P21 PITLOCHRY
1 Rescue Pump Retained
.Stations
1897 to ? | Under the Public Hall |
? to 1957? | West Lane (Now public toilets, 2008) |
1957? | 16 Atholl Road, PITLOCHRY PH16 5BX. Photo |
Firemasters
? to ? |
L/Fm E. B. Stewart |
? to ? |
L/Fm Hamish Millar (Ham) |
? to ? |
Sub O. Frank Fullarton |
? to ? |
Sub O. Ian Seaton (Jan) |
? to March 2003 |
Sub O. David Saint (MBE) |
March 2003 to 2007 |
Sub O. Ron Black |
2007 to 2014 |
Watch Manager Ron Black |
2014 to | Watch Manager Alan Smith |
Station Commanders
1999 to 2002 |
ADO Ian Jenkins |
2002 to 2004 |
ADO Colin Hannigan |
2004 to 2007 |
ADO Stewart Edgar |
2007 to | Station Manager Billy McLintock |
There Nov 2018 | Watch Manager Alan Smith? |
Appliances
1897 | Barrow | ||
1935 | Hand Apparatus | ||
1939-45 | Trailer Pump | P | |
1954 |
GES997 |
Commer 45A/HCB |
WrT |
1961 |
SGS535 |
Land Rover 109/Perth & Kinross FB |
ERT |
1970 |
RGS959J |
Dodge K850/HCB Angus |
WrL |
First | Rescue Unit | |
1973 | RGS959J | SGS535 |
1980 | PSP347R | YTS211T |
1989 | F272OSP | F680MTS |
1999 | M483WTS | F680MTS |
2000 | G824TSP | F680MTS |
2002 | K38LES | F680MTS |
2005 | K41LES | F680MTS |
2006 | W638OSP | none |
2009 | SP58CHD | none |
PSP347R | Dodge K850/HCB Angus | WrL |
YTS211T | Dodge/TFB | RU |
F272OSP | Renault G13c/Mountain Range | WrL |
F680MTS | Mercedes 608/TFB | RU |
G824TSP | Volvo FL6-14/Excalibur | WrL |
K38LES | Volvo FL6-14/Emergency One | WrL |
K41OSP | Volvo FL6-14/Emergency One | WrL |
M483WTS | Volvo FL6-14/Emergency One | WrL |
W638OSP | Scania 94D-260/Emergency One | RP |
SP58CHD | Scania P270/JDC | RP |
Brigades
1941 to 1948 | National Fire Service |
1948 to 1975 | Perth and Kinross 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
The Perth and Kinross Fire Area Administration Scheme Order, 1948
Equipment Retained
1 Standard Towing Unit with Light Pump
mounted 1 Section Leader
1 Large Trailer
Pump
1 Leading Fireman
1 Pump
Escape
14 Firemen
The Perth and Kinross Fire Area Administration Scheme Order, 1952
Equipment Retained
2 Pump
Appliances
1 Section Leader
2 Leading Firemen
13 Firemen
Establishment 2000
Equipment Retained
1 Water Tender Ladder
1 Sub Officer
1 Road Rescue
Unit
2 Leading Firefighters
12 Firefighters
Establishment 2008
Equipment Retained
1 Rescue Pump
1 Watch Manager
2 Crew Managers
9 Firefighters
This was B07 until 28/6/2004 when it became Station 27 and on ?/12/2015 it became P21 with the introduction of the new National Call Signs.
Pitlochry had hand apparatus at a fire at Messrs A & J Macnaughton, woolen manufacturers. (Daily Express 7/6/1935)
Fire Brigade:
In 1897, complaint was made
that there was a public hose but no organised method by which it could be
brought into use when required. The original fire station was situated under the
Public Hall, where the helmets and axes were hung on pegs. The equipment
consisted of a barrow with tool box and lengths of hose, but no pump. The
firemen have always been part time only and are called from their work when a
fire occurs. During the 1939-45 war, they formed part of the Auxiliary Fire
Service and were issued with a trailer pump. They now form a unit of the
National Fire Service and have modern equipment and vehicle. The fire station
was in West Lane until 1957.
(Page 21, part of a foolscap document “Pitlochry History” in the A.K. Bell
Library, Perth.)
Station was extended in 1980 to house a Rescue Tender. This extension was Officially Opened in August 1980 by Councillor C. Roland Vann, Convener of the Fire Sub Committee.
December 2003 New Years Honours list. M.B.E awarded to Retired Sub Officer David Saint of Pitlochry for 31 years service as a retained firefighter. He dedicated his M.B.E. to his fellow firefighters in Pitlochry.
On the 8th May 2006 the Water Tender Ladder and the Rescue Unit were replaced by a Rescue Pump.
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