ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>Dennis F108 Pump Escape</title> <meta name="description" content="Strathclyde Fire & Rescue Preservation Group appliance, Dennis F108 Pump Escape"> <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" title="Dennis F108" 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="THS_825.htm" title="THS_825, Austin Gypsy, Light Pump 4x4"><< Previous</a></li> <li><a href="VDS_105R.htm" title="Dennis D Series">Next >></a></li> </ul> </div> <!-- Appliance top navigation end --> <h2 class="centered">YHS 151H<br>1970 Dennis F108 Water Tender Escape</h2> <img class="centered" src="../images/appliances/YHS_151H_1rd.jpg" width="600" height="480" title="Dennis F108" alt="DENNIS F108 Pump Escape"> <p> This fire appliance has the distinction of being the last wheeled escape carrying vehicle to have been ordered by a Scottish Fire Brigade. It was delivered to the Western Area Fire Brigade in 1970 and stationed at Port Glasgow. During 1976, it was transferred to Rothesay on the Isle of Bute where it replaced the Dennis F12 Pump Escape KHS 590. It started its operational life at Rothesay as the first then the second appliance After a spell as a spare appliance in  E Division of Strathclyde Fire Brigade the vehicle was then used as a Demonstration appliance. Mechanical problems caused the vehicle to be laid up at Brigade Headquarters with its future then in doubt </p> <p>In 1995, the newly formed Strathclyde Fire Brigade Preservation Group were given the appliance on a permanent loan basis and set about restoring the vehicle to original condition and livery. In 2002 the original Perkins V8 510 8.4ltr diesel engine was beginning to give up the ghost and we managed to source a replacement Perkins V8 540 8.8ltr engine which the staff at Brigade Workshops, Hamilton, fitted. Water is provided by a rear transversely mounted Dennis No.2 fire pump giving an output of 630 GPM (2866 l/m). A Coventry Climax/Godiva lightweight portable pump is also carried. This has an output of 350 GPM (1575 l/m). Know popularly as the Featherweight Pump (it took four men just to lift it!) this piece of fire service equipment was used by most UK brigades. The engine was also fitted in the famous Cooper Climax racing car. </p> <p>This fire appliance has won many awards and trophies including Best Fire Appliance at Emergency Truckfest in 1997 and 2005. In 1999 it attended the annual  Vesting Dagen festival at Hellevoetsluis. Holland. It continues to create great interest today no matter which event it is taken to. </p> <!-- 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>