Fire Engines Photos

WOW!!! Thank you Roger very much,great photo look my pictures: picture #18591 and picture #19969. Center line is International Harvester and left to MK1 is Volkswagen.

Added by ILIAS BEBEKIDIS on 04 December 2009.

The Bedford looks to be quite unusual,i cannot recall seeing one like this before.

Added by Bristol Bob on 05 December 2009.

Greece had 2 types of Bedford pyrene and came in service 1978. This type in picture has 3000L water capacity but i can not remember the foam capacity. Someone told me that Bedford is the worsted fire engine with many problems (pump,small speed,engine..+). Bedford pyrene had small service in Greece about 13 years i think.

Added by Ilias Bebekidis on 05 December 2009.

Bob,
The Bedford is an M type 4x4 on 9.00x20 tyres with twin rears,it carried 750 galls of water, 90 galls of foam and 150lb dry powder.The foam system was a Vactrol unit with a 750 gpm pump.It had a monitor and two foam branches, sparge nozzles under the front bumper and a 180 ft hosereel.To help move all this weight the engine had twin carburettors.

Added by Roger Mason on 23 January 2010.

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