A885 EDL used to be in active service on the Isle of Wight before joining the Crazy Fire Company. Notice how the county name plate above the lockers has been switched for the company’s telephone number.
K208 VVU Here are some of the Crazy Fire Company’s customers in their Leyland DAF engine. It used to belong to Greater Manchester.
L705 MJN The Crazy Fire Company also operates an American ambulance limousine, seen here.
G691 KAW This Dennis SS237 is ‘in service’ with Fireman’s Lift (Lincoln) as a limo. Until 2004 it was a reserve and training appliance with Shropshire Fire and Rescue. It then went straight into its ‘new’ public service role.
The rear view of the same appliance.
H890 XYF is a Volvo FL6-14 which came out of service with the London Fire Brigade in November 2004 and has since been used by Fireman’s Lift (Lincoln) and Party Hire Brigade (Dorset).
H220 UCX This Volvo ex-fire engine is owned by Firemans Lifts York. The owner is a firefighter in Bridlington, North Yorkshire and drives this vehicle in his spare time as a limousine. Notice how the blue rotating beacons on the roof have been covered in yellow, but the two repeater lights on the front have been left blue.
The rear view of the same appliance, showing an advertising board and further blue lights facing rearwards. Also notice that the yellow stripe up the side contains the company’s website address in place of the name of the fire service.
Inside, looking to the back of the vehicle from the passenger seat. It is unusually spacious inside because the cab has been extended back into where the water tank was. The front-most side lockers have been welded closed and new interior walls added.
NYV 719Y is a ‘Blazing Squad’ Dennis fire engine limousine. All of its blue lights have been covered up or replaced by amber or white lenses. It still carries its ‘London Fire Brigade’ plaque on the side from it’s previous role.
C922 CKJ This is another example of a ‘Blazing Squad’ ex-service fire engine. Notice that the ‘Fire & Rescue’ signage on the side of the appliance has been cleverly changed to ‘Hire & Rescue’. The vehicle has sinced changed owners and is now with Blue Watch Limos in Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
MKE 916W This is a third example of a limousine owned by the Blazing Squad.
Q809 HNR is a quirky home-made miniature fire engine. Road-legal, it was built and is run by Leistershire F&R as a fund raising vehicle. At events it takes children on journeys from its (inflatable) fire station!
The rear view, showing the passengers. It has fully functioning blue flashing lights, but in place of a siren it has a very loud speaker system which plays cheesy pop records to warn people of its presence!
Above we have a kid-size fire engine made from a milk float! Called ‘Little Dennis’, it takes a small number of children on a ride (off the roads) and returns to it’s inflatable ‘fire station’. The vehicle has working blue lights and siren, as well as a miniature water jet to surprise passers-by! It carries the fake registration ‘999 FIRE’. Little Dennis raises funds for the Fire Service Benevolent Fund and is based in Cleveland Brigade, run by Hartlepool Green Watch.