Falkirk Fire Station
Falkirk
Address: Westfield Road, Falkirk FK2 9AH
Telephone: 01324 629121
Station Manager: George Carson
Status: Wholetime/Retained
Operational Vehicles: 2 Fire Appliances; 1 Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP); 1 Incident Response Unit; 1 High Volume Pump and Prime Mover; 1 Chemical Response Unit
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The station is located on Westfield Road near Falkirk FC Football Stadium and was opened in September 1999. Prior to that, the station was located in Grangemouth Road.

Station Manager George Carson has responsibility for the station and the crews of its four watches – Red, Blue, Green and White. Each watch also has its own Watch Manager.

A retained crew of 9 also operates out of Falkirk supervised by Watch Manager George Aitken.

The Station Profile for Falkirk Station, contains general information about the Station, staff, equipment and the surrounding area.

 Falkirk Risk Profile

ID: 1891 Call: 8:46a.m. Thu 17th May Report: Fire
Location: Cauldhame Street, Falkirk
Appliances Dispatched: 1
Details: The Service were called to a fire within a wash basket which was removed and extinguished prior to arrival of service.
Incident Status: Closed
ID: 1890 Call: 5:22a.m. Thu 17th May Report: Special Service
Location: Bainsford
Appliances Dispatched: 1
Details: The service attended a false alarm good intent
Incident Status: Closed
ID: 1887 Call: 7:07p.m. Wed 16th May Report: Automatic Fire Alarm
Location: Grahams Rd Falkirk
Appliances Dispatched: 2
Details: The service attended an alarm activation this was a false alarm.
Incident Status: Closed
ID: 1885 Call: 4:03p.m. Wed 16th May Report: Automatic Fire Alarm
Location: Dock Road, Grangemouth
Appliances Dispatched: 1
Details: The Service attended an alarm activation which was false alarm.
Incident Status: Closed
ID: 1880 Call: 1:48p.m. Wed 16th May Report: Fire
Location: Kirk Wynd, Falkirk
Appliances Dispatched: 1
Details: The Service attended a fire in a refuse bin which was extinguished using a hose reel jet
Incident Status: Closed
ID: 1873 Call: 6:21p.m. Tue 15th May Report: RTC
Location: M9, Grangemouth
Appliances Dispatched: 2
Details: The service attended a road traffic collision involving one saloon car.
Incident Status: Closed
ID: 1872 Call: 5:33p.m. Tue 15th May Report: Special Service
Location: Main Street, Polmont
Appliances Dispatched: 1
Details: The service attended a road traffic collision and assisted ambulance personnel.
Incident Status: Closed
ID: 1871 Call: 6:01p.m. Tue 15th May Report: Fire
Location: Rear of Beefeater, Camelon
Appliances Dispatched: 1
Details: The service attended a report of a grass fire. This turned out to be a false alarm.
Incident Status: Closed
ID: 1869 Call: 12:05p.m. Tue 15th May Report: Fire
Location: Falkirk
Appliances Dispatched: 1
Details: The service attended a call to smoke coming from a shower this was an electrical fire extinguished before arrival of the brigade
Incident Status: Closed
ID: 1865 Call: 8p.m. Mon 14th May Report: Automatic Fire Alarm
Location: Westquarter Avenue, Westquarter
Appliances Dispatched: 2
Details: The service attended an alarm in activation which turned out to be a false alarm.
Incident Status: Closed

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