Current status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 26 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what additional funding would require to be made available to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to implement the expansion of the firefighter role.
There is an in-principle agreement between the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the Fire Brigades Union on role expansion for Scottish firefighters. However, the actual uplift in pay would be subject to detailed negotiation. The cost would therefore be dependent on the outcome of those negotiations.