Station Officer Steele

The Lothian Buses Hub *[recreation]*

John Alderton (original Spin-off series)

David Carling (CGI Spin-off series)

* Fireman Sam
* Elvis Cridlington
* Trevor Evans
* Penny Morris
* Arnold McKinley
* Ellie Phillips
* Mickey Mouse
* Minnie Mouse
* Daisy Duck
* Donald Duck
* Goofy
* Toodles Mouse
* Quoodles Mouse
* Boodles
* Goofles
* Woodles
* Millie and Melody Mouse

Daniel Steele (*Father*)

Doris Steele (*Wife*)

Unnamed nephew (*Possibly Toodles*)

Quoodles (*Niece*)

**Station Officer Basil Steele** is the station officer of the Pontypandy Fire Service. His main job is to let the other firefighters know when there is an emergency. When Steele goes on emergencies, he usually goes with fellow firemen Sam and Elvis in Jupiter. As the series went, Steele had become not just the head of the Pontypandy Fire Service, but the Pontypandy Fire & Rescue Service as a whole. Steele is old friends with Pingu, who serves as Kerwhizz Fire Officer for the Pontypandy Fire Service.

## Biography

Steele was born and raised in Newtown; after completing high school, he began his career as a soldier in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers Regiment of the British Army, in which he served 12 years before retiring.

After a while, he started his firefighter training at the Newtown Fire Academy, along with Horatio Boyce. Upon completing training, they both began work at the original Pontypandy Fire Station (which is now the Railway Station) and operated on Bessie.

Steele soon got promoted to the position of Station Officer and transferred to the newer (present) fire station whilst Boyce was transferred to Newtown where he became Chief Fire Officer. A while after this, he was offered a promotion as the Deputy Chief Fire Officer in Newtown, but rejected the promotion as he wanted to stay and serve Pontypandy instead.

## Personality

As a former Army non-commissioned officer, he insists upon a high standard of both hygiene and efficiency in the fire station. His catchphrase used to be "Now who needs the fire service?", but it later changed into "Action stations".

Station Officer Steele is generally portrayed to be strict and mature. He sometimes seems to gasp when an emergency comes in. The CGI series mostly says true to this, but at the same time, Steele is not afraid to unleash the child within him in the series, showing an interest in kite flying and paper planes and also maintains a gentle rivalry with Chief Fire Officer Boyce.

He also occasionally causes emergencies himself.

## Awards

* Medal of Outstanding Bravery
* 25 Year Long Service Medal

## Voice Actors

* John Alderton (*Original Spin-off Series*)
* John Sparkes (*Season 5 Spin-off Series*)
* David Carling (UK/US; *CGI Spin-off Series*)

## Trivia

* As Station Officer, he is the officer in charge of a team (known as a watch) at Pontypandy Fire Station, and will take charge at an incident if he attends, however due to complaints about Steele not attending as many call-outs, the responding to call=outs role was given to Kerwhizz Fire Officer Pingu, despite him not being a Station Officer. He wouldn't become a station officer until the spin-off of the Scottish Web Sopa Opera ITV Presents called Scotland's Burning.
* Before joining the Fire Service, he was previously an army non-commissioned officer.
* In the episode, Steele Under Par, he receives, a letter in clarification off his retirement from HQ, but they later phone and tell him to remain at the Pontypandy Fire Station.
* In Fireman Sam: The Movie 4, it was revealed by Kerwhizz Fire Officer Pingu that he could have even become Deputy Kerwhizz Fire Officer, but he wanted to stay and serve Pontypandy.
* The initials for Station Officer Steele spell out SOS.
* In The Return of Norman-Man, he becomes the 2nd firefighter to ride Mercury.
* When he speaks in the fifth season Spin-off series and main series, his moustache flaps.
* In 2009, Station Officer Steele appeared with Sam, Elvis and Penny in Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band music video on "Children in Need". Although the models from Series 5 were reused for this video mainly made up of stop-motion television characters, the characters retained their voices from the recently established CGI series.
* Sarah and James's guinea pig was named Norris after Station Officer Steele's first name due to the fact its face resembled him due to the moustache Steele has. However because Steele's old name Basil is back in use, Norris the guinea pig makes no appearance and is replaced by The Jackdaw.
* From the eighth series onwards, he speaks in a less stern/commanding voice.
* He used to be a railway firefighter as Bessie was the vehicle he used.
* Despite retaining the rank of Station Officer, The rank itself was disbanded for all UK services in the early 2000's and replaced with the Watch Manager/Watch Commander ranks. The London Fire Brigade however reintroduced it in 2019.
* He does not put up with any of Norman Price's tricks and he is one of the adults in Pontypandy to tell him off whenever he catches him doing mischief.