Fire Engines Photos

Not only in Paris! The oldest firehouse in continuous operation in the US is Lousville Engine 7, which was built in 1871. Although Europeans think of the US as the New World, it is a fact that many firehouses in cities established here in the 19th century - or earlier- still have 19th century firehouses in daily use. As firetrucks have grown bigger over the years, many of these offer very tight accommodation for modern trucks, not least by dint of having very low and/or narrow doors. This is one reason why, for example, FDNY has only mid mounted tower ladders to keep their overall height down. Chicago also has several short wheelbase pumpers specially ordered to fit inside some older firehouse garage spaces.

Ed: and see a London example




Added by Rob Johnson on 09 May 2025.

I seem to remember LFB once had a trio of compact Dennis D series pumpers on its fleet, which were especially ordered to be able to fit into some of their older and more constricted fire stations too. I think Brighton’s famous semicircular fire station also had a collection of short wheelbase Dennis appliances at one time for a similar reason.



Added by Rob Johnson on 10 May 2025.

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