R27 FRASERBURGH
2 Pump Retained.
Stations
1931 Mid Street, FRASERBURGH.
2000 Dennyduff Road, FRASERBURGH. Photo
Firemasters
<1931 | Mr Alexander (Burgh Surveyor) |
1931 to 1938 | Mr Hamilton (Burgh Surveyor) |
1938 to 1939 | Mr Meldrun (Burgh Surveyor) |
1939 to | Firemaster Elrick |
1960 |
Sub Officer J. Rufford ? |
1971 | Sub Officer George Watt |
? | Sub Officer Peter Ritchie |
? | Sub Officer Ronald Hutcheson |
? to 13/10/1988 |
Station Officer Victor J. Marsh (Vic) (there in 1983) |
? | Station Officer Jim Henderson |
2009 | Watch Manager John Anderson BEM QFSM |
? | Watch Manager Kenneth McLennan |
2021 | Watch Commander Malcolm Slater (there 13/5/2024) |
John Anderson was there 2009, awarded QFSM 2000 and BEM 2020 aged 69.
Appliances
1900s to 1931 |
Wheelbarrow |
22/9/1930 to end WWII |
AV4203 Rolls Dennis * |
1931 |
Dennis Self Propelled Pump |
1939 |
Dennis Self Propelled Pump and an Appliance with a Trailer Pump. |
1980 |
Received 1 Ford D111317/Angloco |
* Preserved in Lothian and Borders Fire Museum in Laurieston Place, 2007.
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First |
Second |
Rescue Unit |
Prime Mover |
1980 |
PSA90J |
EAV435D |
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1990 |
WSE291Y |
WSE292Y |
B999KSO |
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1998 |
J448XSO |
J449XSO |
B999KSO |
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2000 |
J448XSO |
J449XSO |
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2001 | Y538RRS | J448XSO | ||
2003 | Y538RRS | M992PSS | H291SSA | |
2005 | Y538RRS | M992PSS | SV54DWY | |
2008 | Y538RRS | M992PSS | ||
2011/7/25 | SV57BPY | Y538RRS | ||
2016 July | SV11ATF | SV57BPY | ||
2020 Oct | SV12AZB | SV12AZC |
2001 Pods for the Prime Mover are
Damage DCU4, Rescue HRU4 and Support ISU4.
2008 SV54DWY was moved to Elgin and the Pods returned to HQ,
EAV435D |
Dennis F36/Dennis |
WrT |
PSA90J |
Ford D6-00/Carmichael |
WrL |
WSE291Y |
Dodge G1313/Fulton and Wylie now Mountain Range(RTA) |
WrL |
WSE292Y |
Dodge G1313/Fulton and Wylie |
WrT |
B999KSO |
Dodge G10c/Mountain Range |
RU |
H291SSA | Scania 93M-210/Multilift | PM |
J448XSO |
Scania 93M-210/Reliance Mercury |
WrL |
J449XSO |
Scania 93M-210/Reliance Mercury |
WrT |
M992PSS | Scania 93M-220/Emergency One | WrL |
Y538RRS | Scania 94D-220/Emergency One | WrL |
SV54DWY | Scania 94D-230/Multi Lift | PM |
SV57BPY | Scania P270/Emergency (CP31 10 man cab) | WrL |
SV11ATF | Scania P230/Emergency One (CP31 10 man cab) | WrL |
SV12AZB | Scania P280/Emergency One | RP |
SV12AZC | Scania P280/Emergency One | RP |
Brigades
? to 1941 |
Fraserburgh Fire Brigade |
1941 to 1948 |
National Fire Service |
1948 to 1975 |
North Eastern Fire Brigade |
1975 to 2005 |
Grampian Fire Brigade |
2005 to 2013 | Grampian Fire and Rescue Service (name change only) |
1/4/2013 | Scottish Fire and Rescue Service |
Notes
A new station was built in 1959.
The North Eastern Fire Area Administration Scheme Order, 1948
Equipment | Retained | |
1 Self propelled Pump | 1 Section Leader | |
1 Towing Unit with Light Pump inside towing Major Pump | 2 Leading Firemen | |
1 Towing Unit towing Major Pump | 17 Firemen |
The North Eastern Fire Area Administration Scheme Order, 1952
Equipment | Retained | |
2 Pump Appliances | 1 Company Officer | |
1 Section Leader | ||
2 Leading Firemen | ||
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16 Firemen |
Fraserburgh had a call sign of 70 in Grampian Fire and Rescue Service, this was changed to R27, the new National Call Sign, when the Control at Mounthooly closed on 8/11/2016.
Fraserburgh Fire Brigade
The origin of the Fire Brigade
in Fraserburgh is rather obscure. It is known that in the early part of the
century the Fire Brigade equipment consisted of a hand-barrow with stand-pipes
and a few lengths of leather hose.
This was the position immediately prior to 1931, the responsibility for the Fire
Brigade being that of the Burgh Surveyor of the day, at that time a Mr.
Alexander. The 12 firemen were also Town Council employees.
In 1931 the Council purchased its first motor driven fire appliance – a Dennis
machine with a Braidwood body, having a built-in self-propelled pump. The Burgh
Surveyor at this time was a Mr. Hamilton. It is understood that on the day the
new fire appliance was installed a fire call was received but that as the
machine was not fully equipped and immediately available, a call for assistance
had to be sent to rivals and near-neighbours Peterhead – much to the chagrin of
the local firemen.
The location of the Fire Station in Fraserburgh at this time was in Mid Street
and the method of calling-out the firemen was by sounding the Gas Works horn –
even in the middle of the night! Call bells, however, were installed in the
firemen’s houses in 1936.
Mr. Meldrum who succeeded Mr. Hamilton as Burgh Surveyor then took over the
responsibility of the Brigade just prior to the 1938 Fire Brigade Act coming
into force. Under the new scheme, which embraced the whole of Aberdeen County, a
second fire appliance and trailer pump was purchased for Fraserburgh to cover
the county district. (Although delivery of the new appliance was not received
until after the commencement of the war.) About this time too, the Auxiliary
Fire Service came into being for a possible war emergency.
When war came in September 1939, the early days saw quite a few air raids on the
East Coast of Scotland, particularly in the North East, and it was soon realised
that the duties of the Burgh Surveyor and Firemaster had to be divorced were the
two to function efficiently in face of the added hazards brought about by war.
Consequently the first whole time Firemaster to be appointed was Mr. Elrick,
previously a part time fireman, and in a short period he was given a small
nucleus of whole time men from which to develop a bigger Brigade.
Fire Brigades throughout the country had hardly settled into the new
organisation set-up brought about by the 1939 Act when the formation of the
National Fire Service in 1942 resulted from the need to adapt the organisation
and method to meet the problems set up by intensive incendiary attacks on our
cities.
DAL/SDC 18th September 1959
Copied from a display board in Fraserburgh Fire Station.
2001 Scottish Ambulance Service crews now operate from this station but their vehicles are parked outside.
If you know of any mistakes in this or have any additional information please let me know.
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