Isle of Man Fire and Rescue Service Isignia/Cap badge.

  Doolish = Manx Language equivalent.  
 
Douglas (DOOLISH) Fire Station, is situated on Peel Road, and the station houses seven fire appliances namely :-
Three Major Pumping Appliances call signs 1:0  1:1  1:2
One Aerial Ladder Platform call sign 1:4
One Hydraulic Platform call sign 1:5
One Foam Tender / Hose layer call sign 1:7
One Enhanced Rescue Vehicle call sign 1:9

There are four watches at Douglas Station, Green Watch,  Red Watch,  White Watch  and Blue Watch with each watch consisting of one Sub-Officer, one Leading Firefighter and seven Firefighters.  Douglas Station also has ten part-time Retained Firefighters.  The station is also the base for the Transport Department who are responsible for the maintenance of the Fire Service fleet of vehicles, and it is also the base for the Training and Operational Support Department and this Department supports a wide variety of roles including Training, Health and Safety, Communications etc etc.

Douglas Station also has three specialist rescue teams, click on them to see what they do:-

Hill Search and Rescue Team
Line (rope) Rescue Team
Water Rescue Team

The above specialist teams can be called to an  incident at any time of the day or night and anywhere on the Island.

Click on an picture below for a larger image:-

Douglas Fire Station by Day...

Douglas Fire Station at Night...

 DOUGLAS FIRE STATION
BY DAY
DOUGLAS FIRE STATION 
BY NIGHT
 

Douglas First Pump.

Douglas 2nd Pump.

Douglas 3rd Pump.

FIRST PUMP
call sign 1:0
SECOND PUMP
call sign 1:2
THIRD PUMP
call sign 1:1
Douglas Hydraulic Platform. Douglas Fire Station Foam Carrier - C/S 1:7
BRONTO SKYLIFT F32RL
call sign 1:4
HYDRAULIC PLATFORM
call sign 1:5
FOAM CARRIER
call sign 1:7
   
ENHANCED RESCUE VEHICLE
call sign 1:9
   

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