Flotta Fire Station to close

It has been announced that the Flotta Fire Station will close after the Highlands and Islands Fire Board met in Inverness today.

Highlands and Islands Fire Chiefs had previously recommended the closure.

The Evie Community Response Unit will also cease operations.

The Flotta Station, along with Out Skerries and Foula in Shetland, and Boat of Garten, will all be discontinued after they were deemed to be unsustainable.

OIC councillor Andrew Drever, convener of the Fire Board said:  “Following today’s report to the Board on sustainability and rationalisation and the professional recommendation following the Board’s set criteria, the Board agreed to close four fire stations within the service area, namely Flotta, Foula, Out Skerries and Boat of Garten and six Community Response Units.”