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The development of the hydraulic platform: the Snorkel The hydraulic powered ‘elevating work platform’ (EWP) was first developed in the...

This year for 2024 our Vehicle of the Year is the 1984 Centenary Vehicle, an International 1810C pumper more colloquially and favourably...

By the 1930s the automobile market witnessed a shift with ‘small’ trucks being desired and possessing more power. Dennis, a prominent...

The earliest use of ladders for firefighting appears to have been for the accessing and removing of thatched roofs of buildings, with...

Dennis Bros. Pty. Ltd. was founded in 1895 with the company first entering the market producing bicycles. Six years later Dennis Bros....

The following has been extracted from a Fire News Article written by the Museum of Fire from May 2013 in relation to the at the time new...

The Museum of Fire is proud to have been shortlisted in the 2023 National Heritage Awards in the category of Conservation – Interiors and...

In the 1980s is when the aerial ladder platform became an appliance of interest to firefighters in NSW. The implementation of the raised...

Commer first began in south London around 1904 as Commercial Cars Ltd, manufacturing a variety of vehicles with a forward control aiming...

The “Blitz Truck" concept evolved in the mid-1930s from the desire of the British War Office to produce a standardised range of military...