All military & utility models
Utility - Fire appliance
Fire Tender
From the early 1950s Land Rovers were converted into compact fire appliances for airfields, estates, factories and rural brigades. A front or rear mounted pump driven from the power take-off fed hose reels.
- Released
- 1952
- Ended
- 1990s
Based onSeries I 86" / 107"
Full technical specification
Figures are typical for the model range and vary by year, engine, body style and market.
Engine
- Type
- 2.0 L - 2.6 L petrol (Series), later V8 / diesel (coil)
- Power
- 52 - 134 bhp depending on base
Equipment
- Pump
- Front-mounted or PTO-driven pump, approx. 250 - 500 gpm
- Water
- Typically 100 - 200 gal tank
- Extras
- Ladders, hose reels, foam equipment
Bodies
- Converters
- HCB-Angus, Carmichael, Pyrene, Merryweather
- Base vehicles
- 86" / 88" / 109", Forward Control, 110 and 127
Production
- Operators
- Rural fire brigades, airfields, industrial sites