Fire Engines Photos

This appliance is now owned and maintained by Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service for use on occasions such as brigade funerals. It is no longer at Bressingham being housed instead where there happens to be a spare bay.

Added by Chris Wood on 28 December 2009.

Just curious - is that a quadrant-like device, at foot of the Ladder, for side-ways correcting it to the vertical, when raised ?

Great to see it preserved, and run, by its Fire Dept.

Regards, from Canada,
Pat_R-B

Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 29 December 2009.

Yes Pat...its the 'plumbing' mechanism. A suspended metal ball detects the vertical and causes the automatic plumbing to activate. Very clever...the wheels on the end spin round constantly keeping the ladder in the correct plane.
Nowadays we have computers to do the job on modern aerials....thats why they spend months off the run and often have to be returned to their manufacturers in foreign countries....NO ! I am not starting the CARP argument again!

Added by Barrie Green on 30 December 2009.

Yes it plumbs automatically by mercury switches and it alters the ladder head 8 degrees in each direction

Added by Jason on 30 December 2009.

this set up has no suspended metal ball metz ladders had them

Added by Jason on 03 January 2010.

Yes,Ive seen that a few times,housed in an empty bay. Last time was at Reepham fire station, a while back.Where is it now then?

Added by Andrew Mann on 12 January 2010.

Aylesham. It was there last week I was informed by a brigade member.

Added by Andrew Middleton on 11 April 2011.

The Merryweather ladders had the suspended metal ball plumbing system

Added by Rick Loudon on 12 April 2011.

This TL was bought new by the City of Norwich Fire Brigade (later amalgamated into Norfolk Fire Service) in 1962 and operated from Bethel Street station in Norwich for 21 years. It then went on a short-term loan to Cambridge before returning to NFS. It is still used for occasional "ceremonial" duties and has participated in past Norwich Lord Mayor's procession. It may be seen out at some classic car rallies this summer supporting Community Fire Safety activity. The next CFS outing will be to the Norfolk Sea Scouts Classic Car Show at Hoveton, Norfolk on Sun. 24 July 2011.

Added by Ian MacLeod on 07 July 2011.

Hello, would it be possible for someone to contact me, as my brother in law's Grandfather was a crew member on this particular engine , a ride in it would mean the world to him

ED: I have emailed you off line

Added by Christopher Tamplin on 16 December 2021.

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