999 services to tackle fireworks disorder with joint centre on Bonfire Night in Glasgow

Officers from Glasgow City Council, Scottish Fire & Rescue and Police Scotland will be based in the facility on Friday and Saturday, November 4 and 5, to coordinate the joint response to any issues.

The council’s network of Public Space CCTV cameras will monitor the situation and mobile CCTV vans will also be deployed around the city.

Police officers within the operations centre will also link directly with Greater Glasgow division’s operation moonbeam events room to coordinate the deployment of specially trained officers.

This is the first year that all the services involved in the bonfire and fireworks response will be physically based together in the centre.

Registered social landlord, the Wheatley Group, will also be linked in virtually to highlight any problems reported by their tenants.

In the last five years, around 60 people in Scotland were treated in hospital for firework-related injuries and more often than not, it is children who are injured.

Operation Centre partners (Image: Glasgow City Council)

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Councillor Elaine McSporran, Glasgow’s safety champion, said: “We want everyone to have a safe and enjoyable Bonfire Night. This new joint operations centre will ensure a rapid, coordinated response to any bonfire or fireworks-related incidents.

"In recent years, the partners have worked increasingly closely around November 5 and having the teams physically based together in the operations centre, with the oversight offered by the CCTV cameras, will enhance that partnership even further.

"I’m sure communities will benefit from this new strategy and urge residents to support all the services by reporting unlit bonfires or any they seem under construction ahead of the night.”

Concerned residents can report unlit bonfires via the MyGlasgow app, on the council website or by calling 0141 287 9700.