Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterFire chiefs are delighted with a decline in incidents across Dumfries and Galloway – but warned that these positive stats are “skewed”.In the past year, the number of fires were down, firefighters were called out to fewer incidents overall, while road traffic callouts and false alarms all decreased too.However, Lucy Donaldson, Annandale and Eskdale station commander, explained that the marked change in figures in 2020/21 is directly down to the pandemic.Businesses being closed, fewer cars on the road, and lockdown restrictions on travel and socialising has had a direct impact on fire services.Station Commander Donaldson, who lives in Moffat and took over
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