Search

06 Sept 2025

Chief Scottish fire service officer suspended, according to reports

Chief Scottish fire service officer suspended, according to reports

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service’s chief officer has been suspended, it has been reported.

Martin Blunden is set to be investigated by the fire service over alleged allegations about his conduct, according to the Scottish Sun.

It is understood Ross Haggart, the deputy assistant chief officer, will temporarily take on the role.

Kirsty Darwent, who chairs the Scottish Fire and Rescue Board, said: “We take any allegation against staff members extremely seriously and have robust procedures in place to ensure complaints are fully investigated.

“Any complaint would be considered confidential while being progressed.”

The fire service did not respond to calls about Mr Blunden’s suspension.

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.