R22 TROON
2 Pump Retained
.Stations
| 1952 | Back Templehill Photo |
| 30/10/1981 | 106 Portland Street, TROON, KA10 6QN Photo |
Officers in Charge
| Sub Officer Davie Campbell | |
| 1959 to 31/3/1988 | Station Officer Morton Cunningham B.E.M. |
| 1988 to 1989 | Station Officer John Bargh |
| 1989 to | Station Officer Andrew Cunningham |
Appliances
| 1933 | Barrow with ladder etc. |
| First | Second | |
| ESD758 | GLE944 | |
| 1976 | TSD403N | RSD224 |
| 1980 | TSD403N | DCS652C |
| 1983 | USD449Y | UYS242R |
| 1990 | A820XSJ | USD449Y |
| 1993 | K661OSU | USD449Y |
| 1996 | K373MYS | J164GUS |
| 2007 | S265TSU | K373MYS |
| GLE944 | Austin K4/Leyland-Gwynne/HO Wakefield | MP |
| ESD758 | Commer QX/Miles | WrT |
| RSD224 | Dennis F25/Dennis | WrT |
| DCS652C | Bedford TK/Dennis M | WrT |
| TSD403N | Bedford TKEL/Jag 4.2/HCB Angus | WrT |
| UYS242R | Dodge K1113/Fulton & Wylie | WrL |
| USD449Y | Bedford KD/Fulton & Wylie Fire Witch | WrL |
| A802XSJ | Bedford KG/Fulton & Wylie Fire Warrior | WrL |
| K661OSU | Volvo FL6-18/Emergency One | WrL |
| J164GUS | Scania G93M-210/Emergency One | WrL |
| K373MYS | Scania G93M-210/Emergency One | WrL |
| S265TSU | Scania 94D-220/Emergency One | WrL |
Notes
Used to be Station D30 until D29 Irvine was closed
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Equipment |
Retained |
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1 Large Trailer Pump |
1 Leading Fireman |
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1 Light Trailer Pump |
9 Firemen |
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1 Towing Vehicle |
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The South Western Fire Area Administration Scheme Order, 1957
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Equipment |
Retained |
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2 Pump Appliances |
1 Sub Officer |
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1 Leading Fireman |
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8 Firemen |
Establishment 2000
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Equipment |
Retained |
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2 Water Tender Ladders |
1 Station Officer |
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1 Sub Officer |
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2 Leading Firefighters |
| 16 Firefighters |
Troon was Station D30 at the start of Strathclyde Fire Brigade and was changed to D29
in ??????. D29 was Irvine at the start of Strathclyde Fire Brigade in 1975 until ??????
when it was closed being replaced with the wholetime and retained station at Dreghorn
(D05).
In 1957 Troon was a 1 pump station and by 1967 it was a 2 pump station.
Before the war? a trailer was kept in a local garage and when the siren at the Police
Station went off this was taken by any available vehicle to the Police Station, where the
firemen reported to and then they went to the fire with the trailer. During the war their
were 3 AFS units, the 3 trailer pumps were kept in the Fire Station, when required these
were towed by a coal lorry, a builder's lorry and a Council lorry
(Morton Cunningham 1998)
| ???? to 1941 | Troon Fire Brigade |
| 1941 to 1948 | National Fire Service |
| 1948 to 1975 | South Western Area Fire Brigade |
| 1975 to 2005 | Strathclyde Fire Brigade |
| 2005 | Strathclyde Fire & Rescue (Name change only.) |
As far as the Fire Brigade history file is concerned, Troon's safety lay in the hands
of ten men, a two wheeled wooden barrow, a hose, standpipe and small ladder prior to 1934.
A siren located at the gas works gave the warning to the crew.
On the outbreak of the second world war a building in Back Templehill was requisitioned as
a fire station. Three pumps were towed by a local contractor's lorry when needed.
Troon Fire Brigade - a retained crew - became part of Strathclyde Fire Brigade in 1975.
The new station is manned by a Station Officer, two Sub Officers, two Leading Firemen and
fifteen Firemen. They are summoned by radio "alerters". Troon and outlying
districts are covered.
Accommodation for firemen includes an appliance room, a recreation/lecture room, a station
office, muster bay area, breathing apparatus room, hose store, compressor/drying room,
toilet/shower facilities along with kitchen and self catering facilities.
(The Troon and Prestwick Times 6th November 1981, Page 10).
£10,000 FIRE DAMAGE AT MARR COLLEGE
Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a blaze at Marr
College on Sunday evening.
And Police are treating the outbreak, which gutted two temporary classrooms, as a case of
wilful fire raising.
The blaze was spotted in the portable classrooms outside the main building about 6-30 p.m.
By that time they were well alight.
Two tenders from Troon Retained Fire Brigade attended the incident and battled the flames
for nearly three hours.
(The Troon and Prestwick Times 13th November 1981, Page 1).
If you know of any mistakes in this or have any additional information please let me know.