Fire Engines Photos

I think thats the brightest fire station i have ever seen!

Added by Peter Bromley on 01 June 2010.

Rob:

Yours is another excellent photo which graphically demonstrates just how much bigger modern fire appliances are than those which served in the last century.

Unfortunately, for the most part, the roads they have to drive on are no wider, and the traffic is of course much worse!

There seems to be a continuing trend in Britain to try to get everything into one truck, so they just get bigger and bigger. But in many countries - including Japan and most of Europe - we still find lots of smaller single-purpose rigs, which are much easier to maneuver and drive "on the bell".

A British town with a rescue pump and water ladder might be compared to similar sized German or Belgian. This would typically also have two pump water tenders, with the likely addition of a brush truck, a tanker, an aerial, a rescue and a minor alarm van - many of them usually quite a bit more compact than this Scania.

Added by Rob Johnson on 16 May 2018.

Yes the OMA353 engine was the compliance that my wifes mother was the only person that would climb its ladder not afraid Margarets mom.

Added by Glyn Howard on 06 November 2018.

My wifes mother was the first person up the ladder nobody else would go up the ladder all that time ago

Added by Glyn Howard on 06 November 2018.

Served with works fire brigade ICI Runcorn. Still preserved in SE England.

Added by Petros on 05 May 2024.

preserved in Derbyshire now. Used to belong to the Derby Fire Engine Society in 1980s.



Added by Petros on 29 January 2025.

Added by Petros on 26 September 2025.

The F1 and F2 were very rare examples of open air Braidwood body pumpers built after WWII. By 1949 Dennis had already introduced the forward control fully enclosed F7, and the smaller F8 and the immensely popular F12 came shortly afterwards, while other firms were building fully enclosed appliances on Bedford, Commer, Dodge and Leyland Comet chassis by 1951.

Added by Rob Johnson on 26 September 2025.

Still owned are operated by the Derbyshire Fire Engine Society for charitable purposes

Added by Chris Walker on 18 November 2025.

These were industrial machines so purpose built.

Added by Neal Glover on 18 November 2025.

I believe sone F2 pump escapes were bought by municipal brigades in Ireland and possibly other overseas markets?

Added by Rob Johnson on 19 November 2025.

Birkenhead had one with F12 style body ie An F12 with a bonnet.

Ed: CCM368 is here - I remember it very well - as a nine year old I moved to Birkenhead from the countryside in 1965 - exciting!

www.fireflash-delta64.co.uk/birkenheadarch.html

Added by Neal Glover on 20 November 2025.

picture 4244 on this site depicts a 1952 Dennis F2 supplied to Waterford fire Brigade.

Added by Rob Johnson on 21 November 2025.

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