Dumfries & Galloway Fire Brigade was eventually formed, after a fight, from part of the South Western Area Fire Brigade on the 16th May, 1975. At first it was administered by Strathclyde Regional Council, then by Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council. On 1st April 1996 after Local Government reform it was administered by the Dumfries and Galloway Police, Fire and Public Protection Committee.
The Brigade consists of :-
1 Wholetime and Retained station
1 Two Pump and Special Retained station
2 Two Pump Retained stations
12 One Pump Retained stations
Manning :-
21 Water Tender Ladders
1 Aerial Ladder Platform
1 Major Rescue Vehicle
1 Incident Control Unit
1 Incident Support Unit
1 Volunteer Trailer Unit
The Management Team consists of :-
1 Firemaster
1 Deputy Firemater
1 Third Officer
(Divisional Officer DO I)
1 Principle Administrative Officer (Civilian)
1 Commander Operations
(Divisional Officer DO II)
1 Commander Safety
(Divisional Officer DO II)
1 Commander Support Services (Divisional Officer DO II)
The Personnel at 2000 consisted of :-
99 Wholetime Firefighters
191 Retained Firefighters
10 Volunteer Firefighters
15 Control Room Staff
12 Civilian Staff Wholetime
1 Civilian Staff Part time
Headquarters
Brooms Road, DUMFRIES DG1 2DZ
Divisional Headquarters
| A Division | D1 Dumfries |
| B Division | B6 Newton Stewart |
Firemasters
| 16/5/1975 to 15/10/1984 | Firemaster Raymond Holland Thomas |
| 16/10/1984 to 27/12/1994 | Firemaster J.Barry Stiff QFSM GIFireE |
| 1995 to 1998 | Firemaster Andrew Russell MIFireE |
| 1999 to31/3/2002 | Firemaster Dick Ibbotson MSc, MIFireE, FIMgt, FIPD. |
| 1/4/2002 to 2005 | Firemaster David Wynne QFSM, MBA, DMS, MIFireE |
| 2005 to January 2011 | Chief Fire Officer David Wynne QFSM, MBA, DMS, MIFireE |
| 2011 to August 2010 | Temporary Chief Fire Officer Gerry C. Campbell DMS, GIFireE (Returned to DCFO and then retired Dec2010) |
| August 2010 to 27/8/2012 | Temporary Chief Fire Officer Colin Scott MIFireE |
| 27/8/2012 to 31/3/2013 | Acting Deputy Chief Fire Officer Hamish McGie |
As far as I can gather while CFO WYNNE is seconded to H&IFRS the DCFO & ACFO are doing 6 months Temporary CFO with the other covering DCFO.
There were various Firemasters in
Stations
| 1975 | Today | |||||
| Dumfries | WT/RT | D1 | Dumfries | WT/RT | ||
| Annan | RT | A1 | Annan | RT | ||
| Gretna | RT | A2 | Gretna | RT | ||
| Langholm | RT | A3 | Langholm | RT | ||
| Lockerbie | RT | A4 | Lockerbie | RT | ||
| Moffat | RT | A5 | Moffat | RT | ||
| Sanquhar | RT | A6 | Sanquhar | RT | ||
| Thornhill | RT | A7 | Thornhill | RT | ||
| Eskdalemuir | Vol. | Unit Opened 1988 Closed 2/2/1999 | ||||
| Castle Douglas | RT | B1 | Castle Douglas | RT | ||
| Dalbeattie | RT | B2 | Dalbeattie | RT | ||
| Gatehouse of Fleet | RT | B3 | Gatehouse of Fleet | RT | ||
| Kirkcudbright | RT | B4 | Kirkcudbright | RT | ||
| New Galloway | RT |
B5 | New Galloway | RT |
||
| Newton Stewart | RT | B6 | Newton Stewart | RT | ||
| Stranraer | RT | B7 | Stranraer | RT | ||
| Whithorn | RT | B8 | Whithorn | RT | ||
| Unit Opened 1988 | Drummore | Vol. | ||||
| M2AF | Control Room |
In 1988 a Volunteer Unit was also to have opened at Southerness but only two volunteers could be found, so the unit never opened.
Notes
Establishment March 2013
| WHOLETIME | |
|
ROLE |
Actual |
|
Chief Fire Officer |
1 |
|
Assistant Chief Fire Officer |
1 |
| Assistant Chief Officer (non uniformed) | 1 |
|
Area Manager |
2 |
|
Group Manager |
6 |
|
Station Manager (including 1 non operational) |
8 |
|
Watch Manager |
17 |
|
Crew Manager |
12 |
|
Firefighter |
52 |
|
TOTALS |
100 |
| RETAINED | AUXILIARY | CONTROL | SUPPORT STAFF | |||||
|
Watch Manager |
16 |
Watch Manager |
1 |
Watch Manager |
4 |
|||
|
Crew Manager |
36 |
Crew Manager |
1 |
Crew Manager |
4 |
|||
|
Firefighter |
147 |
Firefighter |
4 |
Firefighter |
7 |
|||
|
TOTALS |
199 |
TOTALS |
6 |
TOTALS |
15 |
TOTAL 18 |
News
27/8/2012 Due to the absence on sick leave
of the Chief Fire Officer of Dumfries and Galloway Fire and Rescue Service,
Hamish McGhie has been appointed to the post of Acting Deputy Chief Fire Officer
with effect from Monday 27 August 2012.
Hamish McGhie is now responsible for the operational management of Dumfries and
Galloway Fire and Rescue Service.
These interim arrangements will remain in place until the return to work of the
Chief Fire Officer or the Fire Reform arrangements are implemented in Dumfries
and Galloway, whichever is earlier.
29/7/2009 Dumfries & Galloway were the first brigade in Scotland to go live with the Airwave Communications System when Fergus Ewing launched it today at Dumfries. All Scottish Brigades should have it by the middle of 2010.
The brigade is to change it's name to Dumfries and Galloway Fire and Rescue Service on the 1st April 2005.