Talk:Scottish Fire Service College

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Names[edit]

There have been several similar names uses for fire training facilities in Scotland.

As far as I can tell Scottish Fire Service Training School (SFSTS), could refer to any of 3 facilities:

SFSTS Moredun (from the 1940s until it closed in 1953)
SFSTS Whitburn (from the 1940s until it closed in 1953)
SFSTS Gullane (open 1954, was renamed in 2002)

The Scottish Fire Service College was the name used between 2002 to 2015 for the facility at Gullane (and I can't see that this term was used at other locations). This article was started in 2012 as Scottish Fire Services College with a description of some of the training and I found a 2007 source, an SQA leaflet, that might account for that.

The amalgamation of eight regional fire services, came into effect on 1 April 2013, with at least two College facilities open at this point.

So it seems that Scottish Fire and Rescue Service College (SFRS College) could refer to any of 3 facilities:

SFRS College Gullane (from 2013 until it closed in 2015)
SFRS College Cambuslang (opened 2013 and is also known as: Scottish Fire and Rescue Service National Training Centre; Uaill Training Centre)
SFRS College Portlethen (which was designated a Brigade Training centre previously)

A comma is sometimes used after SFRS College before the location.

I had started a separate article on the SFRS College Gullane but have redirected it here. Drchriswilliams (talk) 18:12, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]