Fire Engines Photos

A proper fire appliance, purpose built with no compromise, hope Dennis return and soon before it's too late !

Added by John Johnstone on 18 May 2009.

Nay John I think we are throwing straws in the wind there!

Added by John Stott on 18 May 2009.

Although I have posted this before, this is a reminder of what I believe is the last reported statement with regards Dennis fire engine manufacture. According to this, new Sabres should be leaving the line now!

Dennis fire appliance production rekindled
1 September 2008
Production of Dennis fire appliances is set to restart, as an indirect result of MAN’s ditching of plans to build refuse collection vehicles. Alexander Dennis stopped building fire appliances a year ago following demands from its cab supplier Dennis Eagle (owned by Ros Roca of Spain) for guaranteed orders for at least 50 a year. Unable to commit to that number, Alexander Dennis stopped production of fireappliance chassis at its Dennis Fire plant in Guildford, Surrey while another cab supplier was sought (Transport Engineer December 2007). But at the Fire & Rescue show in Liverpool last month Dennis Fire was telling brigades that production would restart next year, with the familiar Cromweld stainless-steel cab built by Dennis Eagle in Blackpool.
There will be no immediate return to the fire-appliance market for Guildford-built Sabres because Dennis Fire has decided to skip Euro-4 engines and go straight to Euro-5. “We can’t get the first of these from Cummins until next March,” explains Dennis Fire general manager Roger Paice. “It will probably be June before we see the first chassis.”- Re-Printed courtesy of the 'Transport Engineer'.



Added by Dr. B.A. Hutchinson on 18 May 2009.

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