Fire Station, Carnegie Drive, Dunfermline

The fire station on Carnegie Drive, Dunfermline, was designed by James Shearer and built in 1934. It is a three-storey, six-bay building of rectangular plan, displaying an asymmetrical modernist design. The building is characterised by a tall parapet to the principal (south) and side elevations, horizontal banding, and a prominent training tower to the northwest corner, alongside a large triple entranceway on the south elevation.

The exterior is largely harled, with exposed engineering brick used to the ground floor and elsewhere. Ashlar dressings are present, and there are cill and lintel courses to the first and second floors on the principal elevation and parts of the side elevations. A band course sits above the second-floor windows on the main block, and a cill band is present on part of the west elevation. The descent tower and training tower feature engineering brick courses on their upper levels.

The principal (south) elevation has a large, central triple entranceway with a wide engineering brick architrave, housing three entrances for fire engines with deep, splayed jambs. A narrow ashlar lintel supports a deep parapet with moulded ashlar finials. A carved coat of arms is positioned above the entrance door. A pair of windows are located to the far right of the ground floor. A rectangular-plan oriel, with lower sections of engineering brick, rises to the roof on the outer left side, extending over the first and second floors. Five regularly spaced bays, each containing a window, are arranged to the right.

The west elevation includes a slightly projecting engineering brick bay rising to the level of the second-floor cill, flanked by moulded ashlar finials. A geometric stone panel is positioned above the upper of two slightly recessed windows. The left side features three bays with a ground-floor entrance to the central one. Two windows are situated centrally on the second floor. The parapet steps down in two stages along the roof to the left. An entrance is located on the outer right.

The east elevation has a slightly projecting section to the left, with two ground-floor windows, and a window on each of the upper levels to the right. A small, single-storey engineering brick section sits within a re-entrant angle, with a large glazed section set back above and a recessed entrance to the right. The descent tower extends to the outer right, featuring a narrow window on each of the three levels.

The north elevation has three large fire engine entrances on the ground floor. Five alternating wide and narrow windows are set within an engineering brick band on the floor above. Three boxed dormers are positioned on the upper floor. The descent tower adjoins the outer left, with a ground-floor entrance and alternating narrow and wider windows on the upper levels. The six-stage training tower projects to the outer right, featuring a ground-floor entrance and an opening on each level above, with a recessed window on the outer right of the ground floor.

Multi-pane steel casements with top hoppers are used throughout. The roofing material is not visible.

Internally, the doors have been renewed, but the pole shafts within the descent tower remain intact.