Dumfries and Galloway Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue sercvice

Fire services in Scotland

Fire services in Scotland are provided by Fire and Rescue Services each under the control of a Fire and Rescue Authority or a joint fire board ....

 for the area of Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It was one of the nine administrative 'regions' of mainland Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government etc. Act 1973...

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Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

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Statistics

The service has a total of 17 fire stations in operation, these vary in terms of part time, whole-time and both whole-time and retained combined, currently there are:

• One station covered by whole-time and retained
• 15 stations covered by part time staff
• One Auxiliary unit located at Drummore
  Drummore
  Not to be confused with Drummuir, north east ScotlandDrummore is a village at the southern end of the Rhins of Galloway in Scotland: it has two satellite clachans, called Kirkmaiden and Damnaglaur. The village lies where the Kildonan Burn runs out to the sea, a few miles north of the Mull of...
  
  

Appliances

The FRS has a total of 29 fire appliances which cover the whole area of Dumfries and Galloway. The majority of these are regular fire and rescue appliances and the remainder are specialist units:

• 21 Fire and rescue appliances(FRT)
• 1 Major Rescue Vehicle (MRV)
• 1 Incident Support Unit(ISU)
• 2 Combined Aerial Rescue Pumps (CARP)
• 1 Incident control unit (ICU)
• 2 Prime mover appliances (PM)
• 2 Decontamination units
• 1 Urban search and rescue unit
• 1 Auxiliary firefighting unit

In addition the FRS also has 2 FRTs involved with their training department and 5 as reserve appliances. They have also recently taken delivery of an Aerial Rescue Tender(ART)in line with many other FRS's as a new ininiative to replace ageing aerial appliances by combining a standard pumping appliance with an aerial appliance, the concept is a good idea from an engineering perspective (and on paper to fire boards looking to save money(reduces station establishment by two firefighters)), but the actual practicalities, performance and functionality has led to not many being put on the run due to minor set backs in the design as is the case with the one due to be put on the run in Dumfries.

See also

• FiReControl
  FiReControl
  FiReControl was a project, initiated in the UK in March 2004, to reduce the number of control rooms used to handle emergency calls for fire services and authorities. Presently there are 46 control rooms in England that handle calls from the local public for emergency assistance via the 999 system...
  
  
• Fire apparatus
  Fire apparatus
  A fire apparatus, fire engine, fire truck, or fire appliance is a vehicle designed to assist in fighting fires by transporting firefighters to the scene and providing them with access to the fire, along with water or other equipment...
  
  
• Fire engine
• Fire services in Scotland
  Fire services in Scotland
  Fire services in Scotland are provided by Fire and Rescue Services each under the control of a Fire and Rescue Authority or a joint fire board ....
  
  
• Fire
  Fire
  Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. Slower oxidative processes like rusting or digestion are not included by this definition....
  
  
• Fire and Rescue Authority (Scotland)
  Fire and Rescue Authority (Scotland)
  A Fire and Rescue Authority is a body constituted under the Fire Act 2005 for the purposes of providing and managing fire-fighting and rescue services within a Council Area or group of such areas in Scotland.-Constitution:...