Category: FIRE

Airport Fire

YJ14 KFX Manchester Airport Rescue & Firefighting Service Oshkosh St..

YJ14 KFX
Manchester Airport Rescue & Firefighting Service
Oshkosh Striker
Fire 6. It has a top speed in excess of 70 mph and can accelerate from 0-50 mph in under 35 seconds. Compared to a car this is slow, but it weighs 46 tons and is over 13m long. It has a 700 bhp engine and carries 12,000 litres of water and a further 1,700 litres of foam.

Classic Fire

XKV 33 Morris Fire Brigade Austin Gipsy

XKV 33
Morris Fire Brigade
Austin Gipsy
Used at the Morris engines factory in Coventry from new in 1957. It served 31 years in this role. In 2017 it is in preservation and has amazingly only covered 1800 miles from new!

Classic Fire

LFM 200 City of Chester Fire Brigade Dennis F7

LFM 200
City of Chester Fire Brigade
Dennis F7
Dating from 1949, this pump escape has been fully restored when sen in 2018. It is part of Cheshire FRS’s historic fleet. The Rolls Royce 8-cylinder engine, combined with a 4-speed gearbox, propells the emergency appliance from 0-60 mph in a heady 45 seconds. Fuel consumption is usually 3 or 4 mpg.

Classic Fire

NCB 100 Blackburn Fire Brigade Dennis F28

NCB 100
Blackburn Fire Brigade
Dennis F28
New to the roads in January 1961, this fire engine originally served in Blackburn and is now in preservation. When new it cost £4,500 and was the first fire vehicle in the county to be fitted with a blue flashing light – a new Home Office recommendation at the time. The name plate for Alderman Robert F Mottershead is in honour of the vice chairman of the watch and the fire birgade committee of the town council.

Fire (General)

SF66 LYZ, SF66 LZB, SF66 LYY North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service Iveco..

SF66 LYZ, SF66 LZB, SF66 LYY
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Iveco / Emergency One
Tactial Response Vehicle. Two example of the six that were introduced in 2017. They are based at Harrogate, Malton, Northallerton, Ripon, Tadcaster and Scarborough. The appliances are crewed by three staff rather than four or five in a larger appliance. They are slightly smaller and lighter than atraditional appliance at 10 tonnes rather than 15. While some counties have gone for mucyh smaller vehicles based on a van, NYFRS have gone for larger vehicles to allow the flexibility of carrying up to five people and more equipment. Their introduction was marred by resistence from the FBU and negative news stories that they were not as good as a full fire appliance, despite looking the same to any casual observer.