Auchterarder Fire Station (Retained)

Auchterarder Fire Station was opened on 16 August 1960 by George McGlashan CBE, who was the county convener at the time. The station is located in the town’s Sydney Crescent and covers Auchterarder, which has a population of approximately 4, 000, and the surrounding area.

The station is staffed by a total of twenty personnel, working the retained duty system. This consists of one Watch Manager, three Crew Managers and sixteen Firefighters, who crew a Rescue Pump and a Water Tender Ladder. Also employed in the station is a part-time cleaner/caretaker. The personnel on the station have a dual role of working in their community to prevent emergencies happening in the first place and also responding to such incidents when they occur. As well as attending such incidents the personnel also train on a weekly basis and carry out regular maintenance of their appliances and equipment.

The Royal Burgh of Auchterarder is situated with the Ochil Hills and Gleneagles to the south and Strathearn to the north. Its mile and a half long High Street gave the town its popular nickname of the “Lang Toon”. To the south-west of Auchterarder lies the world famous Gleneagles Hotel and Golf Courses. The town is steeped in history, with Edward I of England spending a night there during his 1296 invasion of Scotland. The town was burnt by Jacobites after the Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1716 and was rebuilt shortly afterwards. It has also played a role in Scottish Religious events, with the Treaty of Perth being negotiated from the town in 1559. This granted John Knox the first state recognition of Protestantism in Scotland. In 1843 the members of the Church in the town began what was to lead to a split, The Disruption, in the Protestant Church of Scotland for almost 100 years.

Station Appliances

• 1 Rescue Pump
• 1 Water Tender Ladder