Turriff

R49 TURRIFF

1 Pump 1 Water Carrier Retained

Stations

6/4/1961 Fife Street, TURRIFF. Photo

Firemasters

1954/5	Sub Officer W Anderson
1960	Sub Officer J. Wilson
1986	Station Officer A. J. Brown
2002	Station Officer Neil Stevenson
2017	Watch Manager Mike Bremner (there 2018)

Appliances

	First	Second	Water Carrier
1962	Dennis F26?	Austin
1980	USA523L	SSA311
1990	RSS282X	WSE294Y
1998	K284FSO	K285FSO
2002	SV02EMJ		P93ERS

SSA311	Dennis F26/Dennis	WrT
USA523L	Ford D1013/HCB Angus	WrL
RSS282X	Dodge G1313/Carmichael	WrL
WSE294Y	Dodge G1313/Fulton aand Wylie	WrT
K284FSO	Scania 93M-210/Emergency One	WrL
K285FSO	Scania 93M-210/Emergency One	WrT
P93ERS	Scania 94D-220/Whale Tankers	WrC
SV02EMJ	Scania 94D-230 CP31/Emergency One	WrL (10 man)

Brigades

? to 1941	?
1941 to 1948	National Fire Service
1948 to 1975	North Eastern Fire Brigade
1975 to 2003	Grampian Fire Brigade
2003 to 2013	Grampian Fire and Rescue Service (name change only)
1/4/2013	Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

Notes

The keys of the 10 man Scania were handed over on 17/6/2002.

The North Eastern Fire Area Administration Scheme Order, 1948

	Equipment	Retained
	1 Towing Unit with Light Pump inside towing Major Pump	1 Section Leader
	1 Towing Unit towing Major Pump	2 Leading Firemen
		17 Firemen

The North Eastern Fire Area Administration Scheme Order, 1952

	Equipment	Retained
	2 Pump Appliances	2 Section Leader
		2 Leading Firemen
		16 Firemen

Turriff is one of only two retained stations in Grampian Fire Brigade with two floors, the other being Aberlour.

A new 2 bay station was opened on 6/4/1961.

Turriff had a call sign of 68 in Grampian Fire and Rescue Service, this was changed to R49, the new National Call Sign, when the Control at Mounthooly closed on 8/11/2016.

An Ambulance is based at Turriff Fire station with 6 staff. (1/11/2023).

New Fire Station

Turrifff’s new Ł13,000 fire station will be opened by Councillor George Roberts, chairman of the North East Fire Board, on Thursday.
(Evening Express, Tuesday, April 4, 1961. Page 5)

TURRIFF LEADS WAY WITH NEW FIRE UNIT

A north-east town is blazing a trail with a new state-of-the-art fire engine.
Turriff has become one of the first towns in Britain to operate a 10-crew, Swedish-built Scania tender. The new unit could prove to be a life-saver. It will get more firefighters to the scene of a blaze earlier.
And Grampian Fire Brigade said today other North-east stations could get a similar appliance.
Deputy firemaster David Dalziel said: "To have increased numbers of firefighters at an incident at an earlier stage will save lives, limit damage and increase firefighter safety."
The majority of fire engines currently operate with a maximum crew of six.
On occasions, however, engines arrive at emergency scenes with less than full crews.
A brigade spokeswoman said today that one other 10-crew appliance was based at Ballater, although it is not a Scania make. She said Turriff had been chosen as an area which would benefit from a 10-crew.
And she revealed the brigade intended siting a similar appliance at Buckie.
Mr Dalziel claimed the new appliance showed Grampian Fire Brigade was committed to providing the best service to local communities.
He said it demonstrated an innovative approach to the brigade's commitment to the North-east.
Assistant firemaster Mike Morrice was due to present the keys of the new fire unit to councillor Alisan Norrie at Turriff tonight
(Aberdeen Press and Journal. 16/5/2002.)

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