Fire Engines Photos

Famous it may be but i have to show my ignorance,i don't know where it is!

Added by Bristol Bob on 22 November 2009.

Theres tunnels under the station where they use to do BA training. My gran told me how they where all in them tunnels when they where dropping the bombs during the war. She use to tell of watching the hook ladder drills. A thing of the past now just like this station.

Added by Tg on 22 November 2009.

Said to be the largest and finest fire station of its time,this is the Central Fire Station in Lancaster Circus in Birmingham,England.
During it hey-day,the 1940's,3 pumps,emergency tender,salvage tender,turntable ladder,etc,as well as staff cars would turn-out through those eleven large red wooden doors.Well they seemed really large when I was a boy.

Added by Pete Matten on 22 November 2009.

Thanks Pete,thats why i did not know where it is,it is north of Cheltenham (from here)!!!
Bristol's Bridewell St fire station had 13 bays,
although they faced onto 2 different streets,somewhat larger i think.

Added by Bristol Bob on 22 November 2009.

Sorry, Bristol Bob, but that's just my twisted sense of humour! I left out the details on purpose just to see how famous this old station really is. And perhaps it's not as famous as I first thought!

Added by YelpBullhorn on 23 November 2009.

Thanks Yelp,it is quite impressive though.

Added by Bristol Bob on 23 November 2009.

I think the central fire station in Kuwait City may hold the World Record for number of bays.

As I recall, it had 46. Most of them were there to store massive tank trailers and tractor units, used to deliver bulk water supplies to major incidents in the many areas of this city of three million which had no water mains or hydrants.

There are some pretty massive stations in Germany, too, to hold all of the numerous special purpose rigs they run. Tech I in Berlin houses 54 units, but these include a lot of trailers and pods, some of which are loaded together into a single bay.

The one fire station I have visited with no traditional vehicle bays is in Venice. It contains four fire boats!

Added by Rob Johnson on 01 May 2017.

I was posted here as a recruit in June 1985, the smell of stale smoke and floor polish, was what struck me. I remember being absolutely gutted because after my first day, the night watch got called to a shout at 6.10pm which ended up 10 pumps. I need not have worried, only a week later I was one of the first in attendance at the largest fire Birmingham had ever seen, Radiation Ascot, Thimblemill Lane, Aston. The closest I'd seen to a fire storm, before or since.

Added by Cliff Jenkins on 17 October 2023.

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