The Angus Fire Area Administration Scheme Order, 1958

                                                Equipment                                                             Wholetime

                                                1 Turntable Ladder                                              3 Station Officers
                                                3 Pump Appliances                                              5 Sub Officers
                                                1 Other Operational Vehicle                               5 Leading Firemen
                                                                                                                                47 Firemen

Establishment 2000

                                                 Equipment                                                             Wholetime

                                                2 Water Tender Ladders                                     4 Station Officers
                                                1 Aerial Ladder Platform                                     4 Sub Officers
                                                1 Emergency Tender                                            12 Leading Firefighters
                                                                                                                                56 Firefighters

Manning WrLs 5 and 4, ET 3 and ALP 2 min crew per watch 14. The Establishment is split over 4 watches, Red, White, Blue and Green working an average of 42 hours per week on a 2 days, 2 nights and 4 days off rota.

DUNDEE’S NEW FIRE STATION

Formal Opening of £7000 Building Today

The new northern district fire station in Strathmore Avenue, Dundee, will be formally opened today by Mr. Wm. Reid, convener of the Police and Fire Brigade Committee. The function will be attended by the members of the Town Council.
The extension of house building in the north of the city created a need for a sub station in the district, and the site chosen will enable the brigade to reach Lochee and the Downfield area with the minimum of delay.
The new station, which has cost approximately £7000, contains all the latest equipment and appliances. It is a tribute to the “handymen” of the fire brigade that a great deal of the preparatory work within the station has been done by members of the staff.
Motorists know to their cost how reluctant motor engines are to start in the middle of a cold winter night. This does not apply to fire engines.
By a clever arrangement the central heating scheme keeps the water cooling system of the engines at a temperature which ensures instantaneous starting.
The heating system was carried out under the superintendence of Mr Barry Cuthill, engineer and manager of the public baths and wash houses.
Behind the main building is a well equipped repair shop.
There are six three-roomed houses for the accommodation of the staff, and these dwellings, like the station itself, are of the most up to date type.
(A Dundee Newspaper Wednesday, November 9, 1932.)

DUNDEE FIREMEN’S DISPLAY

NEW NORTHERN STATION OPENED

Service Medals for Members of Brigade

Dundee Town Councillors and officials became “fire minded” yesterday, when the new Northern Fire Station in Strathmore Avenue was formally opened by Mr. William Reid, convener of the Police and Fire Brigade Committee.
Great interest was taken in the machines and up to date fittings of the station, and several visitors were tempted to make a rapid descend on the “greasy poles” which lead from the living quarters to the engine room.
The Northern Fire Brigade made their first turnout when Lord Provost Buist pushed the bell alarm and Convener Reid pulled open the doors of the station. The firemen slid down the poles and were immediately at their posts ready for duty.
The company and a large gathering of the public witnessed an excellent exhibition of firefighting by the brigade under Firemaster Weir.
The turntable fire escape was seen at work, and a fireman perched on top of the escape at the dizzy height of 70 feet held a telephone conversation with Convener Reid, who advised him to “come down as quickly as possible.
”Dramatic “rescues” were affected with life saving apparatus and jumping sheets, and there were demonstrations of smoke helmets, chemical fire extinguishers, and the use of “fire snow” on petrol.

Medals Presented

Lord Provost Buist presided, and among those present were Firemaster Galloway, Ayr, and Firemaster Inverarity, Kilmarnock, both former members of Dundee Fire Brigade.
The Lord Provost said they had a most conscientious official in Captain Weir. They realised to the full their indebtedness to him.
Mrs Reid, wife of the convener, then presented service medals granted by the Professional Fire Brigade’s Association, on the recommendation of Captain Weir, to several members of the brigade.
The recipients were Deputy Firemaster Mackay, over 25 years’ service (with bar); Fireman Thomas Johnston, over 25 years’ service (with bar); William Forbes, 18 years’ service; Colin Davidson, 18 years’ service; J. A. Robertson, 16 years’ service; George Brand, 16 years’ service.
Mrs Weir, on behalf of the staff, thereafter presented Mrs Reid with a box of chocolates decorated with a picture of the new fire station.
Convener Reid, in declaring the station open, said he knew it would be of great service and he also knew it was one of the things the firemaster had very near his heart. (Applause.)

Long Service

In a speech after tea had been served the convener mentioned that the firemaster had the second longest service in the Corporation. The town clerk, he believed, was the only official who had had a longer service. They hoped the city would have the benefit of Captain Weir’s services for some years yet. (Applause.)
He wanted to say that the members of the brigade were an exceedingly good lot, and had never given him a minute’s trouble since he took over the convenership.
The fireman’s life was one that carried with it big risks, and they had not an eight hour day, but a 24 hour day with a seven day week. They were a credit to the city. (Applause.)
Referring to the brigade’s appliances, the convener said that a firemaster of one of the biggest brigades in the country had recently congratulated Captain Weir on his station arrangements, and had said he knew of nothing that could beat Liverpool and Dundee. (Applause.)
The new station, continued Convener Reid, was on the latest lines and they had endeavoured to do everything that would really tend to shorten the time required for the brigade turning out. He hoped the station would fulfil all that was expected of it and remain long a credit to Dundee.
On behalf of the contractors, Mr. Thomas C. Stocks presented Convener Reid with a unique miniature of a fireman’s helmet, suitably inscribed, as a memento of the occasion.

Half the Time

Captain Weir said that they had waited long for the new fire station. When the great development took place in the north end of the city it became a necessity. It would enable them to get to Downfield in half the time they formerly took, and would allow them to turn out two machines to every call.
He thanked Mrs Reid for presenting the medals – the first time he had seen a lady presenting medals to firemen.
Ex-Lord Provost Johnston said that they looked on the station as a great acquisition to the Seventh Ward, and particularly as an improvement to the amenity.
Mr. R. J. Larg, who was convener of the department when the idea for a northern station originated, congratulated Captain Weir on the station that had been created.
Bailie J. G. Fraser also spoke. Convener and Mrs Reid were thanked on the call of Mrs S. G. Fraser, and a similar compliment was paid the Lord Provost on the call of Bailie R. Loggie.
(A Dundee newspaper, Thursday, November 10, 1932.) 

Macalpine Road station went operational in 1990

<PHOTO> 2 Volvos and a Turntable Ladder. (Photo not on site)

Lined up in front of the fire engines at the new base are (from left) – Fifefighter Ian McCandish, Leading Firefighter Gill Sharp, Tayside Regional Council convener George Buckman, Councillor Smith, Firemaster Derek Marr and Firefighter Kevin Culloch.
The new £1.3 million Tayside Fire Brigade station in Macalpine Road, Dundee – home of the busiest operational base in the entire network – was opened yesterday.
The imposing facility in Ardler, just off Kingsway West, with its striking scarlet girders and pale brickwork, came on line three months ago and is home to two Water Tenders, a Turntable Ladder Unit, an Emergency Tender and 76 firefighters.
On top of it’s firefighting role in Dundee, the Northern Fire Station, is the operational and administrative H.Q. for “A” Division of the brigade – the entire city and all of Angus.
The opening ceremony was performed by Councillor Bill Smith, convener of Tayside Region’s Police and Fire Committee.
The base, in the north west of the city, took on the responsibility of the old Northern Fire Station in Strathmore Avenue when it closed down at the end of last year.
As well as an operational and administrative complex the new station has enhanced training facilities on site and will house the fire prevention service.
(The Courier and Advertiser, Wednesday, March 13, 1991. Page 5.)

1949/50 Approved or under construction, extension to existing premises at fire station, Strathmore Avenue, Dundee, consisting of workshops, garages, hose and drill tower, billets, recreation and messing accommodation, stores, etc.
1958/59 The new Dormitory Block which was approved at the end of 1958 has proved itself a valuable asset to this Station. The prefabricated huts which it replaced have been demolished and the site cleared.
1959/60 Permission having been obtained to proceed with the adaptation of the disused pole drop at this Station for use as a hose drying tower, work on this project was undertaken by the Direct Labour Department and is now well advanced.

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