Borth Volunteer Fire Unit began in 1950 with a surplus WWII Land Rover and pump on a trailer owned by one of the volunteers.[1]
The headquarters of the fire unit used to be the Borth Bakery, from which the duty operator would call out his eight possible on-call volunteers.[2]
A new fire station for the unit was opened on 28 July 2011 by Lord Elystan Morgan.[3]
In March 2019, Borth Fire Station received a Small Fires Unit. The SFU is a specialist fire appliance, capable of "responding to incidents involving small fires and minor special service calls. It can carry up to five persons and has a water tank of 450 litres (99 imp gal; 120 US gal)."[4]
Operations
The unit has a L4P 4x4 Ford Transit appliance carrying a pump, 80 imperial gallons (360 L; 96 US gal) of water, and various other fire fighting equipment to respond to incidents. Borth Fire Unit responds to around 25-40 calls a year ranging from flooding, road traffic accidents and fires.[3]
