Fire Engines Photos

Am looking to buy a small apliance. this appears to be a perfect size, because the limited space i have available. where would one find such an appliance. i have carried out a fair bit of research which have revealed that bedfords seem to be readily available, along with some dennis appliances, but i cant find many Land rovers on the market,
i was wondering if you had any advice to offer.

Added by Adam MaGuire on 12 July 2008.

Chris.. Is it (north or south) Ireland ??? Is it for sale do you know

Added by Geoff Johnston( ret.banbridge retained) on 13 October 2008.

Check out ebay as there are a few landrovers going on that site

Added by Robert Ewing on 01 December 2008.

A friend of mine has a land rover just like this one. He also has 2 bedfords and another land rover(Maby for sale, worth checking out)Directions:2 miles off the cahir round about on the left. There is a pub called the lady gregory and he is up there on the right hand side. He is well known in vintage runs.

Added by Paddy O'Brien on 02 February 2009.

there isn't many of these appliances my family have restored one along with our series one appliance as far as I know these appliances was mostly based in Ireland, ours which is the same as the one in the picture is built by " bates of Evesham" our was based at one of the stations in Ulster.

Added by Phil Gough on 17 November 2010.

Hi Phil YES these appliances were built for the NIFB for retained stations all over Ulster.There were 54 built 48 of which were operational with my old brigade. I drove one of them for almost 10 years before it was replaced by a bedford PL.The one from my station (Banbridge)is now in a transport museum in Norway

Added by Geoff Johnston on 18 November 2010.

ours was from 'down paterick'? but there is one in the The Ulster folk mueseum in Ireland,
when you was driving them did you like the extended gear leaver? it was a 'unique' design

Added by Phil Gough on 19 November 2010.

Had no problem with an part of this great wee machine. Took it right to the top of kilowen mountain in Co.Down to a large gorse fire.Check out Liam, s fire photos site for all the details you need on the L4Ps in Ulster

Added by Geoff Johnston on 21 November 2010.

Sadly about 30 of these L4P's were 'chopped up' for scrap in 1993 after they were decommissioned and sold to a Landrover breaker near Belfast.
They were sold for around £400 each if I recall.
Many of the L4P's were in show condition with only 10/30k miles on them. was such a shame.

I have seen a few on my travels since but not in recent years....
another example of human destruction..

Added by James Oneill on 04 January 2014.

For more information on these Northern Ireland appliances see picture 36168.

Added by Steve Prosser on 04 January 2014.

I remember very well the conversation I had with Fred Bates 20+ years ago about these vehicles but this is the only picture I have ever seen. I haven't seen Fred for a long while but I'm sure he would like to see this photo. ( I was at school with Fred's children before these vehicles were built !!).

Added by Peter Goodall on 06 January 2014.

What kind of pump capacities and water tanks did these L4Ps have? How did their equipment compare to a typical contemporary full size unit?

Added by Rob Johnson on 06 January 2014.

NIFB held on to one of these up until a few years ago on the Boucher Road training centre, it was auctioned of at Wilsons,
Reg No:HIA 1387

Added by Marty on 26 April 2015.

Hi
I have one of these had quite sometime can be seen on the web KIA8559 reg no.

Added by David on 06 September 2015.

Looks good David I have few pics of one in acton in Armagh during the troubles.

Added by Marty on 08 September 2015.

Sad to report that Fred Bates passed away recently. My mate who was stationed with me at Redditch is still in touch with Fred's daughter.

Added by Matt Ireland on 26 February 2016.

Well I finally got one and I reckon its this one lol

Added by Martu on 05 March 2019.

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