Lothain and Borders Fire Brigade was formed on the 16th of April
1975,after Local Governmet re-organisation, from the South Eastern Area Fire Brigade with
the exception of Bo'ness which went to Central Region Fire Brigade.
The brigade has thirty six fire stations of which ten are wholetime, three are wholetime
and retained and twenty three are retained. These stations run a total of fifty eight
appliances made up of forty nine Water Tender Ladders (including Water Tender Ladders
Rescue appliances) two Turntable Ladders, one Hydraulic Platform, one Aerial Ladder
Platform, one Control Unit, 1 Emergency Tender, one Heavy Rescue Vehicle and two Incident
Support Units.
At two pump stations the brigade used to run a Water Tender Ladder and a Water Tender, but
the Water Tender are being phased out and the stations are running with two Water Tender
Ladders as machines are replaced.
Headquarters
1993 Central Fire Station, Lauriston Place, EDINBURGH EH3 9DE.
Firemasters
| 1975 to 1980 | Firemaster James Anderson |
| 1980 to 1984 | Firemaster William Kerr |
| 1985 to 1989 | Firemaster Richard J Edmonds |
| 1989 to 1994 | Firemaster Peter Scott QFSM |
| 1994 to 2002 | Firemaster Colin Cranston GIFireE |
| 2002 to | Firemaster Brian Allaway |
Stations
| 1975 | 1999 | |||||
| Lauriston | WT | Replacement station 18/4/1986 | 30 | Tollcross | WT | |
| Sighthill | WT | 31 | Sighthill | WT | ||
| 20/5/1976 | 32 | Liberton | WT | |||
| Dalkeith | WT | 33 | Dalkeith | WT | ||
| Galashiels | 34 | Galashiels | WT/RT | |||
| Hawick | 35 | Hawick | WT/RT | |||
| 36 | Newcraighall | WT | ||||
| Penicuik | RT | 37 | Penicuik | RT | ||
| West Linton | RT | 38 | West Linton | RT | ||
| Peebles | RT | 39 | Peebles | RT | ||
| Innerleithen | RT | 40 | Innerleithen | RT | ||
| Selkirk | RT | 41 | Selkirk | RT | ||
| Newcastleton | RT | 42 | Newcastleton | RT | ||
| Melrose | RT | Closed 31/8/2007 | 43 | Melrose | RT | |
| New Unit 1/9/2000 | 44 | Lauder | RT | |||
| Jedburgh | RT | 45 | Jedburgh | RT | ||
| Kelso | RT | 46 | Kelso | RT | ||
| Coldstream | RT | 47 | Coldstream | RT | ||
| Duns | RT | 48 | Duns | RT | ||
| Eyemouth | RT | 49 | Eyemouth | RT | ||
| Junction Place | WT | 17/6/1966 | 50 | McDonald Road | WT | |
| Stockbridge | WT | 51 | Crewe Toll | WT | ||
| London Road | WT | 52 | Marionville | WT | ||
| Musselburgh | 53 | Musselburgh | WT | |||
| Bathgate | WT/RT | 54 | Bathgate | WT/RT | ||
| New Unit 21/3/1969 | 55 | Livingston | WT | |||
| Unit formed ? | 56 | Fire Investigation Unit | WT | |||
| 57 | Not Used | |||||
| South Queensferry | RT | 58 | South Queensferry | RT | ||
| Broxburn | RT | 59 | Broxburn | RT | ||
| West Calder | RT | 60 | West Calder | RT | ||
| New Unit 13/4/1974 | 61 | Whitburn | RT | |||
| Linlithgow | RT | 62 | Linlithgow | RT | ||
| 63 | Not Used | |||||
| Tranent | RT | 64 | Tranent | RT | ||
| Haddington | RT | 65 | Haddington | RT | ||
| 66 | Not Used | |||||
| East Linton | RT | 67 | East Linton | RT | ||
| North Berwick | RT | 68 | North Berwick | RT | ||
| Dunbar | RT | 69 | Dunbar | RT | ||
| M2ZF | Control Room |
Stations opened
| STATION | OPERATIONAL | OFFICIAL OPENING |
| Liberton | 20/5/1976 | |
| Broxburn | 6/11/1976 | |
| Innerleithen | 13/10/1977 | |
| West Calder | 23/4/1978 | |
| Jedburgh | 19/4/1979 | |
| Selkirk | 23/8/1979 | |
| Kelso | 23/10/1980 | |
| South Queensferry | 14/5/1981 | |
| Melrose | 17/9/1981 | |
| North Berwick | 18/3/1982 | |
| Tollcross | 18/4/1986 | |
| Bathgate | 24/4/1992 | |
| Newcraighall | 9/12/1994 | |
| Lauder | 1/9/2000 |
News
16/6/2007 In the Queen's Birthday Honours 2007, Watch Manager Gale Coates of Eyemouth Fire Station was awarded the Queen's Fire Service Medal.
In the 2005 to
2010 Integrated Risk Management Plan the Brigade are going to close Mussleburgh
wholetime station and move the pump to a new Community Fire Station which will
be built in the Wallyford area. This station will also house the Incident
Support Unit which is presently based at Marrionville. The opening of this new
station will also result in the closure of Tranent retained station.
McDonald Road wholetime station will close and be replaced by a one pump
wholetime station in North Leith and one pump wholetime station in South Leith.
It is likely in the next fiscal year the Brigade will replace one pump and the
hydraulic platform with a ‘combi’ appliance. The Training School will be
relocated to a new purpose built site.
Marionville wholetime station will close and the pump will move to Newcraighall
and the Incident Support Unit to the new station in the Wallyford area.
Penicuik will get a new team of wholetime staff supporting the retained staff
and working a new shift pattern.
Whitburn will get a new team of wholetime staff supporting the retained staff
and working a new shift pattern.
Duns will get a new team of wholetime staff supporting the retained staff and
working a new shift pattern.
The second wholetime pump at Livingstone will become retained crewed.
The retained station at Melrose will close and cover will be provided by
Galashiels wholetime/retained station.
The third retained pump at Hawick will be removed.