Co. Laois - Updated 19/03/10
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Did You Know
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* Co. Laois purchased 7 Land Rover S1 in 1956 at a cost of £1,200 each , all 7 of the landrovers are in preservation in 2010
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* Laois Fire Brigade purchased 6 Bedfords SH ex Home Office MCI 612 was the last one in sevice and served Stradbally Co. Laois
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* Ballinakill recieved their new landrover Appliance CI 7902 (NO. 5 ) on 20th July 1956 and served the town until 1st Nov. 1966.
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* Portarlington's first motorised fire appliance (CI 5717 ) Fordson Thames went into service 03/12/1953
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Portlaoise Fire Brigade in the late 1940's
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1981 Fiat ET at Portlaoise (1996)
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1981Dodge CFE at Mountrath
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Co. Laois first HP ( ACM 413X )
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Photo taken at Durrow Fire Station 1996 , The 3 appliances that served the town from 1956-1996 are 1956 Landrover SI, 1981Ford Carmichael and 1991 Volvo IDT .
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At the old Abbeyleix Fire Station 1972 Bedford HCB/Angus
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1984 Bedford /Alexander at Abbeyleix (XIA 2665)
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Durrow
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Rathdowney
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Portarlington
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CI 7877
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Ford A Carmichael at Mountmellick
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Market House Fire Station at Abbeyleix closed 2006
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1956 Landrover No.1 was back in Mountmellick for it's 50th in 2006
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Laois Fire Brigade purchased 6 Bedfords sh ex Home Office MCI 612 was the last one in sevice and served Stradbally Co. Laois
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Old one bay Fire Station at Durrow now used by Civil Defence
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1984 Dodge / Carmichael at Portlaoise
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1986 Dodge / Timoney at Stradbally 2004
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Ballinakill Fire Station 1996
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Jennifer & Stuart Thompson along with Landrover NO.1 ex Mountmellick at a Fire Engine Rally in Wales 2000
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Bedford / Miles at Portlaoise 1963
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1953 Fordson Thames at Ballinakill 1996
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Landrover No. 2 at Durrow Fire Station
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1986 Dodge / Timoney at Mountmellick
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Renault 4 van at the old central Fire Station Portlaoise, Photo Willie Doyle.
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The replacement for the above Renualt was this Ford Escort Van photo taken at Portlaoise 1996.
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No. 7 at Stradbally Fire Station in the early 1990's.
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1971 Bedford TK HCB/Angus at Abbeyleix .
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1984 Dodge Carmichael 2nd away at Portlaoise 1996.
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Dick Justin gets Bedford /Alexander ready to go on the run at Abbeyleix after arriving from Northern Ireland.1996.
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1986 Dodge/Timoney at Mountmellick.
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No.1 Mountmellick.
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No.3 Mountrath.
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No.6 Abbeyleix.
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No. 7 Stradbally.
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No.2 Durrow pumping in a relay at a haybarn fire on the Laois/Kilkenny border.
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Bedford MCI 616 at the same fire.
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1979 Dodge/Carmichael at Portlaoise.
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1984 Dodge /Carmichael at Portlaoise
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Bedford converted to Water Carrier and still had it's pump and hose reels.
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1981Dodge /CFE at Mountrath.
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Laois ran 2 Ford A /Carmichael's the other one been ZCI 785.
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Pre delivery photo of Merc /Hughes at the Hughes Fire Engine Works.
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Thanks to Willie Doyle for sharing the above 12 photo's of Laois Fire Brigade with us from his collection.
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Old Fire Station at Portarlington.
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Old Central Fire Station at Portlaoise.
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RENAULT 4 Mehanics van at Portlaoise.
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