This station replaced D29 Irvine.

1980 to 2005    Strathclyde Fire Brigade

2005 to 2013    Strathclyde Fire & Rescue (Name change only.)

1/4/2013            Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

The Foam Salvage Tender was moved to Kilmarnock on the 20th March 2004 as it will be getting replaced by a Major Incident Unit and MIUs have to be put to 2 Pump stations as there is a greater amount of staff there.

When the new call signs were being implemented in the WEST SDA over a 7 week period beginning 31/8/2020 doing 1 LSO Area per week, Dreghorn was changed from R04 to G03.

21/12/2022    An Ambulance is now stationed at Dreghorn double manned over two shifts 7 to 7. The Ambulance is kept outside.

May 2923. The Vauxhall CSUs were withdrawn from service at the beginning of  May as there was overloading on the axles. Until replacements arrive CSU cover for the west will be from the CSU at Bellshill.

Establishment 2000

There are four wholetime watches Red, White, Blue and Green and the wholetime staff are divided by 4 to get the establishment for each watch.

Establishment 2004

There are four wholetime watches Red, White, Blue and Green and the wholetime staff are divided by 4 to get the establishment for each watch.

OFFICIAL OPENING

Dreghorn Fire Station

By Councillor Charles O’Halloran, J.P.,
Convener, Strathclyde Regional Council,
on Monday 22nd December, 1980.

Order of Proceedings

Guests Assemble 

Platform Party Assemble 

Introductory Remarks
Councillor James Jennings, J.P.
Chairman, Police and Fire Committee 

Unveiling of Commemorative Plaque
Councillor Charles O’Halloran, J.P.
Convener, Strathclyde Regional Council 

Dedication
Rev. Peter M. Houston, F.Ph.S.
Strathclyde Fire Brigade Chaplain 

Vote of Thanks
Councillor Elliot Grey

As the new town of Irvine began to develop through the early and mid 1970’s, it became obvious that the existing fire fighting facilities would experience severe strain in coping with the rising number of fire calls imposed by the increasing area and population, if they were not augmented.
In fact at one point the retained station at West Road, Irvine, was attending approximately 377% more calls than other retained units in similar areas.
To rectify this imbalance, the fire authority in power at the time began to evolve plans for a new wholetime station. In 1975 the Strathclyde Regional Fire Authority inherited those plans and in conjunction with the Strathclyde Fire Brigade and the Architect’s Department at Ayr Sub-Region built the new fire station which would take over the bulk of the fire fighting and fire prevention work for the area. 

SITE
This new Fire Station is situated at the western end of the village of Dreghorn, in a commanding position and well within the designated boundaries of Irvine New Town.
The station faces north onto Coarsehill Mount Road, which forms part of the old A7l Kilmarnock Irvine Road, and is hounded on the south by Long Drive and the new A71 Dreghorn By-pass: on the west by the Newmoor Interchange and on the east by an open grassland area leading to the boundary of Dreghorn Village.
This site offers easy and speedy access to all parts of the Irvine Development area. 

THE DESIGN
The plan shape has evolved from a brief to provide minimum travel distances from all areas within the station to the Appliance Bay
The Appliance Bay is suitably situated between clean activities which occur within the main building and dirty activities occurring in the yard/garage/stores area, and is capable of housing three appliances together with their maintenance support facilities.
The main building has ample office space and compartmented areas to facilitate the various functions occurring within a fire station, e.g., training, fire prevention, administration, catering and recreation. The messroom, lecture room and recreation room having the added characteristic of opening up into one large compartment for occupational or social occasions where larger than usual numbers of persons are present.
The dormitories are positioned at the south end of building and connect with the appliance room via large uncluttered corridors. Adjoining the dormitory are the locker room, main toilets and ablutions.
On the west wing of the station are situated well equipped areas for breathing apparatus, hose and vehicle maintenance together with the locker room for the retained crews.
In all, the station is well designed and constructed to accommodate 48 wholetime officers and men and 10 retained men with facilities that offer the surrounding community a fast and effective turnout for firefighting purposes. 

MAIN CONTRACTOR
Samuel T. Connell & Co. Ltd., Cumnock. 

ARCHITECT, QUANTITY SURVEYOR, MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Mr. W. Eric Finlayson, R.I.B.A., F.R.I.A.S.,
Director of Architectural & Related Services,
Strathclyde House, Glasgow. 

PROJECT ARCHITECT
Mr. A. Boyd. 

CLERK OF WORKS
Mr. K. McKenzie. 

<PHOTOS>
Councillor
Charles O’Halloran, J.F 

Councillor
James Jennings, J.P. 

Firemaster
Richard J. Knowlton, Q.F.S.M., F.I. Fire E., F.B.I.M.

The outside of the station
Lecture and recreation room

Strathclyde Regional Council 

(From the Official Opening Programme)

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