Highland MP launches petition to save 999 room
Local Lib Dem MP Danny Alexander has called on the Scottish Government to halt plans to close the Fire and Rescue service control room in Inverness and launched an on line petition to prevent its closure.
The Scottish Fire Service has confirmed that it is considering plans to re-locate both Inverness and Aberdeen controls to Dundee.
The Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey MP said: "This is yet another example of vital services and jobs being lost to the Highlands through the SNP's drive for centralisation.
"It is vital to keep the control and co-ordination of our Fire and rescue services as close to the communities they serve as possible.
"This move could mean staff with little or no knowledge of our communities and geography being asked to make vital decisions.
"Scottish Liberal Democrats warned more than two years ago that this was the danger of the SNP plans but they chose to go ahead regardless.
"Now that danger has become a reality I will be seeking talks and doing everything I can to prevent this vital facility being lost to the Highlands.
"I will also be launching a petition to highlight to the Scottish Government how strongly we feel about this issue in the Highlands."
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