Bootle (near Liverpool) was absorbed into the newly formed Merseyside Fire Brigade from 1st April 1974.
The old Fire Station on Strand Road, Bootle
seen in February 2007.
[Copyright picture ~ M. Smith and reproduced
with permission.]
The Bootle Sub-Station was based on Park Lane,
not far from the present Merseyside Headquarters.
[Copyright picture ~ N. Glover and reproduced
with permission.]
Former Bootle Dennis F26 AEM985 was seen when
in the reserve fleet.
[From the A. Daley collection and reproduced
with permission.]
Dennis EM5512 was seen in St. Helens in 1976.
Commer QX EM6681 was seen at the front of the
old Bootle Fire Station.
[Copyright picture ~ Pete Ashley and reproduce
with permission.]
Bootle '3' Dennis F26 EM8536 seen at Strand
Road.
[Copyright picture ~ Pete Ashley and reproduce
with permission.]
Bootle Emergency Tender KEM475K was seen at
the Fire Exhibition at Harrogate in 1971.
[Copyright picture ~ Ian Moore and rerpoduced
with permission.]
C5 BOOTLE
[aka STRAND ROAD]
Dennis F119 'Orbitor' HEM698H began life
with Bootle County Borough
[Copyright picture ~ A. Kent and reproduced
with permission.]
Dennis F49 ~ LEM166K
[Copyright photograph ~ D. Carville and reproduced
with permission.]
ERF LFY462R formerly based at Bootle was seen
at a major blazed alongside TCM167L the ex Birkenhead E.T.
[Copyright picture ~ Andy Daley and reproduced
with permission.]
BOOTLE/NETHERTON
[aka BUCKLEY HILL]
After the batch of ERFs, Merseyside returned
to Dennis in 1977/78 as exemplified by NHF289S
[Copyright picture ~ A. Kent and reproduced
with permission.]
Dennis RS DWM614Y was seen at the front of
the station.
[Copyright picture ~ A. Kent and reproduced
with permission.]
Dodge E495UKF was possibly in the reserve fleet
when this picture was taken.
[Copyright picture ~ K. Howarth and reproduced
with permission.]
Dennis SS H937JKD was seen at the station, 15 April 2004.
Dennis SS K858NEM was also seen at the station, 15 April 2004.