Fire Engines Photos

Brian - Thanks so much for your lovely, treasurable shot of the old girl still on the run and complete with monitor. Brings back so many memories-I recall her delivery in Nov 1954 at a cost of £8,000!

Added by Royce Treacher on 19 July 2014.

Is that a small portable pump behind the cab? If so, it looks a bit lightweight if it was there to supply the monitor. Many F17s had a built-in PTO driven Dennis No 2 500 GPM pump, which was pretty much what was needed to feed a 1.25 inch monitor 100 feet in the air!

Added by Rob Johnson on 30 July 2014.

It was frowned upon at one time to have a pump driven by the same PTO as the ladders, should it fail then the water would fail too leaving the poor guy at the top in danger

Added by Glenn Ramsden on 04 August 2014.

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