None of us used to wear BA For car fires in 91, thats why our lungs are knackered. And we had Corky Cromwells in 1996 on change to North Wales, our machines were Volvo before everyone else, we carried multitools in 1992 before most but still had Cromwell helmets lol
The main thing that stopped most UK fire services buying Dennis was the price, they were always the prefered option, but because they were designed and built to be fire appliances, and they were built in small batches and to individual specifications this made the cost higher. Once budgets started to become stricter, Dennis couldn't compete against lorries with fire fighting bodies, that were significantly cheaper to buy or as a lot of fire services do now leased through a third party company that has no interest in keeping the vehicle in use beyond its lease period of 4 or 5 years. It's a false economy really as the old Dennis's lasted much longer, were often more powerful and were purpose built for the task.
Jeez, only one lane was closed. I remember the days when you'd go past a good car fire on a motorway with only a slight delay, now you're slowed down to 40 5 miles beforehand or the bastards just close the motorway off before it's fully hosed down, removed and swept up!
It looks like there are two clips here. The first part sounds like a Dennis Rapier, or it may be one of the later Dennis RS appliances fitted with different engines to the standard V8's. The clip coming up the slip road onto the motorway is definately a Dennis RS with a Perkins 540 or 640 V8. It looks like the curved tail end of a Bedford HCB Angus pump is also visible in the clip at the scene.
Looks like two different clips in one.The first looks and sounds like a late Dennis RS without the standard Perkins V8, and the clip coming up the slip road sounds like an earlier V8 fitted RS. I know Loughton had one of nthe very last Dennis RS's delivered to Essex, so maybe it had a Cummins engine?
@@Mbard333I don't think the clips are the same incident. One looks like Brentwood and sounds like it has a Cummins lump, the other which is date stamped 1991 is a Perkins V8 fitted RS coming up onto the M25. I think the first part was an incident a few years later and they've been merged.
hows comes they dont keep the sirens on all the time, the dennis engines were quality, i do like the scanias that essex use now and the mercs that london use . . . keep up the fine work crew
Mercs and Scanias are crap rubbish always off the run Dennis all the way! If Scania are so good why did Merseyside re-body some of their Dennis pumps because they knew the Scania would be as crap as they are you can't convert a lorry into a fire engine fact.
that engine note truly is one of a kind.
None of us used to wear BA For car fires in 91, thats why our lungs are knackered. And we had Corky Cromwells in 1996 on change to North Wales, our machines were Volvo before everyone else, we carried multitools in 1992 before most but still had Cromwell helmets lol
My dad never did he retired in 93 in Devon has a retained fireman
Great video !!
Many thanks for the re post with sound :)
Fantastic stuff! Nice work, welldone.
The main thing that stopped most UK fire services buying Dennis was the price, they were always the prefered option, but because they were designed and built to be fire appliances, and they were built in small batches and to individual specifications this made the cost higher. Once budgets started to become stricter, Dennis couldn't compete against lorries with fire fighting bodies, that were significantly cheaper to buy or as a lot of fire services do now leased through a third party company that has no interest in keeping the vehicle in use beyond its lease period of 4 or 5 years. It's a false economy really as the old Dennis's lasted much longer, were often more powerful and were purpose built for the task.
And any appliance built today is crap and spends more time off the run than on it!
There won't be a fire service soon
Jeez, only one lane was closed. I remember the days when you'd go past a good car fire on a motorway with only a slight delay, now you're slowed down to 40 5 miles beforehand or the bastards just close the motorway off before it's fully hosed down, removed and swept up!
more vids of the two tones siren please!! links are welcome too :D
It looks like there are two clips here. The first part sounds like a Dennis Rapier, or it may be one of the later Dennis RS appliances fitted with different engines to the standard V8's. The clip coming up the slip road onto the motorway is definately a Dennis RS with a Perkins 540 or 640 V8. It looks like the curved tail end of a Bedford HCB Angus pump is also visible in the clip at the scene.
ShelvokeSPV how can it be a rapier they didn't come into service until 93
Breathing some shit in there brothers.
this is fascinating as hell to watch, always thought older UK firefighting gear and equipment was cool.
Cheers from the U.S. Of A.
At 2:34 does that radio message say Control, Delta 701 ?
This is actually the M11 (near the M25 junction).
@U5096 the ford granadas are from essex police :)
volvo, man, renault, hino, are but a few converted to fire engines. dennis also make bin lorrys, buses. so ur point is?
Looks like two different clips in one.The first looks and sounds like a late Dennis RS without the standard Perkins V8, and the clip coming up the slip road sounds like an earlier V8 fitted RS. I know Loughton had one of nthe very last Dennis RS's delivered to Essex, so maybe it had a Cummins engine?
Nah they’re both RS Essex didn’t get any rapiers until 93
@@Mbard333 There's no date on the first clip. If it is an RS its not a Perkins V8.
@@ShelvokeSPV they are one is a G reg and I think one is an H reg
@@ShelvokeSPV they are both RS one is a G reg can’t see the plate on the other one
@@Mbard333I don't think the clips are the same incident. One looks like Brentwood and sounds like it has a Cummins lump, the other which is date stamped 1991 is a Perkins V8 fitted RS coming up onto the M25. I think the first part was an incident a few years later and they've been merged.
respect to all fire men and woman life savers and may good be with you at all times
No messing about, straight to it once on the scene.
hows comes they dont keep the sirens on all the time, the dennis engines were quality, i do like the scanias that essex use now and the mercs that london use . . . keep up the fine work crew
Why the hell they got rid of two tones is beyond me!
Poor Opel Monza
What station did that come from brentwood
that's crazy how the cops already have a lane closed for you guys. Question though....why wasnt anyone wearing airpacks??
It was the 90s less regulations
opel rekord coupe.i think
essex and metropolitan police at the same scene?why?
Looks like it’s from the 80s, that siren is old too, when was this video taken?
Laura Heads 1991 says the date in the bottom corner
They had the siren till early 2000s.
iv been look 4 is vid
y thy not wearing b/a sets we have to
Because there wasn't a BA regulation that required them to wear BA for car fires in those days they do now
camera jummpy no good vision pour on the petrol then
lane closed for public safety, not so the dripstands could get there........
loughton.
contact with me. I'm fireman from Poland.
Essex? Shut uuup
Mercs and Scanias are crap rubbish always off the run Dennis all the way!
If Scania are so good why did Merseyside re-body some of their Dennis pumps because they knew the Scania would be as crap as they are you can't convert a lorry into a fire engine fact.