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Residents rescued from blaze at flat in Perth
Monday 22.2.10
Fifteen people, including a three week old baby, have been rescued from their homes at a block of flats in Perth after an early morning fire.

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Oil refinery procedures tightened up
Monday 22.2.10
PROCEDURES AT an oil refinery in Dundee have been “tightened” following an investigation into two fires in the same tank within days of each other.

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Training to offer care in ‘inner cordon’
Monday 22.2.10
AS PARAMEDICS rush to the aid of bus passengers injured in a road accident deafening gun shots ring out.

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Fire Services Get Extra £24m to Modernise
Monday 15.2.10
Fire services across Scotland are to get an extra £24.6million, it was announced yesterday. The Scottish Government said the money would help pay for specialist equipment and develop training facilities as well as building and modernising fire stations around the country.

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Tragic A9 lorry man named
Monday 8.2.10
THE A9 INVERNESS to Perth road was closed to traffic north of Pitlochry yesterday after a “much-loved” lorry driver lost his life in a horrific crash.

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Closer bonds urged to cut blaze deaths
Monday 8.2.10
Closer bonds must be forged between the fire service and alcohol and drug agencies in order to drive down the blaze death toll in Tayside, the Tele was told today (writes Graham Huband).

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BID TO SUSPEND PROCESS FAILS
Monday 8.2.10
A BID by Carnoustie and District councillor, Helen Oswald, to bring to a halt the consultation process with regard to changes to manning at Balmossie Fire Station was unsuccessful at Monday\'s meeting of Tayside Fire and Rescue Joint Board in Perth on Monday.

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T in Park gets licence until 2012
Monday 8.2.10
MEASURES TAKEN by organisers of T in the Park have helped ensure that the festival will remain in Kinross-shire for at least the next three years.

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Douglas blaze drama
Monday 8.2.10
A major gas alert was sparked today after a Dundee householder threw away a lit cigarette and caused a fire in his back garden (writes Graham Huband).

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Fife facing £58m gap in council funding
Monday 8.2.10
FIFE COUNCIL is facing a budget black hole of over £58 million by 2012-13, the authority’s finance chief has warned.

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