Invergordon Fire Station🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The official account of Invergordon Fire Station in the North Service Delivery area of the Scottish Fire & Rescue Service

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Our thoughts are with our Brothers and Sisters in Oxfordshire at this sad time

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Invergordon Fire Station 2025…
A rare moment at training last night where we had all of our crew in one place at the same time… 🚒

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02:57 📟 1st pump mobilised to a domestic property in the town to assist the Scottish ambulance service lift an elderly female who had fallen in her bathroom to the awaiting ambulance. 🚒🚑 #S30P6 #teamwork

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06:47 📟 Both pumps mobilised to an automatic fire alarm at a nursing home in Alness, back up call to say a resident had pressed a call point, 2nd was returned and 1st pump proceeded to check out, minimising the road risk to other road users. #S30P6 #S30P7 🚒🚒

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01:53 📟 2nd pump re-directed to an automatic fire alarm at a nursing home in Dornoch, alarm was caused by steam from a cleaning machine due to a deep clean. #S30P7 🚒

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01:23 📟 2nd mobilised along side Tain to a smoke detector in a domestic property in Tain, tea towel left on top of a table lamp smouldering. Crew ventilated property. #S30P7 S29P6

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Small bit of history from Invergordon Fire Station, thanks to Sam Kennedy on Facebook for the extract.

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Today we took delivery of our brand new Rescue pump which will be our 1st appliance S30P6., it comes fully kitted with state of the art rescue equipment. It wasn’t on the run long before we received our first shout in it this evening. Keep an eye out for us on the road. 🚒👌🏼

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10 members of the community now more confident in what action to take should they be required to perform CPR👏

Thanks for attending and well done 👍🏻

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🚨On-Call Recruitment🚨

Recruitment Information Sessions will take place;

Mon 5th Aug: Invergordon Fire Station, 6pm-7pm
Tue 6th Aug: Lairg Fire Station, 7pm onwards
Wed 7th Aug: Bonar Bridge Fire Station, 6.30pm onwards

Your local crew will be on hand to answer any questions

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A quieter week in Invergordon, Thursday afternoon was very busy
18th Gyro Copter emergency, Alness. Landed safely 🚒
18th Gain entry at a house, Alness 🚒
18th Rescue a person from a roof, Alness 🚒
18th Lorry fire, A9 Dalmore, Alness
22nd Fire alarm, Invergordon 🚒🚒

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Our busy July continues📟
8th Domestic smoke alarm, Alness🚒🚒
10th One car Rtc, Invergordon🚒🚒
11th Standby Inverness, house fire🚒
11th Standby Inverness, water rescue🚒
11th Fire in the open, Alness🚒
12th Rtc, Arabella to Fearn🚒

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According to the British Heart Foundation, 43% of UK adults have never learnt CPR.
Performing quick CPR & defibrillation can more than double the chances of survival following cardiac arrest.
Learn this life-saving skill in a relaxed environment with the crew at Invergordon ⬇️

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It’s been a busy start to July 📟
1st Trees on fire, Alness 🚒
4th Cat stuck up a tree, Delny🚒
4th Car fire, near Alness🚒
4th Rtc on the A9 at Alness point 🚒🚒
5th Fire alarm, Invergordon 🚒🚒
7th Gain entry, Alness🚒
7th Fire in the open, Alness 🚒
#S30P6 #S30P7

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Some extra curricular sporting activity recently for Invergordon crew!

Last weekend we came out on top in the Alness Gala/Events Tug of War competition!💪🏽 🏆

Today we played in a football tournament organised by local Rugby Club. Pipped in the Final but happy to take 2nd!

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09:20 📟 2nd pump mobilised to a mischievous kitten stuck up a tree near Delny. Crew used a 3 piece short extension ladder to safely recover the kitten. 🚒🐈 #S30P7

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03:17 📟 2nd pump mobilised to a small fire in a garden which had spread to a fence at a domestic property in Alness, crew used a hose reel jet to extinguish the fire. 🚒 #S30P7

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@Sportpix999 Yes 👍🏼

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22:59 📟 Both pumps and one from Dingwall mobilised to a derelict community hall in the Milnafua area of Alness, building was well alight on arrival. Crews used 3 main jets and aerial ladder platform as a water tower to extinguish the fire. Building was 100% destroyed. 🚒🚒🚒🚒

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23:35 📟 P6 & P7 mobilised to a smoke detector sounding in a domestic property in the town, on arrival it was discovered to be cooking left unattended, @Scotambservice were requested to check 46yo male for light smoke inhalation, Fire crew ventilated property.#S30P6 #S30P7