Dennis Fire Engine

LP8389 was delivered on the 16th April 1916 and initially posted to Vauxhall Fire Station London, under the threat of Zeppelin raids. LP8389 was given the appliance number 66, with LP8372 being posted at the same time. This pair of appliances took the place of the steam fire engine and escape van. Until the 1930s, it was usual for a station to have two appliances, one was the pump (carrying hook and scaling ladders) and the other had only a 50 gallon tank with a small pump and carried the 50ft wheeled escape ladder.