FAO: Halcyon - What is a Dennis?.... - Page 2

wullie480 · 28th July 2018, 10:44

Served my time building fire engines now work in an aircraft MRO.

For the op it's a dosing pump your referring to not a fire appliance.

maxi_crawf · 28th July 2018, 12:31

I was told years ago by a retired Fireman, that the definiton is;

A Fire appliance is self propelled (so what average Joe would call a Fire engine) and a Fire engine needs something else to propel it, i.e originally horses or manpower, also the example shown is a 'Wheeled escape' or what I would call a 'Proper Fire engine'

Groundsman Willie · 28th July 2018, 16:12

This is what Dennis are doing now
IMG_20180728_170846_154.jpg

Terryf · 28th July 2018, 18:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by allan t

I though Dennis was the name of elderly fire men,as when I was a kid they all had DENNIS on the front of their fire engines similar to what HGV drivers do now with their names on number plates on the dash

My experience too. Must be our age showing, well mine anyway.

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maxi_crawf Posted a thing or two R75 Saloon Conn CDT SE, MG ZT190+ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Kingston-upon-Hull Posts: 1,960 Thanks: 823 Thanked 426 Times in 274 Posts	I was told years ago by a retired Fireman, that the definiton is; A Fire appliance is self propelled (so what average Joe would call a Fire engine) and a Fire engine needs something else to propel it, i.e originally horses or manpower, also the example shown is a 'Wheeled escape' or what I would call a 'Proper Fire engine'