* 6 male and 1 female who joined 25/9/2001

A new Station opened in February 1959?

Laurencekirk had a call sign of 93 in Grampian Fire and Rescue Service, this was changed to R35, the new National Call Sign, when the Control at Mounthooly closed on 8/11/2016.

Another Step

Last week's opening of a new fire station at Laurencekirk marked another substantial step in the modernisation of the fire services at the smaller centres. That process has been going on for some years now throughout the country, and it is safe to say that never was the margin between the full time service, provided in urban areas, and the part time service with which rural areas must rest content, so narrow as it is today.
Indeed, when one considers that our part time firemen are either widely scattered about their daily tasks, or snug in bed resting from their labours when the alarm goes, the time that elapses ere they are on their way to action is well neigh incredible and reflects the utmost credit on them as individuals and on the organisation of which they are part.
No doubt a good deal of money is spent on the upkeep of the fire service but it is an expenditure with which no one in their senses would cavil. It is by no means disproportionate to the advantage which it confers upon the community.
(Mearns Leader, March 6, 1959. Page 3)

NEW FIRE STATION 

Laurencekirk’s new fire station, built at a cost of just under £8,000 was opened by Viscount Arbutthnott, chairman of the North East Fire Area Joint Board and convener of Kincardine County Council. Following the official opening, demonstrations were given by the local unit of the National Fire Service.
(The Mearns Leader, January 8, 1960. Page 7)

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