79 BRIDGE OF DON

1 Pump Wholetime.  CLOSED

Stations

1/9/2003 to 19/2/2005                           Staff and appliance based at Central Fire Station (96) until new station built.

Appliances

1/9/2003 to 19/2/2005                           X991NSA               Scania 94D-220/Emergency One                        WrL

Brigades

2003 to 2003                                  Grampian Fire Brigade

2003 to 2005                                  Grampian Fire and Rescue Service (name change only)

Notes

The appliance with call sign 791 is the former second pump from North Anderson Drive which has been relocated to the Bridge of Don to the north of Aberdeen. This new station has not yet been constructed, but its appliance and station staff are currently being accommodated at Central fire station, which previously covered the Bridge of Don area.

A new station is required at Bridge of Don as Grampian Fire Brigade are unable to meet the the response times for that area.

19/2/2005 Bridge of Don temporary station closed and the appliance moved back to North Anderson Drive as a second machine.

29/4/2005 Grampian Fire Board decided that the new stations at Bridge of Don and Kingswells would not go ahead following the move away from the former National Standards of Fire Cover to a risk based assessment. Both these areas are low/very low risk areas.

Establishment 2003

                                                                                            Equipment                                                                             Wholetime

                                                                                            1 Water Tender Ladder                                                      4 Sub Officers

                                                                                                                                                                                           4 Leading Firefighters

                                                                                                                                                                                           20 Firefighters

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