Area Covered

Tayside Fire and Rescue covers an area of 7,500 square kilometres, comprising of predominantly rural areas, but with urban centres in Dundee and Perth. The population of this area is 392,000 people. Within the service area there are two universities which increase the population of Dundee by approximately 23,000 for parts of the year. The economy has historically been based around journalism, manufacturing and sea based industries. Whilst these are important, there has recently been an increase in research and development sectors.

Tayside Fire and Rescue employs over 700 personnel. Of these 409 are operational wholetime firefighters, 236 are retained firefighters, and 24 volunteer firefighters. There are 21 members of the control room and 58 support staff.

There are 24 stations located within the area. There are 4 wholetime stations, 2 wholetime/retained stations, and 15 are staffed through the retained duty system. There are also 3 stations that are staffed by volunteers. There is a fleet of 50 appliances, including urban search and rescue (USAR) equipment, and other specialist response and service delivery units and vehicles.