Fire Service Trust
Preserved appliances and equipment
 
 
Brief History
 
 
Preserved by The Fire Service Trust and Members
 
 
Undergoing Restoration by the Fire Service Trust and Members
 
 
Awaiting Restoration by the Fire Service Trust and Members
 
 
Calender of Events Ireland and UK 2009
 
 
National Transport Museum of Ireland Fire Appliance Collection
 
 
Preserved Fire Appliances of Northern Ireland
 
 
Dublin Fire Brigade Museum
 
 
Belvedere Fire & Rescue Show 2008
 
 
Emergency Services Day Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Training Center 19th April 2008
 
 
Slide Shows and Movies
 
 
Preserved Appliances 1920-1959
 
 
Preserved Appliances 1960's
 
 
Preserved Appliances 1970's
 
 
Preserved Appliances 1980's
 
 
Preserved Landrover Appliance's
 
 
1st Fire Engine Rally 6th Oct 1990
 
 
Irish Pumpathon Athy 2001-2007
 
 
Musee Des Sapeurs-Pompiers De France
 
 
Members Notice Board
 
 
Links
 
 
Kildare Co. Fire Brigade Exhibition Jan 2009
 
 
Down Memory Lane .........County Carlow
 
 
Down Memory Lane ........ County Cork
 
 
Down Memory Lane ........ County Clare
 
 
Down Memory Lane ........ County Cavan
 
 
Down Memory Lane ........ Dublin
 
 
Down Memory Lane ........ County Donegal
 
 
Down Memory Lane ........ County Galway
 
 
Down Memory Lane......Co. Kildare
 
 
Down Memory Lane ........ County Kilkenny
 
 
Down Memory Lane ........ County Kerry
 
 
Down Memory Lane .............County Leitrim
 
 
Down Memory Lane ........ County Laois
 
 
Down Memory Lane ........ County Longford
 
 
Down Memory Lane ........ County Limerick
 
 
Down Memory Lane ........ County Louth
 
 
Down Memory Lane ........ County Mayo
 
 
Down Memory Lane ........ County Meath
 
 
Down Memory Lane ........ County Monaghan
 
 
Down Memory Lane ........ County Offaly
 
 
Down Memory Lane ......County Roscommon
 
 
Down Memory Lane ........ County Sligo
 
 
Down Memory Lane ........ County Tipperary NR
 
 
Down Memory Lane ........ County Tipperary SR
 
 
Down Memory Lane ........ County Wexford
 
 
Down Memory Lane ........ County Westmeath
 
 
Down Memory Lane ........ County Waterford
 
 
Down Memory Lane ........ County Wicklow
 
 
Preston Hall 2009
 
 

Fire Service Trust

1999 - 2009


Incorporating

Irish Fire Service Preservation Group

Rescue , Restore & Preserve Irish Fire Service Heritage


8th Irish Pumpathon

Sunday 16th Aug. 2009

Barrow Quay / Emily Square /Back Sq. Athy


Site last updated on 03/07/09

Preston Hall Fire Engine Rally 2009 page added


Down Memory Lane.........Co. Louth






Everybody has a hobby with some it’s football, golf or a combination of sports, while my interest lies in the photographing, history, restoring and showing fire engines. Can you remember the first time you were on holiday or attended your first football match ?

Well I can recall the first time I seen a fire engine .I was about 5years old my father was holding me by the hand to walk two doors up to the house of Jimmy Dunphy who was a D/M with Athy Fire Brigade. Outside was parked an Austin Fire Engine . That was the day I caught the BUG. That same fire engine was 4 years old and new to Athy fire brigade, today that Austin fire engine I first saw nearly 40 years ago (photo above) forms part of a collection of fire engines cared for by myself and my family here in Athy.

During my childhood I attended drill nights and as the fire station had no drill yard, I got to ride from the station to the drill ground in the Austin. As I got older I joined the A.F.S. and spent my summer holidays attending fires in the Athy area.

In 1998 I acquired my first appliance a 1976 Dennis ‘R’again new to Athy , it replaced my Austin when it was stepped down from first away. Aquiring my first appliance was only the start of my troubles; there was no club or organisation in Ireland catering for appliance owners and no insurance company willing to insure them
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So I asked about 20 people who had appliances or had a great interest in preserving fire appliances to attend a meeting on 19th January 1999 and on that day in the front room of our house The Irish Fire Service Preservation Group was formed or better known today as the Fire Service Trust. Members of the group attend shows and functions with their appliances helping to preserve our heritage and raise much needed funds for charity.

Browse the pages of this site which will be continually updated. if you have a photo or an article you would like to share I will only to glad to post it for you. If you see something on the site that is not correct please let me know .


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