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Reynolds Boughton Brigadier prototype
In the late 1980's the ARFF chassis builders Reynolds Boughton developed a chassis/cab intended for local authority fire brigade use. The "Brigadier" was developed in consultation with Devon Fire and Rescue Service and the prototype went into service in 1988 at Exeter fire station on a trial basis for several months before returning to RB.
Powered by a Volvo Penta engine the Brigadier had a single bus style door for the crew and a hinged door for the driver.
Unless anyone knows better the prototype was the only example ever built and Exeter was the only place that it ever saw service.
See also picture 29099
In the late 1980's the ARFF chassis builders Reynolds Boughton developed a chassis/cab intended for local authority fire brigade use. The "Brigadier" was developed in consultation with Devon Fire and Rescue Service and the prototype went into service in 1988 at Exeter fire station on a trial basis for several months before returning to RB.
Powered by a Volvo Penta engine the Brigadier had a single bus style door for the crew and a hinged door for the driver.
Unless anyone knows better the prototype was the only example ever built and Exeter was the only place that it ever saw service.
See also picture 29099
It actually ended up with Mobil, Coryton - but I don't know what happened to it after that !
Added by Ian Moore on 16 August 2011.
Added by Ian Moore on 16 August 2011.
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It did end up at the Mobil Oil Refinery in Coryton, Essex. I was involved in buying it from RB around 1990. We bought a specialist foam fire engine from them on a volvo chasis for oil related fires on site and they offered us this one for general duties at a special price. It may still be there as the site is used as a tank farm for importing oil and gas products.
Added by Paul Riley on 10 April 2021.
Added by Paul Riley on 10 April 2021.
Reynolds Boughton
Added by Stuart Purves on 15 August 2011.