PRESTWICK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FIRE SERVICE
Perstwick airport first opened as a grass airport on the 1st May 1935. It stayed as a grass airport until the 1st October 1941when it opened as an airport with a runway. The main runway is 31 and in 1952/53 a short runway was built. The main runway used to cross the main road at the beach end and traffic on the main road used to be stopped to allow the planes to land or take off.
Stations
| 1935 | Orangefield House? |
| ? to 1964 | Slightly north and west of present station. |
| 1964 to | To the north of Runway 31. Photo |
Senior Airport Fire Officer
2005 to D.O. McKerrell
Appliances
| MLM686 | Humber | RT (LR L4V?) |
| SXT106 | Thornycroft NM/Sun Fire Engineering | FoT |
| SXT108 | Thornycroft NM/Sun Fire Engineering | CrT |
| SXT131 | Thornycroft NM/Sun Fire Engineering | WrT |
| VXN880 | Bedford RLHC/HCB | ET |
| 230BLR | Bedford RLHC/HCB | LET |
| YYF485H | Thornycroft NM/Locomotors | CrT |
| LYW171P | Thorntcroft NM/Gloster Saro | CrT |
| HYP908W | Reynolds Broughton/Gloster Saro Javelin | CrT with platform |
In 1987 they also had
OYW961R Pursuer RIV
MHM954L TNM/Carmichael
MYL636P Gloster Saro
Metro Staff Car
Above from Andy Anderson.
1980s RSD976Y Metro Car (SAFO's car)
1982 OYW961R Chubb Spearhead 4x4
1983 FIRE 2 Gloster Saro Javelin
1990s FIRE 4 HYP908W Gloster Saro Javelin
| FIRE 1 | FIRE 2 | FIRE 3 | FIRE 4 | FIRE7 | SPARE | |
| 1987 | C803XDG | ACD899Y | A583BUF | |||
| 1999 | M45ASJ | C803XDG (Fire 10) | A380JDD (Fire 3) | A381JDD (Fire7) | A583BUF (Fire 5) | |
| 2005 | L49VYS | SG52XHK | SG52XHJ | SG52XLK | M45ASJ | WFG862Y |
| ACD889Y | Gloster Saro Javelin | CrT |
| WFG862Y | Gloster Saro Javelin | CrT |
| A380JDD | Gloster Saro Javelin | CrT |
| A381JDD | Gloster Saro Javelin | CrT |
| A583BUF | Gloster Saro Javelin | CrT |
| C803XDG | Gloster Saro Simon Meteor | RIV |
| L49VYS | Land Rover Discovery | |
| M45ASJ | Toyota Hilux 2.4D | |
| SG52XHJ | Carmichael Cobra 2 | CrT |
| SG52XHK | Carmichael Cobra 2 | CrT |
| SG52XLK | Carmichael Cobra 2 | CrT |
Notes
| ? to 31/3/1992 | British Airports Authority |
| 1/4/1992 to ? | Prestwick International Airport |
| ? to | Infratil Airports Europe Limited (IAEL) |
Prestwick is a CAT 7 airport and can be upgraded to CAT 9 by bringing in 3 staff to man the spare appliance which takes on the call sign FIRE 6. Each watch has eleven staff, with a minimum of nine on duty to man the appliances
FIRE 2 3 (Watch Commander +2)
FIRE 3 3 (Sub + 2)
FIRE 4 2 (Watchroom attendant + his relief)
FIRE 7 1 (L/Ff)
In the event of a fire in the Terminal building Fire 7 is sent to investigate along with Fire 3, they will deal with the incident until the arrival of the Local Authority Brigade when they will hand over the incident to them as their primary concern is the aircraft and if they stay to deal with the fire the Category of the airport has to be downgraded and a NOTAM issued resulting in a pilot having to decide to land with reduced fire cover or divert to another airport.
Establishment 2005
1 Divisional Officer
5 Station Officers
5 Sub Officers
5 Leading Firefighters
27 Firefighters
Total 43 Staff
2016
There are four watches of 11 Firefighters, consisting of a Station Commander, a Watch Commander, 2 Crew Commanders and 7 Firefighters. There are 3 Fire Appliances (Cobra 2?)