A4 LOCKERBIE

1 Pump Retained

Stations

  Burgh Yard
1937? High Street, LOCKERBIE.
28/2/1991 to Glasgow Road, LOCKERBIE. DG11 2AT                   Photo

 

Firemasters

 

1956 to 1983 Sub Officer William Coupland B.E.M.           (Willie)
1983 to 2001 Sub Officer Charles Fraser Walker M.B.E.
2001 to Sub Officer John James Irving

 

Appliances

1959   Bedford Type B WrT received new
? NCS443 Bedford J5SZ3 WrT
? NCS142G Bedford TJ4L/HCB Angus WrT
1980 RCS7M Bedford TK/HCB Angus WrT
1990 A954HSW Dodge G12C/Mountain Range WrL
1992 F897ASW Dodge G13/Excalibur FRT
1998 H467JSW Scania 93M-210/Emergency One FRT
1999 T332ASW Volvo FL6-14/Emergency One FRT

 T513ASW    Mercedes 815 Atego/Hinds of Carlisle a Fire Safety Exhibition Unit is kept in Bay 2.

Brigades

1941 to 1948 National Fire Service
1948 to 1975 South Western Area Fire Brigade
1975 to Dumfries and Galloway Fire Brigade

Notes

 

A hose cart, helmets and axes were the only equipment needed by the Lockerbie Fire brigade in the last years of the nineteenth century, but many towns were not so well equipped even in the twentieth century.

 

The South Western Fire Area Administration Scheme Order, 1948

  Equipment Retained
  1 Large Trailer pump 1 Leading Fireman
  1 Light Trailer pump 9 Firemen
  1 Towing Vehicle  

 

The South Western Fire Area Administration Scheme Order, 1957

  Equipment Retained
  2 Pump Appliances 1 Sub Officer
    1 Leading Fireman
    8 Firemen

 

2000

  Equipment Retained
  1 Water Tender Ladder 1 Sub Officer
    1 Leading Firefighter
    8 Firefighters

If you know of any mistakes in this or have any additional information please let me know.

 

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