Issue - meetings

Update by Scottish Fire and Rescue

John Sweeney provided a breakdown of incidents relating to the OLI area for quarter 4 of 2018/19 noting there was a spike in false alarm numbers and an increase in special service incidents but overall incident numbers remained low.

He highlighted activities taking place within local communities including ongoing fire safety visits requesting that partner agencies refer anybody classed as vulnerable, a multi-agency exercise on Mull and Tiree was recently undertaken and was a very successful event and a partnership community engagement week was also very successful.

John Sweeney noted the recent passing of Graeme McCracken who would be a massive loss to the Oban Community.

Decision

The Oban, Lorn and the Isles Area Community Planning Group agreed:

1.    To note the contents of the information provided and;

2.    That the Area Committee Manager include concerns raised by the Group regarding the remoteness of the Dalavich area for emergency response times and the suggestion of a volunteer fire crew for the area in the highlight report to the next meeting of the CPP Management Committee.

(Ref: Verbal update by Scottish Fire and Rescue dated 8 May 2019, submitted)