P04 KINGSWAY EAST
2 Pumps, 1 High Volume Pump, 1 Water Rescue Unit Wholetime
Stations
15/11/1972 Kingsway East, DUNDEE. DD4 7RD. Photo
Firemasters
As for Angus Area Fire Brigade and Tayside Fire Brigade
Appliances
? |
TES268K |
Dodge/HCB Angus (Ex 1971 PE) |
ET |
? |
B |
Dodge C16/Merryweather |
TL |
First | Second | Aerial | Emergency Tender | Fo/ST | TRU | HVPU | WRU | |
1972 | ? | No 2nd | RYJ949 | HTS163 | ||||
1973 | ? | ? | RYJ949 | HTS163 | ||||
1976 | MSR516P | MSR517P | RYJ949 | DTS755D | ||||
1979 | XSP678T | XSP679T | ? | DTS755D | ||||
1983 | XSP678T | XSP679T | TES268K | |||||
1985 | B804LSM | B805LSM | B157USR | ? | ||||
1990 | E357JSN | B804LSM | JTS720G | D234ESR | ||||
1992 | H856YSR | H857YSR | HSP134W | |||||
1994 | L513SSN | L514SSN | HSP134W | |||||
1998 | R443TSL | R445TSL | J390ESN | |||||
2001 | Y298PSP | Y299PSP | J390ESN | |||||
2004 | Y298PSP | Y299PSP | SP51MKZ | |||||
2006 | SP51MZJ | Y299PSP | SP51MKZ | |||||
2006 | SP06EHB | Y299PSP | SF06CLZ | |||||
2007 | SP06EHB | SP05BXW | SF06CLZ | |||||
2008 | SP57DXR | SP06EHB | SF06CLZ | |||||
2010 | SF10EEP | SP57DXR | SF06CLZ | |||||
2011 Aug | SP11AMX | SF10EEP | SF06CLZ | |||||
2012 August | SP11AMX | SF10EEP | SF06CLZ | SP55CXT | ||||
2013 May | SP62AVN | SP11AMX | ST60SLZ | |||||
26/8/2017 | SP62AVN | SP11AMX | SP57ETY | |||||
2018 | SP62AVN | SP11AMX | ST60SLZ | WX54VWA | ||||
2018 Oct | SP62AVN | SP11AMX | WX54VWA | SV67NMU | ||||
2020 Nov | SF69BHV | SF69BHW | WX54VWA | SV67NMU | ||||
4/9/2023 | SF69BHV | WX54VWA | SV67NMU |
4/9/2023 Kingsway East's 2nd appliance was removed as part of the budget cuts removing 2nd or 3rd appliances from 10 stations in Scotland.
HTS163 | Dennis F24/Dennis/TFB | Fo/ST |
RYJ949 | AEC Mercury/Merryweather | TL |
JTS720G | ERF/Fulton and Wylie Fire Warrior/Simon | HP |
DTS755D | Albion Firechief/Carmichael/TFB | Fo/ST |
TES268K | Dodge K850/HCB Angus | ET (ex WrL) |
MSR516P | Dodge K850/HCB Angus | WrL |
MSR517P | Dodge K850/HCB Angus | WrL |
XSP678T | Dodge K1113/HCB Angus | WrL |
XSP679T | Dodge K1113/HCB Angus | WrL |
HSP134W | Dodge G1313/HCB Angus | FoST |
B157USR | Dodge C16/G&TMerryweather (ex Perth) | TL |
B804LSM | Dodge G13c/Fulton and Wylie | WrT |
B805LSM | Dodge G13c/Fulton and Wylie | WrL |
D234ESR | Dodge G13c/TFB | ET |
E357JSN | Dodge G13c/Mountain Range | WrL |
H856YSR | Volvo FL6-14/Emergency One | WrL |
H857YSR | Volvo FL6-14/Emergency One | WrL |
J390ESN | Volvo FL6-14/Emergency One/TFB (ex WrL) | FoST |
L513SSN | Volvo FL6-14/Emergency One | WrL |
L514SSN | Volvo FL6-14/Emergency One | WrL |
R443TSL | Volvo FL6-14/Emergency One | WrL |
R445TSL | Volvo FL6-14/Emergency One | WrL |
Y298PSP | Scania 94D-260/Excalibur | WrL |
Y299PSP | Scania 94D-260/Excalibur | WrL |
SP51MKZ | MAN LE220B/Ray Smith | PM |
SP51MZJ | Scania 94D-260/Excalibur | WrL |
WX54VWA |
MAN TG-A 26-363 FDLRC 6x4/Marshall SV |
PM for HVPU |
SP05BXW | Scania 94D/Emergency One | RP |
SP55CXT | Mercedes Sprinter 416 CDi | TSU |
SF06CLZ | MAN 18-280/Ray Smith/Penman Pod | PM |
SP06EHB | Scania P270/Emergency One | RP |
SP57DXR | Scania P270/JDC | RP |
SP57ETY | Iveco | TRU |
SF10EEP | Scania P270/Emergency One | RP |
ST60SLZ | Ford Transit | TRU |
SP11AMX | Scania P280/Emergency One | RP |
SP62AVN | Scania P280/Emergency One | RP |
SV67NMU | Mercedes Sprinter 516 Cdi 4x4/CSS | WRU |
SF69BHV | Scania P280/Emergency One | RP |
SF69BHW | Scania P280/Emergency One | RP |
The station opened with 1 Pump, 1 TL and 1 FoST with a second pump to be added in January 1973.
2002 the new Foam Salvage Tender is a Prime Mover with a FoST Pod.
The New Prime Mover went on the run on Monday 19th January 2004 and will normally have the ICU pod on with the FoST pod going on on request.
Pods on station Foam Salvage (SUFSU). (5/1/2010)
Pods on Station Command Support Unit (18/8/2012)
The TSU and TRU are Water Rescue Units, they were swapped as Perth do more water rescues and needed the bigger van.
Brigades
1972 to 1975 | Angus Area Fire Brigade |
1975 to 7/6/2005 | Tayside Fire Brigade |
8/6/2005 to 2013 | Tayside Fire and Rescue (Name change only) |
1/4/2013 | Scottish Fire and Rescue Service |
Notes
Establishment 1972
Equipment Wholetime
1 Water
Tender Ladder 3 Station Officers
1 Foam Salvage
Tender 3 Sub Officers
1 Turntable
Ladder 3 Leading Firemen
36 Firemen
Establishment 2000
Equipment Wholetime
2 Water
Tender Ladders 4 Station Officers
1 Foam
Tender 4 Sub Officers
8 Leading Firefighters
44 Fighters
Manning WrLs 5 and 4, and FoT 2 min crew per watch 9. The Establishment is split over 4 watches, Red, White, Blue and Green working an average of 42 hours per week on a 2 days, 2 nights and 4 days off rota.
This was A11 until 28/6/2004 when it became Station 11 and on ?/12/2015 it became P04 with the introduction of the new National Call Signs.
Dundee’s new £130,000 fire station in Kingsway
<PHOTO> The new fire station. (Photo not on site)
Bailie
William Millar, chairman of the Angus Area Fire Committee, officially opens the
new £130,000 Kingsway East Fire Station, Dundee, this afternoon.
The new fully automated station, which has been in operation since September 6,
will eventually house four fire appliances, although there are only three at
present.
The new station heralds the completion of a new phase in fire service strategy.
Previously, the idea held was that one master fire station only should be in
operation with up to 12 appliances housed there.
The flaws in this theory were soon realised, however.
In the event of a fire on the outskirts of the city, the appliances had a long
way to travel.
Coupled with this was the risk that they might grind to a halt in traffic during
peak hours, a long way from the fire.
Now the plans are for strategically placed smaller stations with three or four
appliances, placed round the perimeter of cities.
Thus they can respond to emergency calls in every part of the city with speed,
preventing convoys of appliances becoming entangled in traffic.
The opening of the Kingsway East Fire Station is in keeping with this idea.
Access routes
The station
is located on the north side of the Arbroath Road, Kingsway Circle and offers
six access routes for appliances giving cover to the docks and eastern part of
the City.
On the triangular site, which was developed for prefabs after the second world
war, the ground slopes for 13 feet, north to south.
Preliminary sketch plans based on a detailed brief by the Firemaster were
started in January 1970 and submitted to the Scottish Home and Health Department
in February of that year.
Work was started on the new station in August last year by W. H. Brown
Construction (Dundee), Ltd., and was completed in June.
Accommodation in the new station consists of a four bay appliance hall,
ancillary accommodation, drill tower and drill yard.
Ancillary accommodation contains offices, dormitories,
dining, recreation and lecture facilities,
quiet room, kitchen and ablutions, stores, boiler and generator room together
with a breathing apparatus testing room.
This is on the same level as the appliance hall with the exception of the
recreation and dining areas which take advantage of the sloping site, obtaining
additional floor-to-ceiling height.
The four storey drill tower contains a hose drying compartment and hose practice
target.
Three watches
Firemaster
Alfred Jones is particularly pleased about the new fire station, which he says
was “long overdue."
The last district station to be built was the Northern, Strathmore Avenue – 40
years ago.
Although the headquarters was recently built in Blackness Road, this was to
replace the old one in Bell Street.
The ‘three appliances at Kingsway East’ at present are a water tender/ladder,
foam salvage tender and a turntable ladder.
A second water tender will be added in January.
There, are three watches on duty at Kingsway East, each consisting of 15 men,
one station officer, one sub officer, one leading fireman and 12 firemen.
About 70,000 Dundonians will be served by the new station—Fintry, Whitfield,
Douglas and Angus, Craigie, Mid Craigie, Linlathen, Mill of Mains and Forfar
Road down to Albert Street.
The docks area and some of Broughty Ferry will also be covered.
Firemaster Jones says the aim of the brigade is to get appliances to the scene
of the outbreak within five minutes of receiving the call.
All calls go through H.Q. in Blackness Road and are relayed to Kingsway East,
where a public address system means that the alarm and information can be heard
all over the new fire station.
Time halved
A “failsafe”
system is employed to make sure that nothing can go wrong with the call from
H.Q. to any of the other stations.
Once the men have received the call they turn out and the doors are shut
automatically from the Blackness Road headquarters—to stop any unauthorised
“visits” while the brigade are attending a fire.
The time taken to get machines out and on their way to a fire has been halved
within three years.
Firemaster Jones says that at that time, the time involved was 30 seconds during
the day and 60 seconds at night.
Now the times are a very fast 15 seconds and 30 seconds respectively.
The massive increase in emergency fire calls also backs up the brigade’s
insistence that new stations have to be built.
In 1948-49 calls handled by the Angus Area brigade totalled only 1300 a year.
Last year the number was 3250 and up to October of this year there have already
been over 3000.
The population served by the brigade totals 274,000 in an area of 840 square
miles.
The Kingsway East station is number 11 in the brigade’s area.
There has been a gradual recruitment of men to staff the new station over the
past 18 months.
Civilian cleaners are employed.
Firemaster Jones sums up the aims of the fire service of today by saying that
the three important items are the strategic placing of fire stations, need for
top class communications and the need to provide firemen, who now enter with a
far higher standard of education than before, with job satisfaction.
(The Courier and Advertiser, Wednesday, November 15,1972.)
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