Fire Brigade Scotland Photos

Grampian Fire and Rescue Service serves communities in the North-East of Scotland in the Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray Council areas. The Service has full-time fire stations in Aberdeen, Peterhead and Elgin and retained fire stations in a further thirty-three towns in the area.
We employ more than nine hundred people in emergency operations, community safety and business support roles.
The Service protects a number of significant risks including a busy industrial harbour, major oil and gas terminals and the most frequently used heliport in the country. In addition there is the biggest single site hospital in Europe, two operational RAF bases, two prisons and the Royal Residence at Balmoral Castle.
We also provide fire safety information to businesses and to local residents with home fire safety visits.
Grampian Fire and Rescue Service has initiated a number of safety programmes in partnership with Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray Councils, Grampian Police and other safety and health related agencies. The Service is taking a prominent role in developing fire safety initiatives.

Grampian Fire  Brigade was formed 16th May, 1975 with the stations from the North Eastern Fire Brigade except Granton on Spey and Nairn which went to Northern Fire Brigade.
It covers 3,500 square miles with a population of 523,400, made up of the Local Authority areas of Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray Councils.
The Brigade was administered by Grampian Regional Council Public Protection Committee, which had 20 members from 1975 until 1996. On the 1st April 1996, following Local Government Reorganisation administration of the brigade was transferred to Grampian Fire Board.
On Friday 24th October, 2003 Grampian Fire Board made the decision that Grampian Fire Brigade would be known as Grampian Fire and Rescue Service.
The Brigade consists of :- 40 stations made up of 3 Wholetime, 2 Wholetime/Retained, 1 Day Manning, 33 Retained and 1 Volunteer.

There are :-

350    Wholetime Firefighters
466    Retained Firefighters
32      Volunteer Firefighters
22      Control Room staff

Manning :-

55  Pumps
2    Turntable Ladders
1    Hydraulic Platform
2    Water Carriers
1    Control Unit
1    Heavy Rescue Vehicle
1    Line Rescue Unit
4    Prime Movers
2    Land Rovers (Relief Crews for Water Carriers)

Brigade Structure

1    Firemaster
1    Deputy Firemaster
1    Assistant Firemaster
4    Senior Divisional Officers (Operations, Training, Fire Safety and Corporate services)
2    Civilians (Head of Finance and Head of Personnel)