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11.01.25.
Appliance pictures have been updated on the Rawtenstall and Wythenshawe pages.

31.12.24.
I would like to wish everyone a very HAPPY NEW YEAR and hope for a peaceful 2025. Special thanks go to our five local Fire & Recue Services for all they do to keep us safe. Thanks also to those in the FRSs who give me so much help to keep the information on the site as up to date as possible. Without your help I would struggle at times. It really is appreciated.

To close the year, I have updated some appliance pictures in the Cheshire section following a 5 pump fire in  Burtonwood last Saturday. Updated pictures can be found on the Lymm, Runcorn and Widnes pages.

21.12.24.
As this is likely to be the last update before Christmas [though never say never] I would like to take this opportunity to wish all visitors a very Happy Christmas. Also, many thanks to team members who have provided pictures for this site over the last 12 months. Your contributions are really appreciated. I am aware that I have received a number of archive pictures as well. These, too, are much appreciated. At this time, I have a major project on the go which I need to complete in 2025. As this is demanding of my time, I am holding archive pictures back for the time being. I will endeavour to post as many archive pictures as possible once the project is complete, and I hope contributors will understand the reason for the delay.  I hope to keep as up to date as possible with the current scene.

The last few weeks have been relatively quiet. A few general pictures are included that I have taken myself, but I am indebted to Malcolm Nuttall who has kindly provided a number of pictures from the tragic incident in Kirkby Lonsdale earlier in the month. I have created a new page for that incident, and also I have updated some of the station home pages with appliance pictures from the scene. In many cases I have been able to use different pictures from the incident page. As ususal updates are listed below.

BLACKPOOL ~ PN73JFA
BOLTON LE SANDS ~ PK63FUJ
CARLISLE EAST ~ PX23AEA
CHORLEY ~ PK63FUM
CONGLETON ~ MX24FHS
GREAT HARWOOD ~ PN16BVM
HASLINGDEN ~ PN16BVK
KENDAL ~ PM185 ~ NK67LLZ
LANCASTER ~ PJ70DKK
MILNTHORPE~ NJ19ETZ
PRESTON ~ PN04VAX ~ PN73JFF
SEDBERGH ~ PX08CDY
WINDERMERE ~ NJ71FPF
WORKINGTON ~ PX08SXL

03.11.24.
The main focus of this update is the Rosenbaur RET Robot which is currently being trialled by Lancashire FRS. I have created a new page to illustrate. Also in Lancashire the Nelson page has been updated and the picture of the first appliance at St. Annes has also been updated. A temporary update has been made to the Garstang page.

15.10.24.
On Thursday last week, there was an 8 pump fire in a derelict mill in Haslingden. I have created a new Incident Page which includes most of the appliances that originally attended. Appliance pictures have also been updated, some different from those on the incident page [marked *], as listed below:

BACUP ~ PJ70DKD
BAMBER BRIDGE ~ PL23UCT*
BLACKBURN ~ YN66LZC* ~ PK70EPP ~ PN24HBK
BURNLEY ~ PL23UCN*
DARWEN ~ PO62KAE ~ PN73JEO
GREAT HARWOOD ~ PO61BBF*
HYNDBURN ~ PO18SVK ~ PL23UCU*
RAWTENSTALL ~ PK70EPU

25.09.24.
Back to a routine update with some new appliances, revised fire station pictures and most of the Salford Borough pumps attending an exercise at Manchester Heliport yesterday.

AGECROFT ~ PF23OPR
ASHTON UNDER LYNE LIBRARY PAGE ~ OLD FIRE STATION
BIRCHWOOD ~ MX24FHR
ECCLES ~ PJ21OWM
IRLAM ~ PO11AUY
SALFORD ~ SJ69CKD
WILMSLOW ~ FIRE STATION ~ MX24FHO

09.09.24.
Firstly, apologies for the lack of updates recently. This update began in mid-August but I had issues with one of my hard-drives. However, everything was backed up and so nothing has been lost, but it has taken rather longer to sort than I had first hoped it might.
This update is, therefore, a mega mixed bag, with grateful assistance from some of my 'regulars' - thanks to Andy Daley, Graham Mitchell, Malcolm Nuttall and Simon Rowley. A couple of incidents to begin with. Firstly, a selection of pictures from Malcolm Nuttall.  Boxing Day 2015 saw a number of severe floods across the North-West. Malcolm has very kindly supplied some pictures from the floods in Earby at that time. The second incident was a 10 pump warehouse fire in Samlesbury at the end of July. A number of appliance/station pictures have also been updated as listed below:

AINTREE ~ NEW FIRE STATION ~ DK57FKU ~ DK67AAJ ~ DK19BFN ~ DK72AVU
AMBLESIDE ~ FIRE STATION
APPLEBY ~ PO62GUH ~ NJ71FPE
BARROW ~ YJ07FVT
BLACKBURN ~ PK70EPP
BURNLEY ~ PM164 ~ PL23UCN
CARLISLE EAST ~ PX07BCO ~ YJ07FVS
COCKERMOUTH ~ DA73CXT
CONISTON ~ FIRE STATION ~ PX11AFN
CROXTETH ~ CLOSURE
DARWEN ~ PN73JEO
FRIZINGTON ~ NK68WRJ
FULWOOD ~ PL23UCO ~ PL73GAO
GRANGE ~ PX57FBD
HORNBY ~ PJ65YLC
KENDAL ~ PO56ABZ ~ PX57AHP
KESWICK ~ FIRE STATION
LANCASHIRE USAR ~ PM103 ~ PM168
LANCASTER ~ PJ70DKK
LYTHAM ~ PO18SVG
MARYPORT ~ NJ19EUA
MORECAMBE ~ PO18SVF x2 ~ YD18KGL
PENRITH ~ PM039 ~ KR63YVU ~ KR63YVV ~ PX63ENN
PREESALL ~ PO62KBY
PRESTON ~ PN73JEJ x2
ST.HELENS ~ DK61EER ~ DK68DAO
SACU ~ PO13FLL
SILVERDALE ~ PO13CZX
SPEKE/GARSTON ~ DG71TXD
STAVELEY ~ DA73CXR
TOXTETH ~ DK22DBU
ULVERSTON ~ NJ19ETY ~ PY73HUU
WALLASEY ~ DK57FKX ~ DK61EET ~ DK22DBO ~ MRSU POD
WALNEY ~ NJ71FPC
WHITEHAVEN ~ PX57ETO ~ NJ71FPD
WIGTON ~ NK68WRG
WINDERMERE ~ FIRE STATION ~ PX57ETK ~ NJ71FPF ~ KAWASAKI MULE
WORKINGTON ~ PX04AEG ~ MX08SXL ~ KX63MXZ
 

30.07.24.
The whole country and beyond has been shocked at the horrendous attacks made on young innocents in Southport yesterday. This website shares in the grief but also the immense pride in the work undertaken by all the emergency services. As a website which deals primarily with the Fire & Rescue Services here in the North-West, I feel it is right and proper to especially send our utmost thanks and gratitude to GREEN WATCH at Southport Fire Station, whilst in no way detracting from all other emergency services involved.  Two very simple words for you all. THANK YOU. To those still in hospital prayers that you will recover and to the souls who have passed away REST IN PEACE.

06.07.24.
It has been a paritcularly busy week for Merseyside FRS with two protracted incidents. The first incident began on Tuesday evening and involved household waste and a 50x50m warehouse. 15 pumps, 2 aerial appliances and other specials were required with significant asistance provided by Cheshire FRS. Sincere thanks to Andy Daley who attended on the night. I have created a new Incident Page for Andy's excellent pictures. I attended in person the next day and am grateful for the assistance I received in obtaining pictures of many of the relief appliances that were there at that time. These are listed below:

BELLE VALE ~ PM013
CROSBY ~ DK70FLL
LIVERPOOL CITY ~ DK66CEX & ICU ~ DK19BFA
MALPAS ~ PN10HRP
NANTWICH ~ MX17GBF
ST HELENS ~ DK19BFF
SAUGHALL MASSIE ~ DK15CYW
SOUTHPORT ~ DK61EEU
 

30.06.24.
I want to begin this update with an apology and correction. The update of 03.06.24. showed PO18SVK as being allocated to South Shore. This was an error. PO18SVK was in use as an Operational Reserve Appliance, and PF65LML has since returned to South Shore. Sincere apologies for the error. I understand that PO18SVK is now allocated to Hyndburn as a replacement for PO61BAA.
The South Shore page has been updated with Hyndburn to follow in the near future. Other updates are as shown below:

BACUP ~ PF65LMV
BLACKBURN ~ PK70EPP
BOLTON-LE-SANDS ~ PK63FUJ ~ OV69VDP*
CARNFORTH ~ PO62KFU
CHESTER ~ MX67JUC ~ MX21EFV
FLEETWOOD ~ PN17JFY* ~ PL23UCP*
HEYWOOD ~ MX07GYY
LANCS USAR ~ PM103
LEYLAND ~ PN09KNM ~ PK70 EPO
PENWORTHAM ~ PN73JDZ
PREESALL ~ PO62KBY
SACU ~ PE63TZX
SANDBACH ~ MX65BCF ~ MK71KNM

Pictures marked * have been very generously supplied by Graham Mitchell and received with thanks.

19.06.24.
Many visitors will be aware that the retained appliance from Hyndburn was involved in a serious incident on the M65 last Saturday afternoon. I understand that none of the crew has sustained serious injury. I would like to wish all those involved a speedy recovery. Many of them are very good friends to me and this website, and I hope it won't be too long before they are responding again. As ever in these cirumstances, I will not be posting any pictures.
Two lots of pictures in this update. Firstly, updated appliance pictures from Cumbria during an exercise in Carlisle at the beginning of the month, very kindly supplied by Graham Mitchell. Secondly, Malcolm Nuttall has very kindly provided a selection of pictures taken at an incident at Barnoldswick Gospel Hall, last Saturday evening, for which a new incident page has ben created.
Appliance pictures have been updated on the following pages:

BRAMPTON ~ PX09EDF
BURNLEY ~ PJ70DKL ~ PL23UCN
HYNDBURN ~ PN16FPA ~ PL23UCU
LAZONBY ~ PO55BUJ
LONGTOWN ~ NK67LLX
PATTERDALE ~ PX11AFO

03.06.24.
A routine update including the transfer of 3 Volvos in Lancashire. Full details as follows:

BIRCHWOOD ~ MX19EWJ
BISPHAM ~ PJ70ZBW
BLACKPOOL ~ PL23UCR ~ PN73JFA
BURNLEY ~ PL23UCN
CARLISLE WEST ~ PX23ADZ
FLEETWOOD ~ PL23UCP
MORECAMBE ~ PO62KZD
ORMSKIRK ~ PO13CZW ~ PN17JFV
PRESTON ~ PN73JEJ
ST. ANNES ~ PO18SVE
TARLETON ~ PN16BVL

15.05.24.
This update contains a mixture of current appliance updates and some historic updates as well as listed below. In addtion, I have created a new Over The Border page. Once again several pictures, including the historic ones, have been kindly sent to me by Malcolm Nuttall, to whom I offer sincere thanks

BACUP ~ PO11KKD ~ PF65LMVx2 ~ YD67VJN
BARNOLDSWICK ~ PO13FVW
BLACKBURN ~ PK70EPP
BLACKPOOL ~ PN73JEJ
COLNE ~ PO13CZV
FULWOOD ~ PL23UCO ~ PL73GAO
NELSON ~ PO62KGY ~ PN73JEU

ARCHIVE PICTURES

ACCRINGTON ~ JFV744N x2
BURNLEY ~ LHG321N
COLNE ~ 415ATC
CROSBY ~ 411ATC [a new addition to this website]
DARWEN ~ JFV745N
FULWOOD ~ NCW36P
NELSON ~ D106TRN x2
NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS~ 347KTF

29.04.24.
It is 5 years since I was able to add to the 'Exercise' pages. This has been remedied in this update with the addition of Exercise Hychrome at the end of last week. Additonally, appliance pictures have been updated on the Bacup, Bolton North, Burnley, Manchester Central, and Rochdale pages.

22.04.24.
I have now updated the appliance indexes for Greater Manchester. Once again I am grateful to Malcolm Nuttall for some updated appliance pictures which have been added to the Clitheroe, Barnoldswick, Lancaster, Skelmersdale and Carnforth Library pages. Sincere thanks also to Graham Mitchell for updated pictures from both Carlisle East and Carlisle West. My sincere apologies and thanks to Andy Daley who sent me a set of pictures of the fire at the Echo Arena Car Park in Liverpool way back in 2018. Unfortunately these pictures were not included back then due entirely to my own fault. I am pleased to rectify the issue in this update.
Just as I was about to upload today's selection, I received a picture of the new Command Unit at Blackburn courtesy Malcolm Nuttall. Thanks once again, Malcolm.

17.04.24.
All the new Volvos in Lancashire are now on the run. I am, as ever, grateful to Malcolm Nuttall for his assistance in ensuring all of them are now included on this website. Greater Manchester has also put a further two new Volvos on the run in the past week which are also included. Addtionally, in this update, a number of other appliance pictures have been routinely updated as listed below.

ATHERTON ~ PK24LFD
BLACKBURN ~ PK70EPP
BLACKPOOL ~ PL23UCR
BURNLEY ~ PJ70DKL
DARWEN ~ PN73JEO
FLEETWOOD ~ PL23UCP
FULWOOD ~ PL73GAO
HYNDBURN ~ PN16FPA ~ PL23UCU
LANCS TRAINING ~ PF65LMM
LITTLEBOROUGH ~ PO67CJV
MORECAMBE ~ PN16FPC ~ PO18SVF
MOSSLEY ~ PK24LFG
NELSON ~ PO62KGY ~ PN73JEU
RAWTENSTALL ~ PK70EPU
ST ANNES ~ PO62KYR
SOUTH SHORE ~ PF65LML

19.03.24.
For the last few weeks, I have been 'chasing' new appliances and especially the new Volvos in Lancashire. I have been superbly assisted in that task by Malcolm Nuttall. I am also grateful to Jonathan Dixon who sent me some appliance shots from a recent serious incident in Blackpool which included the new Command Unit on its second incident. Additionally, there are the usual routine updates. All updated pictures are listed below:

BAMBER BRIDGE ~ PL23UCT x2
BARNOLDSWICK ~ FIRE STATION
BLACKPOOL ~ PN73JEJ
BURNLEY ~ PK70DKL ~ PN73JFA x2
CLITHEROE ~ PK63FUF ~ PF65LMU
COLNE ~ PO13CZV
FULWOOD ~ PL73GAO
HYNDBURN ~ PL23UCU
KENDAL ~ PX23AEC
LANCS TRAINING ~ PK63FUE
LANCS USAR ~ PM139
LEIGH ~ PF23OPY
PENWORTHAM ~ PN73JDZ
SOUTH SHORE ~ PF65LML
TARLETON ~ PN16BVL
WARRINGTON ~ MX23AYJ

23.02.24.
I have begun by updating the information given for the incident at Queenline Kitchens. A more significant update of the current scene, including more of the new Volvo appliances entering service in Lancashire, some of which were seen following a large fire in Blackburn last weekend. Also thanks to Graham Mitchell* for a couple of the GMC pictures.  The updates are as listed below:

BARNOLDSWICK ~ PO61BBJ
BLACKBURN ~ PK70EPP
BLACKLEY ~ PJ21OVB
BLACKPOOL ~ PN73JEJ
BOLTON LE SANDS ~ PK63FUJ
BURNLEY ~ PN16BVK ~ PK70DKL
CHORLEY ~ PN73JFE
CLITHEROE ~ PK63FUF
FULWOOD ~ PO11NCU
HOLLINS ~ PF23OPP*
HYNDBURN ~ YD18KGL ~  PL23UCU
LANCS TRAINING ~ PO56GVR~PO56VGU~PO56VLS
LEYLAND ~ PK70EPO
MORECAMBE ~ PO18SVF
PHILIPS PARK ~ PK69FLF
PREESALL ~ PO62KBY
PRESTON ~ PN04VAX ~ PL23UCN ~ PN73JFF
SACU ~ PO13FLL
ST ANNES ~ PO18SVE
SKELMERSDALE ~ PL19GHV
WESHAM ~ PO13FVV
WITHINGTON ~ PF23OPT*

20.02.24.
The first of what I hope will be a number of updates of library pictures.

BROUGHTON ~ C745DNF at Central Mill Blackley
COLNE ~ WTD867H ~ STJ902M
GORTON ~ Record shot of URJ787S* behind A695MNC
HORWICH ~ ENB644T
LEIGH ~ NBU716W
MANCHESTER CENTRAL~ C744DNF at Central Mill Blackley
NEWTON LE WILLOWS ~ RTF813G after serious collision
STRETFORD ~ STJ199L*
WIGAN ~ Line Up
* Not previously featured.

Also included is a picture of an incident at Queenline Kitchens, Bolton in 2002, kindly provided by Stuart Wilkinson.

02.02.24.
I am most grateful to Andy Daley for a selection of pictures from the 12 pump fire on Fox Street, Liverpool last weekend. I have created a new incident page for those pictures. This morning I was in the right place at the right time. I was on the M60 heading to Costco in Chadderton, when I was advised of a 6 pump incident in Chadderton. Being just over 5 minutes away, meant that I was at the incident before a number of appliances attending, and before the road was shut off. I was able to photograph all the appliances attending as listed below. |As the fire itself was predominantly at the rear of the property, I have not posted any incident pictures. There was a reserve appliance from Philips Park also in attendance but not published.

ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE ~ PO67CJX ~ PO18TVW ~ PO23ORA x2
BLACKLEY ~ PJ21OVB
CHADDERTON ~ PK69FKS
HEYWOOD ~ PO68WWS
HOLLINS ~ PF23OPP
OLDHAM ~ PN05UVJ
ROCHDALE ~ PO60DWF
WHITEFIELD ~ PO68WWR

30.01.24.
The next new Volvo for Lancashire has gone on the run at Preston, whilst just up the road at Fulwood a new Coomand Unit has arrived but is not yet in service. I have created an incident page for a fire in a derelict hotel in Ashton-in-Makerfield last week, which also contains pictures of 3 relief pumps that were in attendance. An updated appliance picture has been added to the Hindley page.

22.01.24.
Following the arrival of the first Volvo pumping appliance into service with Lancashire, I have updated the Fulwood page. I have also updated the appliance picture on the Lytham page.

16.01.24.
The first update of the new year sees a number of revised appliance pictures as listed.

BLACKLEY ~ PJ21OVB
BURY ~ PF23OPU
CLITHEROE ~ PN09PYT
DARWEN ~ PO56VGV
ROCHDALE ~ PO60DWF ~ PO68WWP
SILVERDALE ~ PO13CZX

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