Vintage 1930 Škoda 154 fire truck, National Technical Museum, Prague, Czech Republic
Red, vintage 1930 Škoda 154 fire truck stands in the National Technical Museum, Prague, Czech Republic.
Fire fighting automobiles started to replace horse drawn fire engines in the first decade of the 20th century. In 1930, there were already 317 of fire fighting automobiles in Czechoslovakia, most of these produced in this country. Automobile plants, however, as a rule supplied only the chassis of the vehicle, which was then equipped by a specialized firm with fire-fighting facilities and usually also a pump driven by the vehicle's engine. The fire engine on display, which was purchased in 1930 by the Fire Brigade in Náchod — Staré Město nad Metují, was built on the chassis of a Škoda 154 lorry by the V. Ig. Stratílek – Firefighting equipment factory in Vysoké Mýto.
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It was donated to the National Technical Museum collection in 1975 by the Tepna Náchod Cotton Mill.
Utility vehicle with a water-cooled four-stroke four-cylinder SV engine placed length-wise behind the front axle and with rear-wheel drive.
Producer: Akc. společnost, dříve Škodovy závody, automobilka v Mladé Boleslavi, Mladá Boleslav (vehicle chassis), and V. Ig. Stratílek, specietni továrna automobilových moto-rových požárních Stříkaček, Vysoké Mýto (fire-fighting superstructure), Czechostovakia
Engine capacity: 1,944 cm³
Power: 35 hp
Top speed 60 km/h
Open fire-fighting superstructure for transporting the crew and a fire-engine pump at the back
Seen in National Technical Museum - Národní technické muzeum, Prague
Happy Truck Thursday!
Vintage 1930 Škoda 154 fire truck, National Technical Museum, Prague, Czech Republic
Red, vintage 1930 Škoda 154 fire truck stands in the National Technical Museum, Prague, Czech Republic.
Fire fighting automobiles started to replace horse drawn fire engines in the first decade of the 20th century. In 1930, there were already 317 of fire fighting automobiles in Czechoslovakia, most of these produced in this country. Automobile plants, however, as a rule supplied only the chassis of the vehicle, which was then equipped by a specialized firm with fire-fighting facilities and usually also a pump driven by the vehicle's engine. The fire engine on display, which was purchased in 1930 by the Fire Brigade in Náchod — Staré Město nad Metují, was built on the chassis of a Škoda 154 lorry by the V. Ig. Stratílek – Firefighting equipment factory in Vysoké Mýto.
hasici.vmyto.cz/en/v-i-stratilek/
It was donated to the National Technical Museum collection in 1975 by the Tepna Náchod Cotton Mill.
Utility vehicle with a water-cooled four-stroke four-cylinder SV engine placed length-wise behind the front axle and with rear-wheel drive.
Producer: Akc. společnost, dříve Škodovy závody, automobilka v Mladé Boleslavi, Mladá Boleslav (vehicle chassis), and V. Ig. Stratílek, specietni továrna automobilových moto-rových požárních Stříkaček, Vysoké Mýto (fire-fighting superstructure), Czechostovakia
Engine capacity: 1,944 cm³
Power: 35 hp
Top speed 60 km/h
Open fire-fighting superstructure for transporting the crew and a fire-engine pump at the back
Seen in National Technical Museum - Národní technické muzeum, Prague
Happy Truck Thursday!