Bishopbriggs will not be Day Manned with houses for firemen but will operate the 3 shift duty system and as a result the establishment will be 3 Station Officers, 2 Sub Officers, 2 Leading Firemen and 16 Firemen. There will also be a retained crew of 2 Sub Officers and 8 Firemen.
(Lanarkshire Fire Committee minutes. 1/12/1971.)
Bishopbriggs new station will be operational soon. (Lanarkshire Fire Committee minutes. 3/10/1973.)
The Station in Hilton road opened between the 24th and 31st of October 1973.
Lanarkshire Fire Brigade Order No.472 shows a lot of transfers to Bishopbriggs with effect 26/10/1973.
Station records show the welfare fund had 10 members till the 27/10/1973 and 24 members from 3/11/1973.
Janice Wilson (wife of Colin Wilson a L/Ff at Bishopbriggs) says the station opened on 17/10/1973.

Apparently in the days of the Lanarkshire Fire Brigade, Bishopbriggs station was known as the “House of Correction” as that was where you were posted if you did anything wrong as it was far out and difficult to get to. 

Bishopbriggs station isn't mentioned in The Lanarkshire Fire Area Administration Scheme Order, 1948. Apparently it was closed by the National Fire Service and reopened by Lanarkshire Fire Brigade in the 1950s.

On the 1^st September, 1949, Bishopbriggs Fire Station was reopened and since that time they have attended 31 calls together with a further 24 calls made by a unit from this station into adjoining Fire Brigade areas.
(Lanarkshire Fire Brigade Annual Report. 1950 – 1951. Page 3.)

In 1961 was a Wholetime Station

<Photo> Pump, 12 men at rear of station.
This is a photograph of Bishopbriggs Fire Brigade taken in 1927. In 1915 a new fire station was opened in Kirkintilloch Road; previously it had been sited in Crowhill Road. The building was situated on the north side and also incorporated a new police station with housing for the constables and their families. The fire station consisted of a garage, washing space, testing tank and hose drying tower. When the building eventually became outmoded a new station was opened in Hilton Road, in 1973.
(BISHOPBRIGGS in old picture postcards by Christine Miller. Page 10)
There is also a photo of the station from the front on Page 73.

<Photo>
The new fire station being built in Bishopbriggs is due for completion in June. Here can be seen the building in its present stage of construction. (Steel girder framework)
(The Kirkintilloch Herald and Bishopbriggs Herald. Wednesday February 28, 1973 Page 5.)

Bishopbriggs' latest asset is due to be completed in mid October.
It is the new fire station in Hilton Road which was started last year despite outcries by residents in Meadowburn, whose back gardens face on to the new building.
Out of the estimated £93,000 cost of constructing the station only £49,260 was used.
Next month the original station, which is adjacent to the police station, in Kirkintilloch Road, is expected to be vacated, but as yet it has not been decided what the old building will be used for.
(The Kirkintilloch Herald and Bishopbriggs Herald. Wednesday September 5 1973 Page 5.)

<Photo> The Fire Station
The new Bishopbriggs Fire Station in Hilton Road opened last week, manned 24 hours a day by full time firemen. Compared with the old fire station at Bishopbriggs Cross, the new building is very luxurious and contains the latest equipment available for fire fighting purposes.
(The Kirkintilloch Herald and Bishopbriggs Herald. Wednesday October 31, 1973 Page 5.)

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