Built in the US, the Garford had a Hale centrifugal pump which was - as illustrated here - mounted amidships, along with a British style modification of the typical American pumper body. This has an enclosed hose box for crew members to sit on, rather than an open hose bed for flaked hoses and a full width rear step for the crew to stand on and hang on for dear life! American firefighters were “riding the step” in the 1980s when I first moved here, long after enclosed cabs became available, so this was a fire services tradition which died hard, despite making very little sense….
Added by Rob Johnson on 14 October 2025.