lancstraining

SERVICE TRAINING CENTRE
& DRIVING SCHOOL

The Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service Training Centre is based at Washington Hall, Chorley. As well as using former mainline appliances, it also has a dedicated fleet of purpose built driver training vehicles.

Many of the appliances based here over the years, actually appear on the pages of the stations where they first served. However, because of the special regsitration used, and regularly transferred, it has not been possible to identify the first appliance below. It is believed to be from the STJ 9xxM batch.

(NP collection ~ courtesy DBB)

Ford Low Loader CHG679Y was seen at Headquarters, 29 June 1986.
[Copyright picture ~ K Howarth and reproduced with permission.]

Ford Training Vehicle YFR142Y was seen at the rear of Blackburn Fire Station.
[Copyright picture ~ A. Kent and reproduced with permission.]

Ford Training Vehicle A230OBV possibly in the yard at the old Morecambe Fire Station.
[Copyright picture ~ A. Kent and reproduced with permission.]

Driver Training Vehicle H801YRN
[From the KFR Collection and reproduced with permission.]

Driver Training Vehicle T804KEC was seen, 13 December 2004.
[This vehicle has since been withdrawn and replaced by a new Daf LF.]

Similar vehicle W801BCW was seen outside TVAC, 16 January 2005.
[This vehicle has since been withdrawn and replaced by a new Daf LF.]

Driver Training Vehicle PK51KNZ was seen in the garage at Washington Hall, 19 June 2008.

The first of the Daf LF Driver Training Vehicles PO56VLT with bodywork by Foster Commercials was seen at Headquarters, 7 September 2007.

Sister machine PO56VLS was seen at Training Centre, 19 June 2008.

THE VEHICLES BELOW SHOW THE S.T.C. FLEET.

There have been a number of changes to the S.T.C. fleet since the last complete update in 2004. Vehicles that remain allocated since then are quite easily recognisable as they are the ones that did not receive striping. Because fleet numbers can be changed round, I have now shown the fleet in registratio order.