Fire Engines Photos

Quite a good idea, but - as you say - a very rare practice, presumably because these were always dispatched along with one or more pump appliances...

Hanging ladders along the side of US apparatus is still practiced all over here, but increasingly pumpers tend to have powered overhead ladder racks, which deliver ladders to the side, while most aerials stow ladders in a compartment accessible from the rear.

There are also a few more creative solutions, such as an enclosed slide-in ladder compartment on a pumper with rear access. The same design was featured on Middlesborough's famous F12 low profile water tender, which appears several times on this site.

Added by Rob Johnson on 12 May 2020.

This is an ERF 84PS-HCB-Angus/Simon SS70 with Jennings cab and Perkins V8.510 engine, in service from 1972 until 1992 at Mansfield.

Added by David Williams on 15 May 2020.

The cab design utilizes a second front end section complete with cowl and windscreen, as well as a pair of reversed front doors. To my mind, it ends up looking a bit more stylish than the earlier low profile cab on the first series of ERF snorkels.

Because of all the windows, it was presumably very nice to ride in, especially for anyone riding in the rear facing seats next to the engine - if indeed manning levels ever actually resulted in them being occupied.

Added by Rob Johnson on 23 September 2020.

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