Fire Engines Photos

pete 4 great photos from east sussex i've added them to my album along with the rest. hope you didn't mind my info on the other picture.

Added by Harvey Dan on 04 January 2008.

Funny old things to drive if they had the auto box.They would go into neutral if you took your foot of the gas and you would just hang on if you were going around a bend.This one spent its last day at Wadhurst and they blew the engine in flood water in 2000.

Added by Shaun R. on 16 April 2008.

C946 SAP or Maybe of been (945) This applaince was later brought to Station 15 Wadhurst as the 2nd pump, as Whiskey 15. Served there for many years, until it was written-off by East Sussex after it took water in through the exhaust being driven through flood water in Tidebrook Wadhurst During the floods of 2000/01 I was not the driver at the time , as busy in another part of the county on the 1st pump

Added by J. Hemsley on 07 November 2009.

Were these a crew safety design like the earlier HCB "CSV" water tenders, or just a styling alternative in case brigades dd not want the standard HCB body built onto the regular TK chassis cowl or chassis cab?

Added by Rob Johnson on 02 February 2020.

J. Hemsley I seem to remember video footage this of particular Fire engine abandoned in flood water On a old VHS tape educational programme about the dangers consequences of flooding. Do you know what happened to this pump after the flooding? I presume it was scrapped?

Added by Andrew D on 05 November 2020.

These were marketed with the high strength cab HSC rather than a Crew safety vehicle CSV

Added by on 08 November 2020.

Thanks. I personally liked the CSV style. It was unfortunate that they were too expensive to ever become really popular - at a time when many of the coachbuilt fire appliance cabs were really not very safe for crew members in an accident.

Was this HSC design a more successful effort?

Added by Rob Johnson on 08 November 2020.

I think far more HSC Bedfords were sold compared to CSVs.

Added by on 09 November 2020.

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