Fire Engines Photos

Now running one pump and one van.

When I lived in Solihull in 1977, the town had three pumps, a snorkel and an emergency tender - which was pretty much the average for a town with a population of around 80,000.

What I am wondering is whether all those appliances - and the crews manning them - were just an outrageous waste of money back then. Or is the current setup just an outrageous gamble that such a low level of fire response will never prove to be the making of another disaster?


Added by Rob Johnson on 24 March 2020.

The latter, Rob, definitely the latter.

I remember attending an open day here in 1985 (I believe!). On-the-run then was a Dennis RS pump ladder, an ERF 84 pump ladder, and an ERF Simon SS263 hydraulic platform.

Added by Yelp Bullhorn on 09 April 2020.

The same ERF HP was there when I lived in Solihull, but I don't really remember details of the rest of the line up - although a mixture of Dennis and ERF seems familiar. I think the ET may have been a Bedford.

Added by Rob Johnson on 10 April 2020.

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