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E31  Forest Hill Fire Station

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Address: 155 Stanstead Road, SE23 1HP
Appliances: 2 x DPL, 1 x ALP
Forest Hill's pump ladder is now this Mercedes-Benz Atego 2 / Papworth appliance DPL1297 (AE57 FMU).
wpe43.jpg (59681 bytes) DPL1149 (RX53 KXJ) is a Mercedes-Benz Atego / TVAC pump. which was formerly based at Lewisham. After being replaced with a new MkII Mercedes there, it moved to Forest Hill as the pump ladder. Now the mark 2 appliance has arrived it is now the pump.
Forest Hill is one of two stations with a new Mercedes-Benz Econic / GB Fire / Magirus ALP325 aerial ladder platform on the run. This is ALP11 (BV57 DFD).

Former Appliances

wpe3E.jpg (47986 bytes) Forest Hill's old pump ladder was this Volvo FL6.14 / Saxon, DPL1025 (P475 RHV), seen at Barking workshops. This has been replaced with DPL1149 from Lewisham.
wpe40.jpg (31199 bytes) The station's pump was DPL1128 (EU03DHJ), a TVAC bodied Mercedes-Benz Atego. It is seen here away from home on standby at E30 Eltham. The appliance is now in the reserve fleet.
wpe43.jpg (49401 bytes) Forest Hill's aerial was formerly this impressive 4 axle Volvo FL10 / Bronto Skylift appliance ALP5 (H905XYF), which was based at Forest Hill for its entire 17 years in service.