Establishment 2000

Lesmahagow new fire station is now operational. (Lanarkshire Fire Committee minutes. 12/1/1972.)

In 1978 Lesmahagow got an RRU.

On the 27th June 1978 the Police and Fire Committee of Strathclyde Regional Council approved an increase to the Establishment at Arrochar and Lesmahagow of 1 Leading Fireman and 3 Firemen as a Road Rescue Unit was being provided at both stations.

On the 18th January 2007 the WrL and RRU were replaced by a Rescue Pump Ladder

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, Lesmahagow was changed from P13 to C26.

By May 2022 the Road Rescue Unit garage to the left of the station had become a Police Office.

Fire Station Plan

Lanark County Council are to build a part time maintained fire station at Lesmahagow at a cost of £25,000.
(The Glasgow Herald, Thursday, January 4, 1971. Page 4.)

Lesmahagow Fire Station opens 

<PHOTO> Mrs Gilbert shakes hands with fireman after the first “call out” from the new station. With her are Mr Aiton and Firemaster John Stewart.
Lesmahagow fire station was officially opened by County Councillor Mrs Jane Gilbert on Tuesday night.
The new station, built on the site of the former railway station, will be manned by 11 men.
At the opening ceremony, ex sub officer Alex Mackie presented a wooden plaque to Firemaster John Stewart.
The station is sited very near the M74 and has a drill tower and drill yard. The appliance room has accommodation for one fire engine and there is a lecture room and small modern kitchen.
A dual purpose drill and hose tower has also been provided to help train part time firemen and this is a four storey building. The callout siren is at the top of the tower.

AUTOMATIC

The station’s communications are maintained via the automatic call out system operated from Hamilton.
One retained sub officer, one retained leading fireman and nine retained firemen man the building.
At a dinner in the Popinjay Hotel, Rosebank, after the ceremony, Mrs Gilbert said that the opening was a “very great event for the village of Lesmahagow.”
She added: “We are very proud of the new station and it will be even better when a new fire engine we have been promised arrives in April.

BEGINNING

“This is just the beginning for Lesmahagow and we hope there will be even more improvements in the village in the next few months.”
Mr A. Mitchell, assistant secretary in the Scottish Home and Health Department, suggested that the fire station would be “a milestone of the intention to carry on development in the area.”
Rev. William Niven conducted the dedication ceremony and Mr James Aiton, county convenor, was chairman. Vote of thanks was given by county councillor Robert Nairn.
The building it was designed by Whyte and Barrie of Lanark and the main contractors were Allan Brothers of Chryston.
(Hamilton Advertiser, Friday, 10th March, 1972 Page 13)

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