First                     Retained                      RRU                                    Supplementary Equipment Vehicle     High Volume Pumping Unit

1954                        GHS529

1972                        JHS808K

1976                        VMS672

1980                        GGG659T           KGA482N                  SHS721M

1983                        EGD272X                                               SGG691W

1989                        C432KDS                                               D377RGG

1994                        H101YUS                                               D377RGG

1996                        N829JSU                                                L155XGE

2003                        J169GUS                                                L155XGE

2003                        SF03OMU                                             L155XGE

2004                        SF03OMU

2005                        SF03OMU                                                                                                SB51XLE

July 2007                SF03OMU                                                                                                SB51XLE                                           WX54VWJ

GHS529                  Dennis F12            (Wooden Merryweather Ladder)                      PE

VMS672                 Bedford TK/HCB                                                                                 WrT

JHS808K                Dodge K850                                                                                          WrL

KGA482N              Dodge K850/Fulton and Wylie                                                          WrL

SHS721M              Ford D0916/Fulton and Wylie                                                           H&FoT

GGG659T               Dodge K1613/HCB Angus                                                                 WrL

SGG691W              Ford A0610/Fulton and Wylie                                                           ESU

EGD272X               Bedford KG/CFE                                                                                  WrL

C432KDS               Dodge G13/Fulton and Wylie                                                            WrL

D377RGG               Ford Transit LWB/SFB                                                                       RRU

H101YUS               Scania G93-210/Emergency One                                                        WrL

J169GUS                Scania G93M-210/Emergency One                                                    WrL

L155XGE                Mercedes 410D/Emergency One                                                       RRU

N829JSU                Scania 93M-220/Emergency One                                                       WrL

SB51XLE                Ford Ranger 4x4                                                                                   SEV

SF03OMU             Scania 94D-260/Saxon                                                                          RPL

WX54VWJ            MAN TG-A 26-363 FDLRC 6x4/Marshall SV                                   PM for HVPU

The SEV tows a trailer with 2 PWCs or a Zodiac MKIII boat.

The first mention of a Fire Brigade in the town of Renfrew is on the 7th January, 1834. The Renfrew Town Fire Brigade was disbanded about January 1920, when fire cover was provided by the County of East Renfrewshire, which had it's Station at Darnley. The Firemaster was Mr. Charles Angus, who later became Firemaster of the combined brigades of East and West Renfrewshire. About 1939, it was agreed to recommend that the County Council and Town Councils of Barrhead, Johnstone and Renfrew accept the principle of entering into a General County Scheme whereby the Fire Brigades at Darnley and Johnstone would be under the control of one Committee which would serve the landward areas of the County and the Burghs of Barrhead, Johnstone and Renfrew.

To return to Renfrew, there were two other fire units, one at the Lobnitz Work, this was a Merryweather steam engine, the other was at the Co-op, what type they had is not known. The Renfrew Town Brigade, had a Rose steam engine and the horses used to pull it were from Walter Johnston, carrier and undertaker, and on occasion the horses from the Cleansing Dept were also used. On one occasion it is known that the City of Glasgow Brigade attended in the Burgh.

The Burgh of Renfrew was covered by temporary premises in the Burgh of Paisley, Sandyford Fire Station was a four bay garage and two pre-fabricated huts. It was also the Training School of the Western Area Fire Brigade. 1949/50.

There was a Sandyford Fire Station, Paisley where drill competitions were held in 1952. This was a 1pump station covering Renfrew and was also the local training school.

What a jolly affair the opening of Renfrewshire's newest Fire Station, at Porterfield Road Renfrew, turned out to be. With fire engines dashing about sounding off their new continental klaxons, the principal guests recalling their boyhood days, when they won badges in the Boys Brigade for firefighting and, the highlight of the proceedings, Dr Dick Mabon, Dr J W Macfarlane and Firemaster Joseph Hartil hoisted to dizzy heights in one of the new snorkel contraptions from the fire station yard.
The fire station-all £79,000 worth of it-had been scrubbed, polished, and preened until every last tile fairly sparkled. And with the fire crews standing by, Dr Mabon had high praise for all Renfrewshire firemen who risk their lives so frequently to save people and property. When he recalled that-as a lad-he had been one of the first to gain the Fireman's badge in the B.B., Provost Stephen Cameron who was to speak next, looked a little perturbed. It turned out that the Provost, too, had been one of the first to get the badge and had it all noted down as part of his speech. Dr J W Macfarlane-who presided-had to admit when his turn came that he could not compete. He had no fireman's badge at all.
After a long service medal had been presented to Sub Officer John Docherty, of 24 Durward Crescent, Foxbar,-who had been with the Paisley Fire Brigade for twenty years-Dr Mabon unveiled a commemorative plaque.
He had suggested, jokingly, that he would like to turn on a hose and baptise the station and he took most folk by surprise when he pressed the alarm bell. In less than twenty seconds two machines were manned and on their way in a spectacular dash from the front doors of the new building, round the block and into the yard at the back.
It was then that such items as the hose-laying machine and the giant snorkel were demonstrated.
<Photo> HAPPY FIREMAN Sub Officer John Docherty of Foxbar after receiving his Long Service Medal.
<Photo> HAPPY GATHERING Firemaster Joseph Hartil, Dr J Dickson Mabon, Dr J W Macfarlane and Provost Stephen Cameron after the opening ceremony at the weekend of Renfrew's new Fire Station at Porterfield Road.
( Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette, Friday December 3, 1965. Front Page.)

<PHOTO> Renfrewshire's newest £80,000 fire station in Broadloan was opened last Friday by the Joint Under Secretary of State, Dr. J. Dickson Mabon. In our picture, Dr Mabon (second from left) is seen standing on the new "snorkel" fire appliance with Dr. J. W. Macfarlane, chairman of the Western Fire Area Joint Committee (2nd from right), Mr Joseph Hartil, the Western Area Firemaster (extreme right), and the new appliance's demonstrator (left)
(Paisley Daily Express, Monday, December 6, 1965. Page 2)

The Western Fire Area Administration Scheme Order, 1948

Strathclyde Regional Council Police and Fire Committee approved disbandment of Retained Unit (No members) 14/8/1980.

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