Barra Airport

BARRA AIRPORT

2 Rapid Intervention Vehicles

Stations

? to 1978 Wooden Terminal Building. (No Fire station?)

1978 to New Terminal Building incorporating fire station Photo

1997 Terminal building extended and gave more facilities to firefighters.

Officer in Charge

1994 to 1998 Sub Officer Keith Rendall

1998 to Sub Officer Michael Galbraith

Appliances

1964 Red Appliance

? Yellow Bedford Appliance

Fire 1 Fire 2 Fire 3 Reserve Ops 1 Ops 2

1980? FSJ268V

1995 RSK398W CYT672V CYT673V

1998 P136HST P137HST P138HST P814FAS N137CAS

CYT672V Stonefield P5000/Carmichael 6x6 RIV

CYT672V Stonefield P5000/Carmichael 6x6 RIV
FSJ268V Stonefield 6x6 Airfield Rescue Tender

RSK398W Chubb Spearhead 4x4 RIV

N137CAS Land Rover 110 Ops2

P136HST Land Rover Defender 127/Carmichael 6x6 RIV

P137HST Land Rover Defender 127/Carmichael 6x6 RIV

P138HST Land Rover Defender 127/Carmichael 6x6 RIV

P814FAS Land Rover 110 Ops 1

Two of the P reg Land Rovers are on the run and one is at Benbecula for servicing, they constantly rotate.

Notes

? to 1994 Loganair

1994 to Highlands & Islands Airports Fire Service

This is a CAT 2 airport.

Establishment 2003

2 Rapid Intervention Vehicles 1 Sub Officer

2 Land Rover 2 Leading Firefighters

4 Firefighters

Minimum crew is 4. The officers work a 35 hour week from 09-00 to 17-00 and the firefighters work a 31½ hour week from 8-15 to 16-15.

The appliances sit at 45 degree angles in front of the station during landing and take offs except in weather warnings when they go onto the beach.

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