R12 GIRVAN
1Pump Retained
Stations
| ? to 10/10/1955 | Lawson's Garage, Vicarton Street, GIRVAN |
| 10/10/1955 to | Piedmont Road, GIRVAN, KA26 0DR Photo |
Firemasters
1972 Sub Officer R. J. E. Browne
2000? to Sub Officer Sam Adams
Appliances
| FCS521 | Commer QX/Miles | WrE | |
| 1974 | VCS164 | Bedford TK/Dennis Miles | WrT |
| 1983 | KGE454N | Dodge K850/Fulton and Wylie | WrL |
| 1989 | OGD84V | Bedford TKEL/HCB Angus/CSV/Fulton and Wylie | WrL |
| 1993 | E142XDS | Scania G82M/Fulton and Wylie | WrL |
| 1998 | H105YUS | Scania 93M-210/Emergency One | WrL |
| 2004 | P938SGE | Scania 93M-220/Emergency One | RPL |
Notes
| ? | Girvan Fire Brigade? |
| 1941 to 1948 | National Fire Service |
| 1948 to 1975 | South Western Area Fire Brigade |
| 1975 to 2005 | Strathclyde Fire Brigade |
| 2005 | Strathclyde Fire & Rescue (Name change only.) |
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Equipment |
Retained |
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1 Self Propelled Pump |
1 Leading Fireman |
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1 Light Trailer Pump |
9 Firemen |
The South Western Fire Area Administration Scheme Order, 1957
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Equipment |
Retained |
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2 Pump Appliances |
1 Sub Officer |
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1 Leading Fireman |
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8 Firemen |
Establishment 2000
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Equipment |
Retained |
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1 Water Tender Ladder |
1 Sub Officer |
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1 Leading Firefighter |
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8 Firefighters |
Official opening of station 15/11/1956 (occupied 10/10/1955)
GIRVAN’S NEW FIRE STATION OPENED
<PHOTO> of the station.
Although Girvan has had a fire engine since 1939, it has not had a fire station.
With the completion of the new building at Piedmont Road this has now been
remedied and yesterday the town’s first fire station was opened by Provost S.
McCulloch.
The station is constructed of red brick and is modern in design and equipment.
With an eye to the future and the needs of an expanding town the station has
been so built that an addition may be easily made to it without this being
obvious. The station contains a watchroom, muster room, a fire engine bay, a
wash room, and an equipment room. Outside there is a large yard for fire drill
practice and a hose drying tower.
The building is centrally heated and the floor of the watch room has been
carried out in wood blocks. Other floors are of cement. The interior is brightly
decorated throughout.
In the muster room with its rows of fireman’s helmets, boots and clothing, there
is an air of efficiency. A similar impression is gained in the equipment room
where gleaming brass equipment for hoses is neatly arranged on shelves. In the
bay stands the pump and escape – better known to the layman as the fire engine –
which was new about four years ago and which, until the station was completed,
was housed in a local garage. The watchroom contains a very detailed map of the
district. Every tiny cot-house has been included.
For the opening ceremony the burgh gardeners had decorated the front of the
station with flowers and plant pots.
(The Ayrshire Post, November 16, 1956. Page 11)
GIRVAN FIREMAN’S PRESENTATION
Mr. R. Mitchell, Piedmont Road,
Girvan, who has been a member of Girvan fie brigade for some time and who is
leaving the town to make his home in Canada, was presented with a dinner gong
bearing an inscription from his fellow firemen at a function held on Thursday
last week. Station officer P. Morrison, Ayr, handed over the gift on behalf of
the members of the Girvan brigade.
(The Ayrshire Post, November 16, 1956. Page 20)
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