Editing Arbroath (section)

==Public services==
Water is supplied by [[Scottish Water]] from [[Loch of Lintrathen|Lintrathen]] and [[Backwater Reservoir|Backwater]] reservoirs in [[River Isla, Perthshire|Glen Isla]]. Electricity distribution is by [[Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who's my network operator? |url=https://energynetworks.org/customers/find-my-network-operator |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=Energy Networks Association |language=en}}</ref>

Waste management is handled by [[Angus, Scotland|Angus Council]]. A kerbside [[recycling]] scheme has been in operation since May 2004. Cans, glass, paper and plastic bottles are collected on a weekly basis. [[Composting|Compostable material]] and non-recyclable material are collected on alternate weeks.<ref name="kerbside">[http://www.angus.gov.uk/services/view_service_detail.cfm?serviceid=1304 Angus Council kerbside Recycling Scheme] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607014629/http://www.angus.gov.uk/services/view_service_detail.cfm?serviceid=1304 |date=7 June 2011}} angus.gov.uk; retrieved 7 September 2008.</ref> Roughly two-thirds of non-recyclable material is sent to [[landfill]] at Angus Council's site at Lochhead, Forfar and the remainder sent for [[incineration]] (with [[energy recovery]]) outside the council area.<ref>[http://www.angus.gov.uk/localplan/localplansection37.pdf Angus Council local plan section 37] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607014648/http://www.angus.gov.uk/localplan/localplansection37.pdf |date=7 June 2011}}, angus.gov.uk; retrieved 7 September 2008.</ref> A recycling centre is at Cairnie Loan<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arbroath recycling centre |url=https://www.angus.gov.uk/directories/recycling_centres/arbroath_recycling_centre |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Angus Council |language=en}}</ref> and there are a number of neighbourhood recycling facilities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neighbourhood recycling points |url=https://www.angus.gov.uk/bins_litter_and_recycling/recycling_sites/neighbourhood_recycling_points |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=Angus Council |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, Angus Council achieved a 57.9 per cent recycling rate — the highest by any Scottish council<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Graham |date=12 December 2021 |title=Angus tops Scottish league as council recycles more than 30,000 tonnes of waste |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/angus-mearns/2818206/angus-tops-scottish-councils-recycling-league/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=The Courier |language=en-GB}}</ref> — compared with 34.7 per cent for 2007–2008.<ref name="kerbside"/>

Healthcare facilities were developed in the 19th century. In 1836 a dispensary was set up by subscription to give medical care to the poor. In 1842 a typhus epidemic led to a small isolation ward. [[Arbroath Infirmary]], also financed by subscriptions, opened in 1845 and relocated to larger premises in 1916.<ref name="Infirmary">{{Cite web |title=THB 20 Arbroath Infirmary |url=http://arccat.dundee.ac.uk/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=714&dsqSearch=%28%28text%29%3D%27arbroath%27%29 |access-date=11 August 2017 |website=Archive Services Online Catalogue |publisher=University of Dundee}}</ref> Medical facilities continue to be provided at Arbroath Infirmary on Rosemount Road by [[NHS Tayside]]<ref>[http://www.nhstayside.scot.nhs.uk/patients/hospital/ARBROATH_INF.shtml Arbroath Infirmary], nhstayside.scot.nhs.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2008.</ref> and further afield at [[Ninewells Hospital]], Dundee.<ref>[http://www.nhstayside.scot.nhs.uk/patients/hospital/ninewells.shtml Ninwells Hospital], nhstayside.scot.nhs.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2008.</ref> The Abbey Health Centre in East Abbey Street and Springfield Medical Centre in Ponderlaw Street provide primary health care. Arbroath, along with the rest of Scotland is served by the [[Scottish Ambulance Service]].<ref>[http://www.scottishambulance.com/about_us/default.asp Scottish Ambulance Service] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719163318/http://www.scottishambulance.com/about_us/default.asp |date=19 July 2008}}, scottishambulance.com; retrieved 7 September 2008.</ref>

[[Police Scotland]] have a police station in Gravesend<ref>[http://www.tayside.police.uk/ Tayside Police] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222005405/http://www.tayside.police.uk/ |date=22 February 2011 }} tayside.police.uk; retrieved 7 September 2008</ref> and the town is served by [[Scottish Fire and Rescue Service]].<ref>[http://www.taysidefire.gov.uk/ Tayside Fire and Rescue Service] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922035355/http://www.taysidefire.gov.uk/ |date=22 September 2008 }}, taysidefire.gov.uk; Retrieved 7 September 2008.</ref>

A lifeboat station was established in 1803 and was among the first in Scotland.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Leech |first=Nicholas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oAyoAwAAQBAJ&dq=Arbroath+lifeboat&pg=PT59 |title=The Lifeboat Service in Scotland: Station by Station |publisher=[[Amberley Publishing]] |year=2013 |isbn=9781445613512 |language=en |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> The current [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution|RNLI]] station houses the only remaining Scottish slipway-launched lifeboats.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arbroath Lifeboat Station |url=https://rnli.org/find-my-nearest/lifeboat-stations/arbroath-lifeboat-station |access-date=25 January 2023 |website=RNLI Lifeboats}}</ref> The two lifeboats are an inshore inflatable [[D-class lifeboat (IB1)]], the ''Robert Ferguson'', and an all-weather [[Mersey-class lifeboat|Mersey Class]], the ''Inchcape''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arbroath's lifeboats |url=https://rnli.org/find-my-nearest/lifeboat-stations/arbroath-lifeboat-station/arbroath-lifeboats |access-date=26 January 2023 |website=[[RNLI]]}}</ref>