Dumfries & Galloway Fire Brigade was eventually formed, after a fight, from part of the Western Area Fire Brigade on the 16th May, 1975. At first it was administered by Strathclyde Regional Council, then by Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council. On 1st April 1996 after Local Government reform it was administered by the Dumfries and Galloway Police, Fire and Public Protection Committee.

The Brigade consists of :-

1 Wholetime and Retained station
1 Two Pump and Special Retained station
2 Two Pump Retained stations
12 One Pump Retained stations

Manning :-

21 Water Tender Ladders
1 Aerial Ladder Platform
1 Major Rescue Vehicle
1 Incident Control Unit
1 Incident Support Unit
1 Volunteer Trailer Unit

The Management Team consists of :-

1 Firemaster
1 Deputy Firemater
1 Third Officer                                     (Divisional Officer DO I)
1 Principle Administrative Officer    (Civilian)
1 Commander Operations             (Divisional Officer DO II)
1 Commander Safety                     (Divisional Officer DO II)
1 Commander Support Services    (Divisional Officer DO II)

The Personnel at 2000 consisted of :-

99 Wholetime Firefighters
191 Retained Firefighters
10 Volunteer Firefighters
15 Control Room Staff
12 Civilian Staff Wholetime
1 Civilian Staff Part time

Headquarters

Brooms Road, DUMFRIES DG1 2DZ

 Divisional Headquarters