HC Deb 13 February 1930 vol 235 cc646-7W
Mr. MILLAR

asked the Secretary for Mines the number of mines rescue stations operating in Scotland, giving the names of each station, the rescue equipment provided in each, and the number of trained workers attached to each rescue brigade?

Mr. BEN TURNER

The position at the end of 1929 is shown in the following table. I have recently approved proposals for reorganisation, under which it

Rescue Stations. Equipment. No. of trained rescue workers (excluding Instructors).
Breathing Apparatus Smoke Helmets and Equalisers.
Suits. Sets.
Coatbridge … 15 ("Proto") 5 159
Larbert … 12 ("Proto") 2
Bathgate … 14 ("Proto") 2
Lesmahagow … 9 ("Proto") 2
Kilmarnock … 20 ("Proto") 5 93
Auchinleck … 15 ("Proto") 2
Cowdenbeath … 30 ("Proto") 9 175
Heriot Watt College … 23 ("Meco-Briggs") 4 147
Total 8 … 138 31 574

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