Legislative History of Fire Services
- 1824: Establishment of municipal fire service in Edinburgh, the first public fire brigade in the UK
- 1885: Creation of Scottish Office transferring administrative (but not legislative) responsibility to Secretary of State for Scotland.
- 1938: Fire Services Act 1938 combined the functions of 185 fire brigades and imposed fire-fighting duties upon local authorities,
- 1941: Fire brigades transferred to National Fire Service (NFS) to form No.11 Region].
- 1947: Fire Services Act 1947 returned fire brigades in Scotland to local authority control, mostly via joint boards. 11 brigades were created resembling somewhat the NFS areas. Section 36 of the Act dealt with its application to Scotland. Parts of the Act remain in force in Scotland.
- 1959: Parts of the UK Fire Services Act 1959 remain in force in Scotland.
- 1975: Fire Service Areas re-arranged from 1947 arrangements to match one or more areas of new local government Regions.
- 1996: Fire Service Area boards mostly recreated as joint boards consequent to local government re-organisation which abolished Regions and made new Council Areas responsible for fire services.
- 1999: Scottish Parliament restored and responsibility for Fire Services transferred from Secretary of State for Scotland to the Scottish Government
- 2005: The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 became the main primary legislation controlling the provision and maintenance of fire-fighting and fire-prevention services, replacing most of the remaining sections of the 1947 and 1959 Acts which dealt with such matters in Scotland.
- 2012: The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 creates a single Police Service of Scotland and Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, in place of the previous eight police forces and fire & rescue services in Scotland.
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