Fire Engines Photos

Here's one of the joys of this site, not only do I get to travel the world and see their fire apparatus, but I also learn of other ways to describe them. As in Speedwells "Appliances". Thanks Craig.

Added by Howard A. Baldwin on 04 November 2012.

Sign of the times, but sadly not a British vehicle in the line up!

Added by Michael G on 04 November 2012.

How about some info on Registrations and Body Builders Please?

Added by Adrian Carmichael on 24 May 2022.

HP is here
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Added by Petros on 25 May 2022.

It has been a while since anyone could buy a fire truck - or any truck - from a British company, with the single exception of Leyland/DAF. That said, Renaults were always a rarity in Britain, while MAN, Mercedes, Iveco, Scania and Volvo have been around in large numbers for decades. Apart from France, and the former French colonies, Renaults only turn up in large numbers in fire service fleets in two other countries - Poland and Chile.

Added by Rob Johnson on 25 May 2022.

Is anyone old enough to remember when Britain built trucks? Like Albion, Atkinson, Austin, AEC, Bedford, BMC, Commer, Dennis, Dodge, ERF, Foden, Fordson, Guy, Jensen, Karrier, Leyland, Morris Commercial, Maudslay, Sentinel, Thornycroft and such like?

Added by Rob Johnson on 25 May 2022.

Appliances as follows.. J644 GHY Renault MidlinerG300-24D/W H Bence , Operational Support Unit, Renault Premium 300/Angloco/SS220 (remounted from 1980 Dodge G1613 chassis) R648 BHU, and pumps should be MAN LE14.285F/JDC WX05 YTY & WX05 YUA both still around in the Reserve fleet.

Added by Jon Godden on 25 May 2022.

Yes I do I was a commercial motor mechanic in the 1970's and 80's. I worked on all sort of lorries.

Added by Paul Warnock on 25 May 2022.

And Scammell : )

Added by Peter McCombie on 25 May 2022.

Thanks Peter. Difficult to remember them all!

Added by Rob Johnson on 26 May 2022.

Never seen a Jensen truck Rob but have seen every other truck make you mentioned in service.
I remember being shocked when our local coastguards Land Rover was replaced by a Daihatsu Fourtrack because every government and council vehicle I had seen up to then ( about 1980 ) was British made. Seems odd that we spend billions of taxpayers pounds on French / Swedish / German vans and trucks keeping there factories busy but there you go Free market economy !

Added by CraigW on 26 May 2022.

The Fire Station is no more, it closed a few years ago.

Added by Bristol Bob on 26 May 2022.

I only ever saw one once in Darlington. It was a light alloy frame design in an effort to get an increased payload, but I believe very few were sold. It was launched in 1951 and production was discontinued in 1956.

I worked in the truck industry in England for Ford, Leyland and Volvo. The big problem with ALL of the domestic truck manufacturers was that they could or would not build trucks in specifications which could be sold in any significant numbers in other European markets, while the European models were well accepted in Britain. This was exemplified by the immediate success of Volvo in its early years.

The Land Rover story was a bit different, but in this case reliability was the issue. Starting in Australia, Land Rover lost out to Toyota and other Japanese brands because owners were desperate to find 4X4s which were reliable - an essential feature if you are driving alone in the middle of nowhere!

Added by Rob Johnson on 26 May 2022.

Yes by the 1970s an unholy mix of bad products, bad unions, bad management and bad government!

Added by CraigW on 26 May 2022.

Yes, a combination which led me to leave in 1977!

Added by Rob Johnson on 27 May 2022.

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