Establishment 20/11/1978

 Establishment 2000

The Staff are split over four watches (Red, Blue, Green and White) working 2 days, 2 nights and 4 days off.
Water Tenders are normally manned 5 and 4 and the Emergency Tender is manned by 2.

The Brigade's Line Rescue Unit is based at Lochgelly. when a call is received requiring the Line Rescue Unit the ET and Ladder (First Appliance) go to the incident as the LRU members are on these two appliances.

Police and Fire Committee Minute Books
FRC/11/1/2     PF99    7/4/1982
The Firemaster reported that the retained stations at North Street, Lochgelly and Union Street, Cowdenbeath were now surplus to the operational requirements of the service.

The wholetime station in Lumphinnans Road replaced Lochgelly and Cowdenbeath retained stations.

FIRE DRILL: the scene on Friday at the official opening of Fife’s newest fire station in Lumphinnans Road, Lochgelly.
The £500,000 station which has been operational for several weeks, was opened, in the presence of a party of invited guests by Councillor W. Coull, chairman of Fife Regional’s Police and Fire Committee.
He described the development as a further step in the programme to provide first class, modern facilities for the Region’s Fire Brigade.
Fife Regional Council Convener, Councillor Robert Gough, presided and a prayer of dedication was given by the Rev. N. R. Macaskill.
There was a photo of crews lined up in front of 3 appliances.
(The Dunfermline Press. 23^rd April, 1982. Page 15.)

Lochgelly had a call sign of A4 in Fife Fire and Rescue Service, this was changed to N02, the new National Call Sign, when Thornton Control closed on 30/3/2016.

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