R51 ALFORD
1 Pump Retained
Stations
? to 1946? |
Wooden shed, Hayes Lane, ALFORD Photo |
1946? to |
Bank Brae, ALFORD. Photo |
Firemasters
1960 |
Sub Officer Jim. T. Murray |
|
Sub Officer Norman Brown |
? to 15/12/1981 |
Sub Officer Jock Milne |
? to 31/8/1987 |
Sub Officer Alan G. Murray (there in 1983) |
| 1987 to 2002 | Sub Officer Jim A. Pirrie |
| 2002 to 2005 | Sub Officer Doug Craik |
| 2005 to ? | Sub Officers Doug Craik and Gary Shearer sharing OIC and working back to back shifts as both Wholetime. |
| ? to June 2022 | Watch Commander Doug Craik |
| June 2022 to | Watch Commander Duncan Elliot (there 18/6/2024) |
2009 Rank to Role now Watch Managers.
Appliances
| 1946 | Wooden Cart | ||
| ? | BAV434 | Bedford/Gregory Uxbridge Limousine | HrT |
| 1953 | HSA334 | Commer QX/Miles | WrT * |
| 1974? | YSA625 | Dennis F26/Dennis | WrT |
| 1980 | XSA130M | Dennis F48/Dennis | WrL |
1980 |
XSA130M |
Dennis F4488/Dennis |
WrL |
1990 |
RSS281X |
Dodge G1313/Fulton and Wylie |
WrL |
2000 |
M991PSS |
Scania 93M-220/Emergency One |
WrL |
| 2009 | SV53CNY | Scania 94D-230/Emergency One (10 man cab) | WrL |
| 2024 July | SV65KLO | Scania P280/Polybilt/JDC | RP |
* Preserved and a working pump at Bridge Inn, RATHO.
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 North Eastern Fire Area Administration Scheme Order, 1948
| Equipment | Retained | |
| 1 Towing Unit with Light Pump inside towing Major Pump | 1 Leading Fireman | |
| 1 Towing Unit | 9 Firemen |
The North Eastern Fire Area Administration Scheme Order, 1952
| Equipment | Retained | |
| 1 Pump Appliance | 2 Leading Firemen | |
| 8 Firemen |
The police used to ring a large bell above No. 6 Ashgrove Road to summon the firemen to a call, then a siren was installed on the apex of the station roof which was sounded during the day and at night bells rang in the firemen’s houses (these bells were tested daily). The siren was then moved to the top of the drill tower where it still summoned the firemen until modern technology replaced it for calling out the firemen with pagers or pocket alerters, although the siren remained as part of the Early Warning System for quite some time.
1972 The station was refurbished and the accommodation wing on the right of the bays added.
LSA9 a Dennis TL (preserved) is kept in the second bay.
Alford had a call sign of 86 in Grampian Fire and Rescue Service, this was changed to R51, the new National Call Sign, when the Control at Mounthooly closed on 8/11/2016.
If you know of any mistakes in this or have any additional information please let me know.
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