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Land Rovers and Range Rovers were particularly popular choices for small fire engine conversions. The Land Rover was a good base for an off-road appliance, whilst the Range Rover offered speed and size for airfield operations, in it's Commando and TACR 2 guises.
The Land Rover was especially useful for rural brigades, where its cross-country capabilities could get fire-fighters to a remote blaze in an isolated farmhouse or a gorse fire on a mountain very quickly. Nor was its use confined to country areas, with many large urban brigades using the Land Rover to support bigger appliances or as specialist vehicles. Land Rovers found favour with industrial brigades, often serving as towing vehicles for trailer pumps.
Initially Land Rover sold its own fire appliance based upon the Series I 80", but they soon realised that they were not well equipped to produce a good range of fire appliances. Therefore a number of specialist manufacturers were licensed to produce fire appliance. Of these manufacturers, HCB Angus, Marshalls, Bates and Carmichael & Sons of Worcester (now Amdac Carmichael) are of particular note. Carmichael did various models, including 4x4 and 6x6 Range Rover conversions and FC conversions.
Above Pictures:-
Top left, Sandringham 6 based fire appliance.
Top right, Similar Sandringham 6 based fire appliance.
Middle left, Series III 109 V8 based emergency vehicle.
Middle right, Cliff Matthews Series Fire Appliance.
Bottom left, Series III forward control fire appliance.
Bottom right, Carmichael Series III FC fire appliance.
Commando 6x6 Fire Appliance. Pic by Ray Lann
Land Rover's Defender 6x6 Fire Appliance- Gaydon 2008
Classic Land Rover Fire Appliances in Portugal
Jose Lucena Wrote:
These pictures were taken at an 'old glories' gathering held in Torres Vedras (Portugal), of 2 Land Rover vehicles still operated by Portuguese Volunteer Fire Services:
a) Bare open box classic version of a long wheelbase LR Series, pulling a 1940s British built Dennis wheeled fire pump, from the Sul e Sueste (Barreiro) Volunteer Fire-fighting Association.
Pics by Jose Lucena.
b) Built-up as a Medium Duty Fire Engine version of a 1971 FC LR, from the Tábua Volunteer Fire-fighting Association.
Pics by Jose Lucena.
TACR I
TACR 2
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