In a welcome development, Fife Council employees will be instructed to carry sandbags in their car boots at all times ready for deployment to flood affected communities.

A Transportation Services spokesman commented:

Fife Council employees are dedicated to serving the citizens of Fife. We learned some very important lessons from last years floods, many of which have fed into our emergency planning strategy. The sandbags initiative is the first of many innovative approaches to dealing with emergency incidents.

This vital initiative will be put in place over the summer months to ensure we have sandbags spread throughout the Kingdom in time for the expected heavy autumn rainfall. No resident of Fife should be any more than 200m away from a sandbag that will be deployed by a Fife Council employee who has been specially trained on sandbag placement techniques.

Freuchie Flood Action Group welcomes this new concept in flood protection.

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