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Are you confident that those vehicles will be deployed fully and that they are safe?

Okay. Thank you.

For clarification, because perhaps not everybody knows this, is it correct that the FRSA largely represents on-call firefighters, who used to be known more commonly as retained firefighters, whereas the FBU mostly tends to focus on full-time firefighters?

My next question is on your deeply concerning evidence about decontamination facilities and the fact that they are causing demonstrable ill health among your members and possibly causing early deaths. Yesterday, the Government announced £500 million in funding cuts to public services across Scotland. What impact will that have on your quest to get the facilities sorted out?

What percentage of your front-line officers do not have those facilities?

Is it not wildfire season now?

I just want to clarify something that Tim Kirk said. Mr Kirk, you were talking about wildfires and firefighters potentially having to drive an hour and a half to get to decontamination facilities. Surely they will be using their own vehicle. Is that correct?

Can you give an approximate percentage?

You both have some of each, obviously, but the FRSA mostly represents the more rural areas of Scotland, whereas the FBU more typically represents the central belt and other urban areas. That is a bit of a crude distinction, but I think that it is more or less fair, and that will dictate my line of questioning.

It was 10 months ago that the FBU produced its “Firestorm” report, which made 50 recommendations. How many of those recommendations has the Scottish Government and/or the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service accepted and, of those, how many have been implemented?

Okay.

I have another question that might apply to all of you. Given the dire and dangerous conditions and the lack of decontamination facilities—issues that have been known about for quite some time now—is there any likelihood of legal action being taken? Is that being considered?