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XJB999 AEC Carmichael EST Berkshire
Fire Engine Photos
No: 44034   Contributor: Petros   Year: 1980   Manufacturers: AEC, Carmichael   Country: United Kingdom
XJB999 AEC Carmichael EST Berkshire

From 1961, it combined the functions of

foam tender
salvage tender
emergency tender and
control unit

There are pictures of it with silver side panel and later they were painted red.

Courtesy Geoff Pritchard collection acquired via the Fire Brigade Society.
Picture added on 09 March 2023 at 13:56
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I suspect this must have been a “one-off”, as it seems very few fire brigades tried to combine so many functions in to a single appliance like this. It was certainly tall enough - so much so that the blue acorns ended up on the corners instead of on top of the roof!

Added by Rob Johnson on 09 March 2023.
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