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Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service provides a broad and comprehensive safety service to over 890,000 people living and working within a 2,500 square mile area of the south east of Scotland
This service includes community safety services such as safety checks in the home and advice on fire safety at work, as well as fire safety inspections for businesses.
We also provide the more visible emergency services such as firefighting and rescues from traffic accidents, which most people will know us for.
Our fire crews also carry out rescues from water, especially during the winter when ponds and lakes are frozen and when heavy rain causes flooding.
Arthur’s Seat and the cliffs at North Berwick also present their own challenge every time the Service’s line rescue team is called out to pluck people to safety.
We also provide various levels of training courses. These range from teaching basic fire safety awareness in the workplace to specialist emergency response and firefighting teams.
Our service is delivered through our 36 local fire stations within the areas of five Councils. They are the City of Edinburgh, West Lothian, East Lothian, Midlothian and the Scottish Borders. Our administrative Headquarters are in the heart of Edinburgh.
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