Fire Engines Photos

Great to see these old engines in action with these B & W photos.

Is the Driver in a white boiler-suit ?

Keep these photos coming.

Regards, from Canada,
Pat_R-B

Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 22 May 2009.

Pat if its a retained crew hes jumped on straight from his job, I once got a ticking off from my subby for showing my pyjamas under my tunic! Ah happy days....

Added by John Stott on 22 May 2009.

I hope he was properly dressed when they arrived,
they were going to a Somerset HMI exercise!
For those who don't know,HMI's were an annual inspection of every fire brigade,including at least one large exercise,something else consigned to history.

Added by Bob on 22 May 2009.

Oh well Bob, at least he wore a posh boilersuit!

Added by John Stott on 23 May 2009.

I only found Sherborne's station two weeks ago, thats despite living my whole life only a few miles from it! The Bedford looks good and it's an Escape to boot!

Added by George A'court on 24 October 2009.

This was one of 8 similar Bedford S/HCB bought in two batches of 4 and 3 respectively in 1953 and 54 and a single one in late 1955. One of the first batch (FPR 321) was written off in 1957 at a stubble fire when allocated to Sherborne. Two of the second batch were later converted to carry escapes included that in the photo.They served the county well and the first (FPR 186) served as first away at Weymouth for 8 years. They were withdrawn in the mid 1970s.

Added by Geoff Pritchard on 01 September 2014.

Bob:

What if anything replaced the Inspectorate? Is it a free for all these days?


Added by Rob Johnson on 22 April 2018.

Bedford S/HCB pump GFX601 for searching.

Added by Petros on 18 March 2025.

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