ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>Scania Metz Turntable Ladder</title> <meta name="description" content="Strathclyde Fire & Rescue Preservation Group appliance, Scania Metz 100ft Merryweather TL"> <meta name="keywords" content="strathclyde,fire,preservation,group,rescue,ayeready,heritage,vintage,wheeled,glasgow,scoosher,goddess,firefighting,pumpescape,appliances,cheapside,street,disaster,glasgow airport,dennisf8,light6"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <link href="../styles/styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> </head> <body> <div id="layout"> <!-- Top Banner Start --> <div id="header"> <div class="FloatL"> <a href="../index.htm" title="Home"><img src="../images/site/sfrlogo.gif" width="370" height="128" alt="Strathclyde Fire &amp Rescue Logo" border="0"></a> </div> <div class="FloatR"> <img src="../images/site/PresGroupLogo.jpg" width="293" height="128" alt="Strathclyde Fire &amp Rescue Preservation Group Logo"> </div> <div class="both"></div> </div> <!-- Top Banner End --> <!-- Navigation Start --> <div id="navbar"> <ul id="main-nav"> <li><a href="../index.htm" title="Home Page">Home Page</a></li> <li><a href="../aboutus.htm" title="About Us">About Us</a></li> <li><a href="../appliances.htm" title="Group Appliances"> Appliances</a></li> <!-- <li><a href="../chairmans_report.htm" title="Group Chairmans Annual Report">Chairmans Annual Report</a></li>--> <li><a href="../cheapside_street_50_years.htm" title="Commemorating The Cheapside Street Disaster - 28th March 1960">Cheapside Street 50 Years On</a></li> <li><a href="../contact.htm" title="Contact Us">Contact</a></li> <li><a href="../events4.htm" title="Events We Are Attending">Events</a></li> <li><a href="../featured.htm" title="Featuring Specially Selected Events and Appliances">Featured Events and Appliances</a></li> <li><a href="../guestbook1/sfrpg_guestbook.html" title="Why Not Sign Our Guest Book">Guest Book</a></li> <li><a href="../imagegalleries.htm" title="View Image Galleries">Image Galleries</a></li> <li><a href="../links.htm" title="Some Relevant Links You May Find Interesting">Related Links </a></li> <li><a href="../manuals.htm" title="Hand Operated Fire Appliances">Manuals</a></li> <li><a href="../media-section.htm" title="Our Work With The Media">Media Section</a></li> <li><a href="../projects.htm" title="Active Restoration and Preservation Projects">Projects</a></li> <li><a href="../st_mungo.htm" title="The St. Mungo Fire Boat">The St. Mungo Fireboat</a></li> <li><a href="../steamers.htm" title="Steam Powered Appliances">Steamers</a></li> <li><a href="../trailer_units.htm" title="Miscellaneous Trailer Units">Trailer Units</a></li> </ul> </div> <!-- Navigation End --> <!-- Page Content Start --> <div id="content"> <!-- Actual Content Start --> <!-- Appliance top navigation start --> <div id="ApplianceNavContainer"> <ul id="ApplianceNavList"> <li><a href="E146_XDS.htm" title="Scania 83M/Emergency One Water Tender Ladder"><< Previous</a></li> <li><a href="GTO_10.htm" title="Dennis Merryweather TL">Next >></a></li> </ul> </div> <!-- Appliance top navigation end --> <h2 class="centered">C812 JGB<br>Scania G92M Turntable Ladder</h2> <img class="centered" src="../images/appliances/C812_JGB_3rd.jpg" width="665" height="480" title="Scania G92M" alt="Scania G92M Turntable Ladder"> <p> In 1906 Glasgow Fire Brigade was the first service in Britain to order a mechanically operated Extension Ladder mounted on a turntable on a Mercedes chassis. The Turntable Ladder had arrived. Such was its success that every fire service in the U.K. eventually operated this type of appliance. The three main manufacturers of Turntable Ladders were Merryweather of Greenwich, London and the German firms of Magirus and Metz </p> <p> C812 JGB was the first Scania fire appliance ordered by Strathclyde Fire Brigade, serving initially at Kilmarnock and was later transferred to Clydebank Fire Station. </p> <p> The ladder set is a hydraulically operated and German engineered Metz DL30 four section steel 100 (30m) extension ladder which also has the facility to enable a two man cage to be fitted to the top section of the ladder. </p> <p> This appliance was the last operational Turntable Ladder in service with Strathclyde Fire and Rescue. </p> <p> In the early hours of Sunday 18th June 2006 the T.L was turned out to a dwelling house fire in the Drumchapel area of Glasgow. The following day the appliance was taken off the run due to a faulty hydraulic valve. The costs of repairs combined with the imminent arrival of the new Aerial Rescue Pump prompted the decision to retire the appliance. </p> <p> It is indeed fitting that exactly 100 years after the first turntable ladder was delivered to the Glasgow Fire Brigade, Strathclyde Fire and Rescue s last operational Turntable Ladder would attend its final fire within the City of Glasgow. </p> <p> The Turntable Ladder was gifted to Strathclyde Fire Brigade Preservation Group in July 2006. </p> <img class="centered" src="../images/appliances/C812_JGB_1.jpg" width="380" height="300" alt="Scania G92M Turntable Ladder"> <!-- Actual Content End --> </div> <!-- Page Content End --> <!-- Footer Start --> <div id="footer"> &copy; Strathclyde Fire &amp; Rescue Preservation Group </div> <!-- Footer End --> </div> </body> </html>