Fire Engines Photos

1973 Dennis F108 Hose Laying Lorry (HLL) HL15, At L27 Barking when new, then moved to F21 Stratford in 1982, withdrawn in 1985

Added by Chris Stone on 04 July 2014.

picture 201741 shows this appliance in service at F21 and see also picture 21086 when first preserved as DU1.

Added by Peter Williams on 05 July 2014.

Try picture 20741 - sorry about that

Added by Peter Williams on 08 July 2014.

Only a 12 year service life for a hose layer? These are very rarely used appliances. Anyone know why it lasted such a short time?

Added by Rob Johnson on 17 July 2014.

London Fire Brigade started with the demountable pod system in the mid 1980's, so this appliance was proberly replaced by a Prime Mover and at least 2 Hose Layer Pods, BA Major Incident Pod, Foam Pod, Salvage Tender pod. In other words one multi purpose vehicle replaced 4 specials.

Added by Chris Stone on 17 July 2014.

Thanks Chris. The switch to pods makes a lot od sense, even though London was sround a decade behind most European cities im making the change.

London used to carry 3.5 inch (89mm)hose on their HLLs. Do we know if the pods are similarly equipped? The reason I ask is that most other countries load either 110mm or 125mm on their LDH pods.

Added by Rob Johnson on 20 July 2014.

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