area, know and live here,they have an unequivocally unique empathy for the areas they are providing cover for.”
There is anger that communities were never consulted over the controversial issue.