Stromness Fire Station

Dublin Core

Title

Stromness Fire Station

Description

This station is normally staffed by up to 18 personnel working on a retained duty system. It is provided with 2 fire appliances which are equipped to deal with all types of emergency including structural fires and road traffic collisions. All of the staff are trained in responding to these incidents.

As part of their work, staff are also heavily involved in community fire safety activities, which includes carrying out Home Fire Safety checks.

Source

orkney

Date

1978

Type

Museum

Identifier

3152

Spatial Coverage

current,58.9685,-3.294505;

Museum Item Type Metadata

Street

North Road

Place

Orkney

IsNewThisYear

Yes

ArchitectName

Sinclair MacDonald and Co. of Thurso

AddressLine2

Stromness

OpeningDate1

3/9/2016

OpeningTime1

10 am to 4 pm

Activities

Tour of the building.

Unfortunately, no wheelchair access.

WC

Yes

DisabledWC

No

DisabledAccess

No

Refreshments

No

EventsForChildren

No

Parking

No

HearingLoop

No

LimitedAccess

No

NotAccessible

No

ID

14185

IsIncludedThisYear

No

Postcode

KW16 3AG

Citation

“Stromness Fire Station,” Digital Open Doors, accessed November 5, 2024, https://ddo.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/3151.

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