Current status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 31 July 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether all fire stations are stocked with a spare thermal imaging camera.
The equipment used by firefighters is an operational matter for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. SFRS has invested over £600,000 in purchasing 300 new thermal imaging cameras and every front line appliance with breathing apparatus has a thermal imaging camera (TIC). Spare TICs are stored at SFRS Asset Resource Centres rather than in fire stations.