Peterhead

Peterhead Community Fire Station is a former Grampian Fire and Rescue Service station situated in Aberdeenshire. The station has three bays and operates on a combined wholetime and retained duty basis.

Peterhead has one of three incident support vehicles (ISV) located throughout the Grampian region. The ISVs carry a range of equipment, notably 50 breathing apparatus (BA) cylinders, mass decontamination equipment, basic refreshments and a variety of logistical support. ISVs can be requested at any time but should generally be mobilised when more than 4 BA sets are in use at an incident. A support pump must be mobilised alongside the ISV, which will generally be the station's retained crew but if this is not possible the nearest wholetime pump should be mobilised as support (every wholetime crew in the Grampian region are sufficiently trained in ISV procedures). The two other ISV are located at Elgin and Dyce.

Peterhead firefighters are trained as Tier 2 Safe Working at Height (SWAH) responders. While all SFRS personnel can operate a work restraint system, Tier 2 responders at Peterhead have additional training to use work positioning and fall arrest systems, allowing them to ascend and descend structures. However, this capability is solely for establishing a safe system of work for operators, including their own recovery if needed, and does not extend to rescuing casualties from height. Rescues requiring advanced rope techniques are carried out by Tier 3+ responders, typically provided by Altens in Peterhead’s case.