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    The Hawick Paper


    SPECIAL REPORT

    Teries keep pressure on fire service chiefs

    Friday, August 22nd, 2025
    Hawick Community Council vice-chairman Kevin Marsh handed over a petition opposing the fire station’s downgrading to service boss Craig McGoldrick

    Tuesday’s Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) public meetings  were branded “tick-box exercises”, while brigade officials said its proposal for Hawick was already working in around 80 per cent of Scotland. 

    The two meetings, held in the town hall at 2pm and 6pm, attracted a lower than expected attendance of 107, with views being sought on the “service delivery review option” for Hawick.

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