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Taken at the Great Gillingham Gathering on Sunday 24th February 2013 using a Canon 550D with 18 - 55 lens
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The fire brigade put on a demonstration of a rescue of casualties from a burning building using the ladder.
Merstham, 3.5.15
I picked the location by the Feathers because the sharp bend would slow vehicles down in the dull conditions
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A side view of this 1955 Dennis F12 Pump Escape, new to Cheshire County Fire Brigade, which became part of Cheshire Fire Brigade in 1974 and would have been based at Audlem. I don't know this vehicle's service history, but I'm assuming it would have been relegated to the training school in the 1960s. I had to wait ages to take this shot because of all the people milling around it. When you want to take a good clear shot of something, no one seems to give a toss!
I reckon that, like all emergency services, a fireman had to detach himself from the job otherwise he'd go loopy. I think it was a case of forget about it first and have a good cry later...especially if it involved children. These days, if they were called out to a fire which involved a child who'd been left home alone (like what happened in the first episode of London's Burning) the crew of a fire engine would go absolutely fucking mental if the parents arrived back.
"Where the fuck have you been?" might be the first question.
Have a bonfire on one of the hottest days of the year: you're a dick and we'll call the fire brigade on you!
The idiot over the road decided to light a HUGE bonfire in his back garden at 8pm today, huge plumes of smoke, ash raining down everywhere, no sign of life when we rang the bell. The little old lady across the way insisted on ringing the fire brigade, much sirening and lighting later there are firemen spraying water all over the embarrassed fools garden.
what a dick
my bedroom is full of ash
house stinks of smoke
grrrr
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Matchbox Seagrave Fire Engine, found recently in a nine vehicle set found at a French E.Leclerc Jouet. Seen before as a single not surprisingly but this classic looking casting is always welcome in my collection. Mint and boxed.
The plastic horrendous models which have afflicted the Matchbox range over the last few years are still unfortunately there in abundance. Surely this very unrealistic fantasy interpretation of a Fire Engine should be in the Hot Wheels range where accuracy isn't a main priority but here we have the Flame Smasher with its all plastic body and extremely exaggerated styling which wouldn't look too out of place in a Mad Max movie. This one came in a five vehicle set bought from ASDA around December 2015. Mint and boxed.
A fire broke out in the wooden buildings behind the hotel around 10pm. The narrow streets in the area would have made access for fire-fighting equipment quite difficult. Not sure if this vehicle got stuck trying to enter the street in front of the hotel, or if it was deliberately parked there to stop access.