Fire Engines Photos

Great looking machine. I well remember an identical appliance being delivered to Grimsby Borough Brigade late 1952- DEE 496. Unfortunately a year or two later the bodywork to the rear of the driver's cab was replaced by alloy sheeting and it was never quite as impressive! Wish I new what became of it.

Added by Royce J Treacher on 31 January 2009.

Dee 496 was certainly in service with Humberside in the mid 70's when I joined the brigade, I remember it as a spare at bridlington one day late 1976 and I assume it was disposed of around that time - I've never seen it since.

Added by Rick Loudon on 31 January 2009.

These were unusual in so far as the water tank was the full width of the rear body above the back axle. Although this reduced available locker space quite a bit, it did permit the installation of a larger water tank. The standard specification F8 had either a 200 or 300 IG tank, located between the side lockers, with the smaller tank above the rear axle being short enough to permit the midships locker to run the entire width of the body. The Derbyshire solution increased tank capacity to (as far as I remember) 350 IG, and retained the single full width locker.

Later F8s with Alfred Miles light alloy cabs and bodywork actually achieved a 400 IG tank, with decent locker space too. This made them "official" JCDD water tenders. Miles all alloy bodywork was lighter than the wood framed Dennises, and the tanks were rectangular as compared to the standard round ones.

Added by Rob Johnson on 05 November 2021.

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