Dennis
Dennis Specialist Vehicles is a major British manufacturer of specialised commercial vehicles and is based in Guildford, England. Dennis is however most famous for its fire engines, although its other major product lines are buses and trucks.
Dennis was founded as Dennis Brothers in 1895 and has a in recent years had several other owners. At this moment the original Dennis is split up in Dennis Bus and Dennis Fire (as of 2001 jointly called Alexander Dennis) and Dennis-Eagle. For the Dennis buses, see our bus and coach site, link at bottom of this page.
Dennis is a well known and popular manufacturer and has a large fan-base in the UK, hence the many hundreds of photos on the Fire Engine Photos site of 'the Dennis', old and new....
Tyne & Wear Dennis F131 WT White Watch, Sunderland Central Fire Station, March 1989, in front of the station's Water Tender (No...
West Midlands Dennis WL As I arrived to photograph Ladywood Fire Station in Birmingham in 1985 the appliances were turning o...
Humberside Dennis WT Photographed in the yard of Hull Central Fire Station in March 1984.
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Humberside Dennis R Series WL at Hull Photographed turning out from Hull Central Fire Station in June 1983.
Dennis old and new Durham 1996. Although the title for this photo is 'old and new', by 1996, both of these were knocking on a bit. T...
Durham Dennis ET (FGR291S) in 1984. This picture was taken at Teesside Airport back in 1984, so this was in service then. Its the only r...
North Yorkshire Dennis ET Photographed having just coming out of York Fire Station in February 1988.
Devon Dennis RS Water Tender Ladder Some personal nostalgia. B325 XTT was the first appliance I ever rode to a shout, after being posted...
Young firefighters Dennis Berkshire Another just de-commissioned Berkshire Dennis
Redditch. Dennis.F48. 1985 Taken in 1985 @ Redditch fire station, H&WFB.
This machine was originally destined for the Gibralt...
West Midlands Dennis WL and ERF WT Photographed in Birmingham City Centre in May 1986.
London Dennis SS133 WL Photographed in September 1984 in the yard of Manchester Square Fire Station.
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