SCOTTISH FIRE SERVICE TRAINING SCHOOL

 

Schools

 

1948 to 1953          SFSTS, Moredun, PAISLEY. and also SFSTS, Whitburn, EAST LOTHIAN.

1953 to                   SFSTS, Main Street, Gullane, EAST LOTHIAN. EH31 2HG

 

The Paisley school was at Moredun but they used the training ground at Sandyford (Western Area Fire Brigade school and fire station for Renfrew).

 

 

Commandants

 

1968? to 1977

Commandant Joseph Hartil QFSM

1977 to  

Commandant Harold Carr MBE, AMUFireE

5/1/1988 to 22/7/1994

Commandant C McManus MBE, QFSM, BA, MIFireE

22/7/1994 to 9/1/1995

Temporary Commandant G Robertson (was Deputy Commandant)

9/1/1995 to ? 

Commandant Donald Grant OBE, QFSM, GIFireE

December 2001

SDO Jim Robertson

 

 

Courses

 

  

Appliances

 

1992

 

WrL

J272TSG

Volvo Fl6-14/Emergency One

WrL

G637DSC

Renault G13C/Mountain Range

WrL

F240SSX

Renault G13C/Fulton and Wylie

WrL

E656NSC

Renault G13C/Fulton and Wylie

WrL

E657NSC

Renault G13C/Fulton and Wylie

WrL

W867W

Bedford TK/Carmichael

FoST

YWS482K

Ford Transit/SFSTS

GPL

198ELM

Bedford RL 4x4/AFS

L4P

SXF84

Landrover 88/AFS

ET

KES313F

Commer VA/HCB Angus

 

1998

 

WrL/ET

P876NFS

Volvo FL6-14/Excalibur

L4V

N568TSC

Landrover Defender 110 (Front Winch)

ET

L691JSX

Volvo FL6-14/Emergency One

WrL

K571CSG

Volvo FL6-14/Emergency One

WrL

J272TSG

Volvo FL6-14/Emergency One

WrL

G637DSC

Renault G13C/Mountain Range

WrL

F240SSX

Renault G13C/Fulton and Wylie

WrL

E656NSC

Renault G13C/Fulton and Wylie

WrL

E657NSC

Renault G13C/Fulton and Wylie

 

 

 

Notes

 

 

The Scottish Fire Service Training School is administered by the Scottish Home and Health Department. It started at Moredun, Paisley, in 1948 and moved to Gullane in 1953 into the former Marine Hotel. The school is responsible for the training of all recruits for the eight Scottish Fire Brigades and also carries out training on specialized subjects for firemen and junior officers as well as certain industrial courses. The present capacity of the school is 100 students. It is planned to increase this to 150 under a programme of extension and modernisation which started in 1976.
(FIRE magazine, May 1977. Page 602.)

 

December 2001 A new Senior Management Team was put in place, with a Senior Divisional Officer becoming the new Head of School replacing the role of Commandant, and a Divisional Officer becoming the new Chief Instructor which replaced the role of Deputy Commandant.

 

 

 

 

 

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