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FIRE APPLIANCES OF THE NT FIRE BRIGADES THROUGH THE YEARS
2005 model Isuzu (left), and (right) is John Kleeman with International '62'
The unit on the left was an ERF with a Metz Turntable Ladder, which made the Dennis Pump Escapes obsolete. The fire truck on the right is a 1972 Dennis F49, fitted with a 'straight eight' Rolls Royce engine. The Dennis appliances were supplied as 'Tropical Cab' versions, meaning they had no doors fitted
These two trucks are of the same 1970 Dennis F45, but the photos are 37 years apart. The same appliance is pictured at the bottom of this page
More NTFB appliances with 'Tropical Cabs' and fitted with 'straight eight' Rolls Royce engines. The fire truck on the left is a 1964 Dennis F34 and the one on the right is a 1961 Dennis F24
Alice Springs appliances in the 1950s. The fire station is shown in the photo on the left (Photos courtesy of Alice Springs Fire Brigade)
More Alice Springs appliances in the 1950s outside the fire station (Photos courtesy of Alice Springs Fire Brigade)
And still more Alice Springs appliances in the 1950s outside the fire station (Photos courtesy of Alice Springs Fire Brigade)
Firemen from the Darwin Fire Brigade receiving equipment training in 1957/1958. At this time, Darwin Fire Station was operating out of Packard Street in Larrakeyah, which was situated next to the old Hospital beside Doctor's Gully. (Photos courtesy of 'National Archives Australia. Left: NAA:A1500, K3088 and Right: NAA:A1200, L25450)
This Land Rover (above, left) was used from 1980 in the McMinns Lagoon area of rural Darwin, to pull a trailer which had a water pump mounted on it. Later, in 1981, McMinns Lagoon was gazetted as a fire district by the NT Fire Service and took over the operation and administration of the brigade. The Bedford tanker (above, right) replaced the Land Rover in 1984. Note the NT Fire Service stripe and emblem on the door. The McMinns Lagoon Volunteer Fire Brigade was disbanded in 1999, leaving five volunteer brigades to service the rural area. (Photos courtesy of 'The Drum' magazine, June 1999)
This 6x4 Toyota Land Cruiser was allocated to the Humpty Doo District Volunteer Fire Brigade in 1985, and became grassfire unit (GFU) HD54. It was assembled by both NT Fire Service 'Rural Division' staff and volunteer members of the Humpty Doo brigade, and sported the new NT Fire Service 'Desert Rose' emblem on the door. (Photos courtesy of John Hore, ex Captain, Humpty Doo Volunteer Fire Brigade)
This 4x4 Toyota Land Cruiser was allocated to the Humpty Doo District Volunteer Fire Brigade in 1985/1986 as a second appliance, and was replaced in about 1990 with a later model Land Cruiser designated HD512. Note the old 'NT Fire Brigade' emblem on the door. The replacement HD512 is shown in the photo above right. (Photos courtesy of John Hore, ex Captain, Humpty Doo Volunteer Fire Brigade)
The Koolpinyah Volunteer Fire Brigade’s appliance was stolen from the fire station on 14 January 1999, and was found two days later bogged and burnt out in the Howard Springs pine forest, totally destroyed. Three juveniles were later charged. The Brigade operated with a 'borrowed' grassfire unit until the appliance was replaced on 22 July 1999. (Photos courtesy of Koolpinyah Volunteer Fire Brigade)
This photo of a group of volunteer firefighters was taken at a function at Palmerston Fire Station in approximately 1986, against a background of one of the Dennis Pumpers. (Photo courtesy of John Hore, ex Captain, Humpty Doo Volunteer Fire Brigade)
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