There is a mural on the front of the building at the left hand side showing a tractor, a cow and factories depicting the coming together of of the town and country as at that time Sighthill was out in the country.

In 1980 the Establishment was 1 Station Officer, 1 Sub Officer, 2 Leading Firemen and 12 Firemen per watch (4 watches).

Sighthill had a call sign of 31 in Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service, this was changed to K06, the new National Call Sign on 3/5/2017.

June 2021 The Scottish Ambulance Service have a co-location at Sighthill Fire Station.

NEW SIGHTHILL FIRE STATION OPENS TODAY 

Edinburgh’s first suburban fire station, at Calder Road, Sighthill, was to be officially opened this afternoon by Lord Provost J. G. Dunbar. The new station is the forerunner of several that are proposed to serve the new districts.
The building, carried out by the Edinburgh City Architect’s Department, was completed in just over a year.
In planning the new station, a careful study was made of the operational inter-relation of rooms, and the layout is the result of close co-operation between the Department and the Firemaster.
The nerve centre of the new station is the watch room on the ground floor. It is situated in the angle between the muster hall and the appliance room, with observation windows to both these rooms and giving a clear view of the forecourt. All equipment and controls are incorporated in a console in this room.

SLIDING POLE

The central panel comprises chronometer, telephone switchboard, and switch panel for remote control of electrically operated doors, lighting, alarm bells, appliance indicator lights, and master push button. The wing panels contain, on one side, automatic fire alarm systems with provision for future extension, and, on the other, amplifier control unit and street index system.
The dormitory accommodation is located on the first floor above the muster hall, to which there is sliding pole access.
The tower, which is separated from the main block of the fire station by a clear area of drill yards, serves a double function for exercise and training purposes and for hose drying.
The breathing apparatus room has additional heating by infrared heaters to produce high temperature conditions for training purposes.
(Edinburgh Evening News, Thursday, July 6, 1961. Page 5)

Sighthill to retain fire engine 

Lothian and Borders Fire Board yesterday decided to reverse a previous decision to transfer fire engine from Sighthill fire station, Edinburgh, to a station being built at Liberton, after being told by a deputation from the Fire Brigades Union that the move would mean too great a risk for the Sighthill area.
Mr John Cunningham, the Scottish area secretary of the union, told the board in Edinburgh that taking away one of the two pump units would reduce fire cover in the Sighthill and Wester Hailes areas, and produce too long a delay in getting a second appliance to the scene of a fire.
Mr James Anderson, the Firemaster, said that if cuts had to be made in the fire service, another alternative would be to take men from all over the city to man the new station, and to keep in service a fire appliance that was due to be scrapped.
The board decided that Sighthill’s two fire engines should be maintained and that they should seek a meeting with the Scottish Home and Health Department to discuss opening Liberton as an operational fire station.
(The Scotsman, Wednesday, January 7, 1976. Page 9)

Key projects in crisis 

Emergency service projects are having to be shelved because of lack of Government cash, it was claimed today.
In Lothian and Borders, the fire brigade has put back a scheme to replace its appliances until 1994-95 – when the machines will be 15 years old.

Difficult

The report says there are also worries that an essential plan to upgrade Sighthill fire station will not now be completed on time and new training facilities have also been delayed.
(Edinburgh Evening News, Tuesday, August 13, 1991. Page 9)