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The fire brigade put on a demonstration of a rescue of casualties from a burning building using the ladder.
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Merstham, 3.5.15
I picked the location by the Feathers because the sharp bend would slow vehicles down in the dull conditions
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.
West Columbia Fire Department, West Columbia Texas. A lot of unknowns with this one, saw it from the side of the road outside the WCFD station. All I can say is that it's an American LaFrance tower. 1000 century series maybe ? The other photo of this unit shows that it's a Snorkel aerial. If you look at the letters on the boom, there is evidence that at one time, this might have been an industrial apparatus.