Home   News   Article

Firefighters remove 30 bags-worth of rubbish from Mosset Burn, Forres


By Garry McCartney

Easier access to your trusted, local news. Subscribe to a digital package and support local news publishing.



Click here to sign up to our free newsletters!
Forres Fire Station crew commanders Davie Raeburn and Russell Campbell hard at work in the burn.
Forres Fire Station crew commanders Davie Raeburn and Russell Campbell hard at work in the burn.

A TEAM of firefighters spent half a day clearing rubbish from a local river to raise awareness of the emergency service and encourage prospective employees.

From 11am-3pm on Sunday, May 1, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) watch manager Stuart Donald and 11 colleagues at Forres Fire Station cleared the Mosset Burn from Forres Academy, Burdsyard Road to the Mosset Tavern, Invererne Road - the crew carry out the task every year to do their bit for the environment while raising their profile and offering safety advice and home fire safety visits.

Crew Commander Davie Raeburn explained that at any one time there were four firemen in the water and four on the bank, one driver and another crew member providing advice and taking names for home fire safety visits.

The rubbish the team cleared was loaded up and taken to Moray Waste Busters.
The rubbish the team cleared was loaded up and taken to Moray Waste Busters.

He said: "We collected around 30 bags full of rubbish. There were the usual plastic bottles and discarded food wrapping ... as well as a shopping trolley, traffic cones and mobile phones!

"Unfortunately there was also a marked increase in discarded face masks."

He added: "We usually finish at the Mosset duck pond but due to the silt build up, we could only clear the edges there."

Davie confirmed his team is short of firefighters.

He said: "Our numbers are very low. On-call firefighters jobs are advertised on myjobscotland."

See https://www.myjobscotland.gov.uk/emergency-services/scottish-fire-and-rescue-service/jobs/rds-firefighter-aberdeenshire-moray-66809?fbclid=IwAR382M5zhlV4nvsqD8BryGVzcndq4DmX6uNPWeV52ax94ufar9AmTe1gUrg

For more information about home fire safety visits see https://www.firescotland.gov.uk/your-safety/at-home/home-fire-safety-visit



Do you want to respond to this article? If so, click here to submit your thoughts and they may be published in print.



This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies - Learn More