CENTRAL AREA FIRE BRIGADE
The Central Area Fire Brigade came into operation on the 4th May, 1948 under the Fire Services Act,1947 covering the counties of Clackmannan, Dunbarton and Stirling, and the burghs of Clydebank, Dumbarton, Falkirk and Stirling. The Brigade continued until Regionalisaton on 16th May, 1975 when part of it went into Strathclyde Fire Brigade and the remainder helped form the Central Region Fire Brigade.
Headquarters1948 to 1975 Meiklehill House, KIRKINTILLOCH, Dunbartonshire.
Firemasters
1948 to 1961
Firemaster James
T. Davidson O.B.E.
1962 to 1975
Firemaster Samuel Park
Stations
| 1948 | 1975 | ||||
| East | Falkirk | WT | Falkirk | WT/RT | |
| North | Stirling | WT/RT | Stirling | WT/RT | |
| West | Strathleven | WT/RT | Closed | ||
| South West | Clydebank | WT | Clydebank | WT | |
| North East | Alloa | WT/RT | Alloa | WT/RT | |
| South | Kirkintilloch | WT/RT | Kirkintilloch | WT/RT | |
| Alexandria | RT | ||||
| Arrochar | Vol. | Arrochar | RT | ||
| Balfron | RT | Balfron | RT | ||
| Bridge of Allan | RT | Bridge of Allan | RT | ||
| New RT Unit ? New station 8/11/1973 WT/RT | Cumbernauld | WT/RT | |||
| Cove and Kilcreggan | RT | Cove | RT | ||
| Denny | RT | Denny | RT | ||
| Dollar | Vol. | Dollar | RT | ||
| Dumbarton | RT | Dumbarton | WT/RT | ||
| Falkirk | RT | Closed 1955 & replaced by Grangemouth Road | |||
| Opened 1962 | Garelochhead | RT | |||
| Grangemouth | RT | Closed 1955 & replaced by Grangemouth Road | |||
| Helensburgh | RT | Helensburgh | WT/RT | ||
| Kilbowie | * | Closed ? | |||
| Kilsyth | RT | Kilsyth | RT | ||
| Larbert | * | Larbert | RT | ||
| Lennoxtown | RT | Closed 1/1/1958 | |||
| Milngavie | RT | Milngavie | WT/RT | ||
| Old Kilpatrick | RT | Closed 1949/50 | |||
| Slamannan | RT | Slamannan | RT | ||
| Opened 1968? | Tillicoultry | RT |
* Not yet in operation but to be Retained
Stations Opened
| 3/3/1955 | Falkirk |
| 7/3/1958 | Dumbarton |
| 8/6/1960 | Larbert |
| 25/2/1962 | Clydebank |
| 17/1/1964 | Alloa |
| 12/5/1965 | Stirling (afternoon) |
| 12/5/1965 | Doune (night) |
| 18/7/1967 | Bridge of Allan |
| 12/6/1968 | Tillicoultry |
| 20/11/1968 | Kilsyth |
| 11/6/1969 | Slamannan |
| 23/11/1972 | Garelochhead |
| 8/11/1973 | Cumbernauld |
| 11/9/1974 | Milngavie |
| 7/5/1975 | Helensburgh |
Notes
About 1968 the name was changed to the Central Area Fire Brigade and the cap badge was changed from the normal Scottish one to a split one with the normal badge on the left half and a St Andrew's Cross and Coats of Arms on the right half.