Fire service historian and author
Roger Mardon
www.romar.org.uk
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Angus
The county of Angus
Area: 860 sq. miles
Fire stations: 10
Central Area
The counties of Clackmannan,
Dunbarton and Stirling
Area: 736 sq. miles
Fire stations: 22
Fife
The county of Fife
Area: 504 sq. miles
Fire stations: 15
Glasgow
The city of Glasgow
Area: 62 sq. miles
Fire stations: 15
Lanarkshire
The county of Lanark
Area: 814 sq. miles
Fire stations: 14
North Eastern
The counties of Aberdeen, Banff, Kincardine, Moray and Nairn
Area: 3,605 sq. miles
Fire stations: 40
Northern Area
The counties of Caithness, Inverness, Ross & Cromarty, Sutherland, Orkney and Shetland
Area: 10,941 sq. miles
Fire stations: 16 plus 33 vol
Perth & Kinross
The counties of Perth and Kinross
Area: 2,575 sq. miles
Fire stations: 18
South Eastern
The counties of Berwick, East Lothian, West Lothian, Midlothian, Peebles, Roxburgh, Selkirk and the city of Edinburgh
Area: 2,428 sq. miles
Fire stations: 33
South Western Area
The counties of Ayr, Dumfries, Kircudbright and Wigtown
Area: 2,452 sq. miles
Fire stations: 36
Western Area
The counties of Argyll, Bute and Renfrew,
Area: 3,529 sq. miles
Fire stations: 21
SCOTLAND -
Effective from 16 May 1948
SCOTLAND 16 May 1948
The following fire brigades were created in Scotland pursuant to the Fire Services Act 1947 with effect from 16 May 1948.
