E31 BOWMORE

1 Pump Retained

Stations

1950 Open fronted lean to shed, Co-op ground in Shore Street Bowmore. (S.C.W.S. Garage)
19/5/1959 Flora Street, Bowmore, PA43 7JX                          Photo

 

 

Officers in Charge

War years Sub Officer John Dixon   the first OIC
16/6/1963 to 15/6/1965 Sub Officer Duncan Logan (retired Ill health)
16/9/1965 to 15/12/1967 Sub Officer Ian McArthur (Temp from 16/5/1964)
16/12/1967 to 1969 Sub Officer James Stewart
1/4/1969 to 26/10/1977 Sub Officer D Smith
? to ? Sub Officer Alan McDougall
? to ? Sub Officer Willie Mitchell
? to ? Sub Officer Donald Logan
? to ? Sub Officer Dugald MacTaggart
1984 Sub Officer Graeme Smith    (there in 1994)
? to 2014 Watch Commander Euan Logan  (there 2007 and 2014)
2014 June to Watch Manager Nick Abbott (there 8/5/2023)

 

Appliances

  RHS519 Austin FFK/HCB HrT
     CT4 Coventry Climax TrP
  KGE451N Dodge K850/Fulton and Wylie WrL
1992 LGD628Y Bedford TKEL/Fulton and Wylie Fire Warrior WrL
1993 K663OSU Volvo FL6-18/Emergency One WrL
2008 SG02XLW Scania 94D-260/Emergency One RPL
17/2/2018 SF06GAX Scania P270/JDC RPL
6/7/2023 SL64MDV Scania P280/JDC (Euro 6 engine) RP

 

 

Notes

1941 to 1948 National Fire Service
1948 to 1975 Western Area Fire Brigade
1975 to 2005 Strathclyde Fire Brigade
2005 to 2013 Strathclyde Fire & Rescue (Name change only.)
1/4/2013 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

 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, Bowmore was changed from L13 to E31.

Firemaster Bowman mention many of the premises throughout the area are "quite unsuitable" for Fire Stations. He instances Bowmore where at the station the only accommodation obtainable consists of an open-fronted lean-to shed. The appliances and vehicles are subjected to all sorts of weather, and there are no facilities available for the training of personnel.
(Part of article The Campbeltown Courier, 2nd November, 1950. Page 1)

ISLAND FIRE STATION

The Western Fire Area Joint Committee decided yesterday to purchase a site for a fire station at Bowmore, Islay and to seek the Secretary of State for Scotland's permission, which had previously been withheld, to proceed with the work.
(Glasgow Herald, September 29, 1955. Page 2)

ARGYLL COUNTY COUNCIL
OPENING OF THE NEW BOWMORE FIRE STATION
BOWMORE, ISLAY

The new fire station at Bowmore will be officially opened by Dr J. W. Macfarlane. Chairman of the Western Fire Area Joint Committee, on Tuesday, 19th May, 1959 at 2-30pm.
The County Council extend to any persons interested a cordial invitation to be present at the Ceremony
(the Oban Times, Saturday, May 16, 1959. Page 1)                                                                                                            W3396

New Fire Station at Bowmore
 WILL SERVE ALL ISLAY

To serve the whole of Islay, a new fire station was officially opened at Bowmore on May 19 by Dr J. W. Macfarlane, chairman of the Western Area Fire Brigade Joint Committee.
In the unavoidable absence of Mr J. G. Mathieson, the convener of the county, Mr E. F. Wyatt, the vice convener, was chairman at the ceremony, having been introduced by Mr Ian A. Macfarlane, the local member of the County Council.
In inviting Dr Macfarlane to declare the fire station open the chairman explained that Argyll County Council, as a constituent member of the joint committee considered that the provision of these up to date facilities which would serve the whole of Islay, should be marked in an appropriate manner.
Dr Macfarlane recalled the history of fire brigade administration since the pre-war days and made reference to the present administrative arrangement which he said was a most happy one and one in which the interests of the Argyll area were satisfactorily served. He paid tribute to the services most willingly and efficiently given by the local fire brigade for whose use he formally declared the new premises open.
Mr Reid,  for the Scottish Tarmacadam and Asphalte co. Ltd., the principal contractor, presented Dr Macfarlane with a gift from all the contractors, while Mr Alastair C. Macrae, chairman of Islay District Council, thanked Dr Macfarlane on behalf of the community.
The platform party included members and officials of the Western Area Fire Brigade Joint Committee and of Argyll County Council.
Members of the public had an opportunity of inspecting the new premises and equipment after the opening ceremony.
(The Oban Times, Saturday, may 30, 1059. page 5)

 

 

 

 

 

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