Fire Engines Photos

Interesting transitional body style. A narrow rear seat for two or three (skinny) firemen, but still space for additional crew members on the hose box in true traditional Braidwood style. By 1938 a lot of British fire brigades were buying enclosed pumps and pump escapes, as were numerous fire services all over Europe, but traditional open Braidwood designs were also still being delivered in large numbers. The idea of mounting the pump in a central position on pumps which carried wheeled escape ladders was first introduced by Merryweather in 1904 on one of the first motor fire engines ever delivered to a municipal fire brigade in England - when it was supplied to Finchley. But some fire brigades still often bought pump escapes with rear mounted pumps well in to the early 1960s, despite the fact that most of these designs meant that the escape ladder had to be removed if the main pump needed to be deployed.

Added by Rob Johnson on 30 November 2023.

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