Fire Engines Photos

This FOT(Foam Tender)was from 1963 and was originally allocated to Whetston Lane Fire Station in Birkenhead,at that time part of the Birkenhead County Fire Brigade.In 1974 it was re-allocated to Exmouth Street Fire Station Birkenhead where it was to remain until 1981.Following its convertion to a'Marine and Ship Unit'it was re-allocated again,this time to Studholme Street-Bankhall(Merseyside Fire Brigade)where it remained until going out of service in 1992.

Added by Pete Matten on 15 June 2010.

Birkenhead was a County Borough brigade. Whetstone Lane was replaced by Exmouth Street whose control room was also responcable for mobilising Cheshire Counties Hoylake and Heswall Staions as well as Birkenhead's Laird Street,later Upton Stations.

Added by Neal Glover on 01 July 2010.

see later manifestation here




Added by Petros on 14 December 2021.

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