The Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service (previously Highland and Islands Fire Brigade) (Scottish Gaelic: Seirbheisean Smàlaidh na Gàidhealtachd 's nan Eilean) is the statutory fire and rescue service for northern Scotland, covering the council areas of Highland, Orkney, Shetland, and the Western Isles, and so covering a major part of the Highlands and Islands area. It is the fire service covering the largest geographical area in the United Kingdom (its area is roughly equivalent in size to Belgium), and has its headquarters in the city of Inverness. It will be amalgamated into the single Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in 2013.
The current Chief Fire Officer (as of September 2012) is David Wynne.
The same area of Scotland is covered by the Northern Constabulary.
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“Ye Highlands and ye Lawlands.
Oh! where hae ye been?
They hae slain the Earl of Murray,
And hae laid him on the green.”
—Unknown. The Bonny Earl of Murray (l. 1–4)
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My heart’s in the Highlands, wherever I go.”
—Robert Burns (1759–1796)
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—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)