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27.11.23.
I have added three more new Scanias to the Cumbria section at Barrow, Carlisle East and Kendal. I have also fully updated the Cumbria section as much as I can. Many pages have been updated/corrected and the Index of the current appliance allocations and the Library Index have both been updated. Just a reminder that the index only refers to the pictures available. For example, until I can publish a picture of the new Scania at Carlisle West, the Index will continue to show the Volvo previously based there. None of this work could have been achieved without the generous help of Graham Mitchell who has supplied both photographs and fleet details. I still have the other 4 areas to update, plus dozens of archive photos which I hope to bring over the winter months. I am conscious that I have had some of these for some time. I can assure those of you who have kindly supplied historical pictures that they will appear eventually.   

08.11.23.
Over the last weekend there have been a number of large incidents in the North-West of which the largest was a 10 pump fire in Longridge on Monday evening. I was able to visit there yesterday where there was still several relief appliances in attendance. I have created an incident page and also have included a number of the appliance pictures on the respective home page.

BACUP ~ PF65LMV
BLACKBURN ~ PO60LUP
BOLTON LE SANDS ~ OV60VDP
DARWEN ~ PN17JFU
MORECAMBE ~ YD18KGL
ORMSKIRK ~ PN17JFV
SACU ~ PE63TZX
SOUTH SHORE ~ PF65LML

28.10.23.
Work has now been completed on the extension at Littleborough Fire Station and an uopdated picture has been added. Appliance pictures have been updated on the Bamber Bridge, Barnoldswick, Carnforth and Great Harwood pages.

23.10.23.
It is with great sadness that we learned today of the death of Steve Fellows, crew manager at Audlem Fire Station. Steve died last Friday, aged 42, after a short illness. Sincere condolences are offered to all of Steve's family and to his colleagues at Audlem. MAY HE REST IN PEACE.

22.10.23.
Today marks the 52nd anniversary of the 40 pump fire at Texas Mill in Ashton-under-Lyne. I was privileged to be invited to Ashton Fire Station this morning, where a Red Plaque was unveiled to remember Fireman Norman Nolan who was tragically killed at that incident. It was also a huge privilege to meet Norman's widow and his son and daughter who were aged just 4 years and 2 years old at the time of his death. A new page has been which has been linked to both the Ashton Fire Station page and also the Texas Mill page.
I have also updated a couple of the Ashton appliances, plus appliance pictures on the Ellesmere Port and South Shore pages have been updated.

15.10.23.
A significant update which includes the 12 new Volvo pumping appliances for Greater Manchester. I have listed these in registration order rather than the usual station order.

PF23OPO ~ MARPLE
PF23OPP ~ HOLLINS
PF23OPR ~ AGECROFT
PF23OPS ~ STALYBRIDGE
PF23OPT ~ WITHINGTON
PF23OPU ~ BURY
PF23OPV ~ CHEADLE
PF23OPW ~ OFFERTON
PF23OPX ~ BOLTON NORTH
PF23OPY ~ LEIGH
PF23OPZ ~ ALTRINCHAM
PF23ORA ~ ASHTON UNDER LYNE

The majority of the above are already in service, with the remainder entering service in the very new future.

In Cheshire, new Scania pumping appliances are also appearing, including:

PENKETH ~ MX23AYL

Cumbria has taken delivery of 6 new Scania pumping appliances some of which are now in service. I am grateful to Graham Mitchell for supplying these pictures along with an updated picture of Cockermouth Fire Station.

WHITEHAVEN ~ PX23ACO
WORKINGTON ~ PX23AEB

A delivery of new Volvo appliances is in the process of delivery in Lancashire. An update will follow once I am able to photograph them.

In addition to all of the above, appliance pictures on the following pages have been routinely updated:

FARNWORTH ~ PO60KWV ~ PK69FLB
KENDAL ~ PO55BUH
LIVERPOOL CITY ~ DK66CEX ~ DK68DAO ~ YN22EKX
POWEY LANE ~ MX22HWV
STRETFORD ~ PO68WCF
WHITEFIELD ~ PO68WWR

Finally, I have created a new incident page for a Car Fire on the A590 at Crooklands in Cumbria, and a link to a new video taken at the launch of the new Volvos in Greater Manchester.

NOTE: I have yet to update the lists of Fire Stations and Appliances Allocated, both current and historical. This will be quite a mommoth task which I shall undertake as soon as possible.

18.08.23.
Yesterday saw one of the largest fires in the north-west for quite sometime. I have created a new Incident Page for the fire at St Simon & St Jude C of E Primary School in Great Lever, Bolton.
Pictures of the incident are included plus a number of appliances that attended. As ever, I have used some of the appliance pictures to update the relevant Home Page. Additionally, I have added a small of number of appliances pictures taken around the region during August. These are listed below along with any pages updated from the Bolton incident.

BOLTON CENTRAL ~ PJ22XGM
CARLISLE WEST ~ KX63MXY
CHORLEY ~ PJ70DKD
EARBY ~ PO13CZY
HOLLINS ~ PO60KWT
MANCHESTER CENTRAL ~ PO68WCE
OFFERTON ~ PO11AVG
STALYBRIDGE ~ PO11AVN
STRETFORD ~ PM007
WESHAM ~ PO13FVV

05.08.23.
July also got off to a busy start with an 8 pump fire in Burnley, plus I have continued with general update of appliance pictures as listed below:

ALSAGER ~ MK71KNS
ASHTON UNDER LYNE ~ PO67CJX ~ PO18TVW
ATHERTON ~ MV54AYW ~ YJ64JBO
BACUP ~ PF65LMV
BLACKBURN ~ PK70EPP
CHORLEY ~ PJ70DKD
COLNE ~ PO13CZT ~ PO13CZV
FARNWORTH ~ PK69FLB
FULWOOD ~ PO11NCU
HASLINGDEN ~ PO62KCC
HINDLEY ~ PJ21OWG
HORNBY ~ PJ65YLC
HORWICH ~ PO11AVK
HYNDBURN ~ PO61BAA ~ PK63FUE ~ PN16FPA
LANCASHIRE TRAINING ~ PO18SVJ
LANCASHIRE USAR ~ PM168
LEYLAND ~ PN09KNM x2 ~ PN16BVL
MERSEYSIDE TDA ~ DK55HNB
MORECAMBE ~ PO62KZD
NELSON ~ PN17JFX
PADIHAM ~ PO13CZU
PATTERDALE ~ FIRE STATION ~ PX11AFO
PRESTON ~ PN04VAX ~ PN16BVM
RAWTENSTALL ~ PK70EPU
SKELMERSDALE ~ PN16BVO ~ PL19GHV
STRETFORD ~ PO68WLV
WARRINGTON ~ MX67JUA

02.07.23.
June turned out to be quite a busy month, most especially during the heatwave. In the middle of the month there was an 8 pump fire in Accrington, and whilst crews were attending that incident, there was a 6 pump fire just under a mile away, which brought in a number of visiting appliances to the Accrington area. Later in the month there was an 8 pump fire at a scrapyard in Widnes, followed the next evening by a 10 pump fire in Barrow-in-Furness. I have created a new Incident Page for the fire in Barrow. In addition to the aforementioned, I have spent several hours in the Cheshire area updating appliance pictures and at the time of writing, I believe there remains just one of the Toyota RRRVs to photograph, though I understand there may be an additional vehicle not yet in service. Arrangements are in hand to complete that project. The list of updates is as follows:

ALSAGER ~ PO11FZN
BAMBER BRIDGE ~ PN16BVP
BLACKBURN ~ PO60LUP ~ PK70EPP
BOLLINGTON ~ MX17GBE ~ MF22ONM
BURNLEY ~ PN16BVK ~ PJ70DKL
BURY ~ PO60KWY
COLNE ~ PO13CZV
CREWE ~ MX67JUE
DARWEN ~ PO11KKB ~ PO62KAE
FRODSHAM ~ RMB996 ~ PO13 AZN ~ MK71KNJ
GRANGE OVER SANDS ~ PX09EDK
HOLMES CHAPEL ~ MX65BCE ~ MK71KNR
HYNDBURN ~ PO61BAA ~ PK63FUE
KENDAL ~ KR63YVU
KIRKBY LONSDALE ~ PX09 EDL
LEYLAND ~ PN09KNM ~ PO11KJU ~ PN16BVL
LYMM ~ ML72NMJ
MIDDLEWICH ~ MK71KNP
MILLOM ~ NK67LLW
MILNTHORPE ~ NJ19ETZ
NANTWICH ~ MX06KWH ~ DK61EZZ ~ MX17GBF
NELSON ~ PN17JFX
PENWORTHAM ~ PN17JFO
POWEY LANE ~ DA52YZG ~ WX54VTY ~ PM046
POYNTON ~ PO13AZL ~ MK72KOE
RAWTENSTALL ~ Q612TCY
SANDBACH ~ MX65BCF
STALYBRIDGE ~ PO11AVN
STOCKTON HEATH ~ PO12HVB ~ MK71KNO
WESHAM ~ PO13FVV

07.06.23.
A substantial update following a couple of recent incidents, including a long overdue update of some Cheshire appliances. The following is a list of pages updated:

ATHERTON ~ PO60KWW x2
AUDLEM ~ PO12HVA ~ MK71KNN
BACUP ~ Q611TCY ~ PO61BAU x2 ~ PO11KKD ~ PF65LMV ~ YD67VJN
BACUP LIBRARY PAGE ~YD67VJN [White Livery]
BOLTON CENTRAL ~ PO68WCJ
BURNLEY ~ PJ70DKL
CHESTER ~ MX16JDU~MX67JUC
CONGLETON ~ MX19EWH
FARNWORTH ~ PM186 ~ PN09JUK ~ PO60KWV ~ PK69FLB
KENSINGTON ~ DK70FLP
MALPAS ~ PN10HRP ~ MK71KNV
MIDDLEWICH ~ MX17GBU
NORTHWICH ~ FN54AFX ~ MX20ANU
OTB9
PENKETH ~ MX17GAU
POWEY LANE ~ DA52YZG ~ WX54VTY ~ PM046
RAWTENSTALL ~ PO61BBJ ~ PK70EPU ~ Q612TCY ~ YG13MVJ
SALE ~ PK69FLC
SANDBACH ~ MK71KNM
TARPORLEY ~ FIRE STATION ~ PN10HRO ~ MK71KNL
WARRINGTON ~ MX67JUA
WHITEFIELD ~ PO68WWR
WILMSLOW ~ MX19EWK
WYTHENSHAWE ~ PK69FKW

Additionally, I have created a new Over The Border page. Finally, many thanks as ever to Malcolm Nuttall for supplpying a number of pictures for this update, including a complete set from Rawtenstall.
[Note: I still have a number of outstanding historical pictures to upload. I will add them as soon as time permits.]

28.04.23.
This is the first substantial update for quite a while. Included are pictures from the derelict hotel in Blackpool earlier this week, and also the remaining 'missing' appliances from GMFRS. There are a couple of general updates as well. All are listed below. Following current policy, I have included all of the appliances that I photographed at the Blackpool Hotel Fire on the Incident Page, plus a number of them have been used to update the station Home Pages.

ASHTON UNDER LYNE ~ PO68WWT
BISPHAM ~ PJ70ZBW
BLACKPOOL ~ PF65LMU ~ PO18SVK
BOLTON CENTRAL ~ PJ22XGM
BOLTON NORTH ~ PO11AVL ~ AV64OPJ ~ PE72JMU
CHORLEY ~ PJ70DKD
ECCLES ~ PJ21OWM
FLEETWOOD ~ PO62KWZ ~ PN17JFY
FULWOOD ~ PO11NCU
HORWICH ~ PO67CJZ
LANCS USAR ~ PM139
LEIGH ~ PO68WWN
LEYLAND ~ PN16BVL
MOSSLEY ~ PO60KWP
PENWORTHAM ~ PN1YJFO
PRESTON ~ PN04VAX ~ PN16BVM ~ PO18SVG
ST ANNES ~ PO62KYR ~ PO18SVE
SALFORD ~ PO60KWR
STRETFORD ~ PO68WCF
SOUTH SHORE ~ PF65LML
WHITEHILL ~ PN21KFT

09.04.23.
I have updated the picture of Ramsbottom Fire Station. Appliance pictures have been updated on the Kirkby and Sale pages, along with an update of the second appliance at Farnworth, Gorton, Wigan & Wythenshawe.

19.02.23.
I have updated the Aintree, Bootle/Netherton, Formby and Leigh pages.

17.02.23.
Last Sunday there was a serious fire at the Old Cobblers Public House & Carvery in Rawtenstall for which I have created a new incident page. Yesterday saw 8 pumps plus specials attending a fire in Castleton near Rochdale. Although I was unable to get any pictures of the fire itself, I was able to photograph the majority of the appliances which attended as follows:

ASHTON UNDER LYNE ~ PO67CJX ~ PO18TVW
BLACKLEY ~ PJ21OVB
BROUGHTON ~ PJ21OWH
BURY ~ PO60KWY [from Sunday]
HOLLINS ~ PO60KWT
OLDHAM ~ PO68WCK
SACU ~ PO13FLL
WHITEFIELD ~ PO68WWR

10.02.23.
Two of the new Scanias with Merseyside have now been added to the Newton-le-Willows page and Toxteth page. I have also created a new incident page for this morning's mill fire at Withnell Fold which also incldues many of the appliances that attended.

04.02.23.
The appliance picture on the Carnforth page has been updated.

27.01.23.
It is with great sadness the death has been announced of FF Barry Martin who was critically injured in the fire at the Jenners Building in Edinburgh on Monday of this week.
We send our sinere condolences to all Barry's family, friends and colleauges at this very difficult time.  Rest in Peace, Sir.

24.01.23.
The Longridge and Rawtenstall pages have been updated. I am very grateful to Malcolm Nuttall for pictures from an RTC which has also allowed me to update the Barnoldswick & Earby pages. The RTC pictures have been added to a new Incident Page.

30.12.22.
The Atherton and Hindley pages have just been updated.

25.12.22.
The wonders of modern medicine never cease to amaze me. I had an operation on 21st December lasting two and half hours. However, no plaster on my arm, just a bandage. I was given strict instructions by the suregeon to use the arm as much as possible including starting to drive again. The only exception - No Heavy Lifting. So here I am, almost back to normal in time for Christmas.
This updated includes pictures taken so far during December by my son.

BAMBER BRIDGE ~ PN16BVP
ELLESMERE PORT ~ DK53FYJ ~ MX17GAO
LEYLAND ~ PN09KNM ~ PN16BVL
MACCLESFIELD ~ SF71CFP
WILMSLOW ~ MX19EWK

20.12.22.
Apologies once again for the lack of updates. My wife had just recovered and I was preparing images for uploading. However, before I could complete the task, I fell and broke my left arm. I am now awaiting major surgery on my arm. I have a provisional booking for 21st December but am still waiting to hear if a bed will be available, otherwise I am anticipating nothing will happen until the New Year. After the operation I expect to be in plaster for a further 5 or 6 weeks. Please keep visiting the site. There are around 10,000 images to view in the meantime. Thanks to my son who is taking photographs on my behalf. These will appear when I recover. Unfortunatey work commitments don't allow him time to update the site. Finally sincere thanks to Graham Mitchell for the picture at the top of this page.
I wish you all a VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS & PEACEFUL NEW YEAR.

04.10.22.
Apologies for the lack of updates recently. This is due to family sickness. I hope to have things back to normal by the end of the month or so.

11.09.22.
Today remembering the Late Queen Elizabeth II and all who mourn her passing.  Also remembering all those who died or were injured on 9/11.  Like our Sovereign Lady, you will never be forgotten.  Rest in Peace.

02.09.22.
I have created a new incident page for a 6 pump fire in Church a few days ago with special thanks to Gary Drinkwater for his contribution.  All the fire station pictures in the Wigan Borough have been updated - Atherton, Hindley, Leigh and Wigan. Finally, GMFRS now have an updated Community Appliance which has been added to the Sale Library Page.

20.08.22.
At a time when when many FRSs have been extremely busy, here in the North-West it has been very much business as usual, possibly thanks to the volume of rain that fell between the two heatwaves.  I have created a new Over The Border page and have updated a number of appliances during a wildfire near Cadshaw in Lancashire as listed below:

BACUP ~ YD67VJN
BLACKBURN ~ YN66LZC
LEYLAND ~ PN09KNM with Water Bowser ~ PO11KJU
PRESTON ~ PN09KNO ~ PO18SVG

24.07.22.
Bollington have recently received a Scania pump and the home page has been updated to reflect this.

23.07.22.
Herewith the second selection of pictures from Malcolm Nuttall this time at the 15 pump incident in Buckshaw Village.  Due to large volumes of smoke, most of the pictures are of appliances rather than the fire itself.  Nonetheless, I have created a new incident page. In addition, updates have been made to the Barnoldswick, Blackley, Bolton Central, Lancs USAR, Morecambe,Padiham, Salford and Wigan pages.

22.07.22.
Apologies for the lack of updates in this almost unprecedented busy time, but unfortunately this is now Day 11 for me testing positive for Covid which has meant I have not been able to attend any of the many incidents that have happened here in the North West.   As ever, I am most grateful to Malcolm Nuttall who has kept the flag flying by providing pictures from a couple of serious incidents in Lancashire.  The first was at the 3 Millstones Inn & Restaurant in West Bradford near Clitheroe. A new incident page has been created which shows appliances that Malcolm was able to photograph.  Some pictures have also been used to update station home pages as listed below.

BLACKBURN ~ PK70EPP
CLITHEROE ~ PN09PYT ~ PK63FUF
GREAT HARWOOD ~ PO61BBF
PADIHAM ~ PO13CZU

07.07.22.
I want to begin this update by remembering all those who died or were injured in the 7/7 bombings in London in 2005.   Never forgotten.
I am most grateful to Malcolm Nuttall for two very interesting shots taken during his recent visit to Poland.  Firstly, a Merecedes once based at Frodsham and secondly, a Leyland once based at Preston.   Also in this update pictures from the Open Day at Penketh Fire Station last Sunday; the pump from Moss Side and HRU from Chadderton were seen on Monday and finally a 5 pump incident in Leigh Town Centre on Tuesday.

21.06.22.
The appliance picture on the Ramsbottom page has been updated.   Yesterday we were called to an explosion at a house in Burnley. I have created a new incident page which includes most appliances that attended.  Some appliance pictures have also been used to update the relevant station pages as well and are listed below.

BURNLEY ~ PJ70DKL
HYNDBURN ~ PK63FUE ~ PN16FPA
LANCS USAR ~ PM103 ~ PM139 ~ PM168 ~ PO61HPU ~ MD68DLE ~ MD68DME
NELSON ~ PN17JFX
SACU ~ PE63TZX

01.07.22.
Another couple of very interesting pictures have been received from Malcolm Nuttall taken on his recent excursion to Poland.  One is of an ex-Macclefield Mercedes and the other of an ex-Preston Leyland.

18.06.22.
The first selection of library pictures appears in this update.  I am most grateful to Peter Goodrum for a couple of pictures taken at the 'old' fire station in Stockton Heath.   Similar thanks to Satis UK for a superb selection of black and white photographs taken at the Old Salford Central Fire Station in 1969/70 which includes a number of appliances not previously featured on this site, the majority of which were taken almost 53 years ago to the day!
I am now working on the next update of Library pictures.

09.06.22.
During a quieter spell, just an update on the Bispham page.  However, I am also in the process of preparing a significant update of library pictures, which I hope will be published in the near future.  Watch this space!!

19.05.22.
Early pictures of the new pump at Lymm have been added.

18.05.22.
The current theme continues in this update, although I am working on more archive material which I hope to post in the not too distant future.  Thanks as ever to Malcolm Nuttall for pictures supplied from the Cumbria area.  Details of the update are as follows:

BIRCHWOOD ~ MX19EWJ
BOLTON CENTRAL ~ PO68WCJ
GRANGE OVER SANDS ~ FIRE STATION ~ PX57FBD ~ PX09EDK
HINDLEY ~ PJ21OWG
LEIGH ~ PO68WWN
MIDDLEWICH ~ MX17GBU
ULVERSTON ~ PO56ABX ~ PX65URZ ~ NJ19ETY ~ NJ71FPG
WHITEHAVEN LIBRARY PAGE ~ S618LRM
WINSFORD ~ DK57GCV ~ MX20ANV

06.05.22.
Another significant upload with thanks also to Malcolm Nuttall, Andy Daley and Graham Mitchell for their invaluable assistance.  Full details are listed below.

APPLEBY ~ PO62GUH ~ NK67LMF ~ NJ71FPE*
BACUP ~ PF65LMV
BAMBER BRIDGE ~ PO61BAV
BARROW IN FURNESS ~ PX11AFK
BLACKBURN ~ YN66LZC ~ PK70EPP-
BLACKLEY LIBRARY PAGE ~ V341FEN
BLACKPOOL ~ PF65LMU
BOLTON CENTRAL ~ PO11AVC
BOLTON LE SANDS ~ PK63FUJ
BOOTLE ~ PX08CDE
BURNLEY ~ PM035 ~ PM164 ~ PO60LUP ~ PJ70DKL
CARLISLE EAST ~ NJ71FPC*
CARLISLE WEST ~ KX63MXY
CHORLEY ~ PJ70DKD
COCKERMOUTH ~ PX61CFP
FARNWORTH ~ FIRE STATION
FULWOOD ~ PO11NCU ~ PK70EPO
HORNBY ~ FIRE STATION ~ PJ65YLC
HYDE ~ MV54AYT ~YJ64JBE
HYNDBURN ~ PO61BAA ~ PN16FPA
KENDAL ~ PM185 ~ KR63YVU
KESWICK ~ PX11AFJ
KIRKBY LONSDALE ~ PX09EDL
LANCASHIRE AIR SUPPORT UNIT ~ x2
LTTLEBOROUGH ~ FIRE STATION
LYMM ~ DK04MHX ~ DK08AHU
MIDDLEWICH ~ MX17GBU
MILLOM ~ PX57ETL
NELSON ~ PN17JFX
OLD SWAN ~ DG71TXC
ORMSKIRK ~ PN17 JFV
PENWORTHAM ~ PN17JFO
POWEY LANE ~ DA52YZG ~ PM046 ~ PM184
PRESTON ~ PN04VAX ~ PN09KNM
RECYCLING CENTRE FIRE ~ x29
SANDBACH ~ MX65BCF
SACU ~ POI3FLL ~ PE63TZX
SEDBERGH ~ PX57ETT ~ PX08CDY
SHAP ~ NK67LLV
SILLOTH ~ KX12WBY
SILVERDALE LIBRARY PAGE ~ PF51OVM
SKELMERSDALE ~ PL19GHV
STAVELEY ~ PY68RHE
ULVERSTON ~ NJ71FPG*
WALNEY ISLAND ~ MX08ASO ~ NJ71FPA*
WIGAN ~ PK69FKX
WHITEFIELD ~ PO68WWR
WHITEHAVEN ~ NJ71FPD*
WIGTON ~ NK68WRG
WYTHENSHAWE LIBRARY PAGE ~ MF51EXT

* Some of the '71' registered appliances in Cumbria may not yet be on the run.  Accordingly I have left some of the previous allocations on the home page as well for the time being.

14.04.22.
During a particularly busy spell, I have managed to update a number of appliance pictures including some of the 'missing' new appliances. As ever, I am grateful to Malcolm Nuttall who once again has sent me a number of pictures of Lancashire appliances on Bleara Moor.  I have created an incident which contins all the appliances attending, whilst others are also added to their respective station pages. Thanks also to Debbie Williams for the picture on the St. Helens page.  All updates are listed below.

ASHTON UNDER LYNE ~ PO67CJX
BACUP ~ PO61BAU ~ PF65LMV
BAMBER BRIDGE ~ PN16BVP
BARNOLDSWICK ~ PO61BBJ
BLEARA MOOR x13
BOLTON CENTRAL ~ PO11AVC
BURNLEY ~ PN16BVK ~ PJ70DKL
DARWEN ~ PF17JFU
ECCLES ~ MX07GYZ
GORTON ~ PJ21OWK
HEYWOOD ~ PO68WWS
LEIGH ~ PO67CJU ~ PO18TVV
LEYLAND ~ PN09KNM ~ PN16BVL
LITTLEBOROUGH ~ PO67CJV
LYTHAM ~ PO62KXW
OLDHAM ~ PO68WCK
ORMSKIRK ~ PO13CZW
OTB 6
OTB 7
RUNCORN ~ MX21EFU
SALFORD ~ SJ69CKD
STALYBRIDGE ~ PO11AVN ~ AV64OPK x2
STOCKPORT ~ PJ21OVC
WINDERMERE ~ NJ71FPF
WINDERMERE LIBRARY PAGE ~ PO55BUH

19.03.22.
Two sad events from yesterday.  Firstly, a reminder of the tragic events currently taking place in Ukraine. 5 Vehicles set off for Ukraine.  In Kent, they will join 14 other appliances from the United Kingdom also heading to Ukraine.  Secondly, a Memorial was held at Hindley Fire Station to mark the 60th anniversary of the death of George Maxwell, who was killed whilst driving an appliance to an incident.

15.03.22.
The Longridge page has been completely revised.

14.03.22.
Another routine update which includes some of the movement of appliances in Greater Manchester since the latest new Volvos entered service. This leaves just one '08' plate in frontline service, the rest moving to reserve or training.  Many thanks to Malcolm Nuttall for a selection of pictures at a serious incident in Whalley last week for which a new incident page has been created.

BOLTON CENTRAL ~ PO11AVC ~ PO68WCJ
FARNWORTH ~ PO60KWV
OFFERTON ~ PO11AVG
SALFORD ~ PO60KWR
WYTHENSHAWE ~ PO11AVD

05.03.22.
Following a 6 pump fire last night, the Skelmersdale page has been updated.  Other pages updated are Lancaster, Preston, Silverdale and Whitehill.

03.03.22.
A routine update which includes the new Lancashire Water Bowser as listed below. Sincere thanks as ever to Malcolm Nuttall for his contributions to this update.

CLITHEROE ~ PK63FUF
GREAT HARWOOD ~ PO61BBF
HYNDBURN ~ PK63FUE
LANCASHIRE DRIVING SCHOOL ~ PO18SVD ~ PO18SVJ
LEIGH ~ PO67CJU ~ PO18TVV
LEYLAND ~ FIRE STATION ~ PN09KNM with WATER BOWSER x2 ~ PN16BVL
MANCHESTER CENTRAL ~ PO68WCE
NELSON ~ PN17JFX

14.02.22.
An updated picture of one of the Driver Training vehicles has been added to the bottom of the Lancashire Training page.  The Lytham page has been updated.  Many thanks to Malcolm Nuttall for pictures of an RTC in Barnoldswick in which only minor injuries were sustained,  A new incident page has been created.

08.02.22.
The new pump at Blackley has been added and following an 8 pump incident in St. Helens this morning, the Newton-le-Willows, Prescot, Belle Vale and Liverpool City pages have been updated.

04.02.22.
A second 71 registered Scania has been added to the Kirkdale page.  Please note that this particular page requires further updating.

31.01.22.
Another selection of updated appliance pictures, a number of which have been very kindly provided by Malcolm Nuttall.

BARNOLDSWICK ~ PO61BBJ
CHORLEY ~ PJ70DKD
COLNE ~ PO13CZT ~ PO13CZV
HORWICH ~ PO11AVK
NELSON ~ PN17JFX
WIGAN ~ PO60KWU

16.01.22.
I have caught up with the 'missing' 69 plate in Greater Manchester which appears on the Philips Park page, plus the first of Merseyside's 71 plates appears on the Speke/Garston page.  Also included in this update is a picture of the former Whiston Fire Station.

05.01.22.
The year begins with an update of the Hindley page including the new Volvo which entered service last month, plus an interesting visitor.

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