1996/97 Got an LDV

2000/2001 unit upgraded. Upgrades to units involves equipping them with Breathing Apparatus, Firefighting Uniforms, Road Traffic Accident Rescue Equipment, Pagers and Fire Engines appropriate to the needs of the local area.

With the new brigade structure introduced in the summer of 2003 the 3 Divisions were re-organised into 2 Commands North and South, Aultbea was put into North Command. Call signs remained the same.

On 1st April 2005 along with 61 other units Aultbea was upgraded to a Retained Unit, drilling one night per week and receiving a retaining fee.

Aultbea had a call sign of B44 in The Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service, this was changed to T40, the new National Call Sign, when the Control at Inverness closed on 6/12/2016 and moved to Dundee.

OPENING CEREMONY

Saturday 31st October 2009

1400 hours

Chief Fire Officer’s Welcoming Address: 

Welcome to all our guests and friends at the opening of the newly built Fire Station at Aultbea.
The Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service is determined to make our communities safer. Our Firefighters at Aultbea do this through providing Community Safety advice and an Emergency Response Service that is second to none. In recent years the station and its personnel have gone through a challenging period of change and development. They have been proactive and determined in shaping their own future and it is testament to the Firefighters, their supporters and the good community spirit in Aultbea, that the Unit is currently thriving and providing an excellent service from its new station in the heart of the village.
I admire the resilience and resourcefulness of the team in Aultbea and I am absolutely confident that in the years to come they will continue to grow and develop and be an important community resource. Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service is a community based organisation and the Firefighters could not provide the commitment they do without the support of their families.
The Fire Board work hard to secure the necessary resources to fund the service and I am pleased that our Convener Richard Durham is here to open the station.
Many thanks to everyone for attending and supporting our very special team here in Aultbea. 

Brian A Murray
Chief Fire Officer 

•              DISTRICT OFFICER’S INTRODUCTION:
                Group Manager Lewis MacLennan

•              CHIEF FIRE OFFICER’S ADDRESS
                Brian A Murray 

•              OFFICER IN CHARGE’S ADDRESS:
                Watch Manager John Chisholm

•              OFFICIAL OPENING:
                Mr Richard Durham
                Fire Board Convener 

•              STATION BLESSING:
                Reverend Jeremy Ross

•              BUFFET for 1500 hours
                Aultbea Hotel

HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE 

HELPING MAKE THE

HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS A SAFER AND BETTER PLACE TO LIVE 

www.hifrs.org

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