R31 INVERURIE
2 Pump Retained.
Stations
20/1/1981 Constitution Street, INVERURIE. Photo
Firemasters
1978 | Sub Officer James Thom |
Aug 1978 to 27/8/1990 |
Station Officer James Gerrard |
1991 to 30/11/2003 |
Station Officer H. J. Craig |
6/4/2004 | Station Officer Graeme Duncan |
? to | Watch Commander Kev Galashan (there 24/6/2023) |
Appliances
BAV94 | Bedford O/A C Cars | PE | |
BAV607 | Bedford | HrT | |
GLW473 | Austin K2/Home Office | HrT | |
1952? | HSA333 | Commer QX/Miles | WrT |
1956 | NAV575 | Dennis F8/Dennis | P |
NAV577 | Karrier Gamecock/Carmichael | WrT | |
BSA673B | Dennis F36/Dennis | WrT | |
1952/53 |
Received 1 Water Tender | ||
1980 |
Received 1 Ford D1317/Angloco (LSO471W) |
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First |
Second |
Prime |Mover |
1980 |
VSA636L |
LSO471W |
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1990 |
C96RSA |
C95RSA |
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1998 |
L745KRS |
L746KRS |
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2001 | Y536RRS | L746KRS | |
2008 | Y536RRS | L746KRS | P91ERS |
2009 | SV06AFE | SV06EZU | P91ERS |
2015 May | SV12AZB | SV12AZC | |
2020 Oct | SV64AEO | SV64AEU |
VSA636L |
Ford D1013/HCB Angus |
WrT |
LSO471W |
Ford D1617/Angloco |
WrL |
C95RSA |
Dodge G13c/Mountain Range |
WrT |
C96RSA |
Dodge G13c/Mountain Range |
WrL |
L745KRS |
Scania 93M-210/Emergency One |
WrL |
L746KRS |
Scania 93M-210/Emergency One |
WrL |
P91ERS | Scania 94D-220/Multi Lift | PM |
Y536RRS | Scania 94D-220/Emergency One | WrL |
SV06AFE | Scania 230/Emergency One (CP31 10 man cab) | WrL |
SV06EZU | Scania 270/Emergency One (CP31 10 man cab) | WrL |
SV12AZB | Scania P280/Emergency One | WrL |
SV12AZC | Scania P280/Emergency One | WrL |
SV64AEO | Scania P280/JDC | RP |
SV64AEU | Scania P280/JDC (Cobra Cold Cutting Gear fitted) | RP |
Pod on Station 2008
Flood Rescue Unit
Pods on Station December 2008
POD2 Disrobe/Rerobe
Pods on Station 2010
POD2 Welfare Unit Bott
ATV Polaris 700 Ranger Crew Carrier
Brigades
? to 1941 |
Royal Burgh of Inverurie Fire Brigade |
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 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 | |
17 Firemen |
The North Eastern Fire Area Administration Scheme Order, 1952
Equipment | Retained | |
2 Pump Appliances | 2 Section Leaders | |
2 Leading Firemen | ||
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16 Firemen |
Establishment 2000
|
Equipment |
Retained |
|
2 Water Tender Ladders |
1 Station Officer |
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1 Sub Officer |
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|
3 Leading Firefighters |
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15 Firefighters |
Inverurie had a call sign of 75 in Grampian Fire and Rescue Service, this was changed to R31, the new National Call Sign, when the Control at Mounthooly closed on 8/11/2016.
New station opens at Inverurie
<PHOTO> Grampian Firemaster Douglas Close (front left) congratulates Station
Officer James Gerrard (centre) at yesterday’s opening of the new Inverurie fire
station. Divisional Commander Douglas Macpherson (second left) and Deputy
Firemaster Neil Morrison (right) look on.
A new chapter in the long history of Inverurie Fire Brigade began last night
with the official opening of their new £156,000 fire station in Constitution
Street.
Grampian Firemaster Douglas Close told a gathering of the brigade’s past and
present part time firemen and their wives that the new station provided a great
opportunity. He said: “We have a new building in which to operate and new
techniques to learn. This will give the brigade’s morale and efficiency an extra
boost.”
He said the brigade also had one new diesel tender with high pressure hoses as
well as a refurbished vehicle. The replacing of the traditional siren with a
radio paging system would mean a quicker and larger turnout at fires, he added.
One of the problems with the siren had been that the number of firemen who heard
it often depended on the direction of the wind.
Station Officer James Gerrard said later that other benefits the new station
offered included a bigger hose drying tower and a larger drill yard.
Some of the former firemen said they wished they could turn the clock back and
join up again. Mr. William Ramsay (65), 51 Kellands Road, Inverurie, who joined
the town’s fire brigade in 1938 said the new station was “great”.
“It’s a far cry from my early days as a fireman. We used to have to push the
pump on a hand barrow before we got a trailer unit which was pulled by one of
the council’s vans.”
The brigade was housed in premises next to the Town House from 1940 until the
new station, the last of the purpose built stations in Grampian Region, was
completed in December last year.
During last night’s ceremony a 20 year’s service medal was presented by Mr.
Close to Fireman Mr. Michael Ivory, 3 Kellands Avenue, Inverurie. Mr. Ivory is a
guillotine operator at Thomas Tait paper mills.
(Press and Journal Wednesday, January 21, 1981. Page 3. LM edition)
A new 2 bay station was opened in December 1980. Station Officially opened 20/1/1981.
2001 TSA980 is kept in the third bay.
2004 Reserve appliance kept in the third bay.
Station strength at September 2004 1 Station Officer, 4 Leading Firefighters, 8 Firefighters.
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