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EIR/202600517943 · FOI/EIR · partially withheld

Impact of increased wildfire incidents on the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service: EIR release

Published
2026-10-26
Received
2026-05-25
Responded
2026-06-16
Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate
Topic
Public safety and emergencies, Public sector
Exemptions
10(4)

Information requested

Please provide any internal reports, risk assessments, or briefings from 2020 to present that discuss the impact of increased wildfire incidents on the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service’s operational and funding model, crewing levels, specialist equipment procurement and station cover.

Please provide post-incident reports and cost breakdown of all firefighting operations to combat wildfires from 2020 to present.

Response

I enclose a copy of the 1 document (see Annex A) we found to be within scope of your request, with limited redactions applied. While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because exemptions under regulations 10(4)(e) internal communications and 11(2) personal data of the EIRs apply to that information.

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Detected exemption language

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because exemptions under regulations 10(4)(e) internal communications and 11(2) personal data of the EIRs apply to that information.

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