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Background Information
First appearance	Henry the Green Engine (RWS) Thomas, Percy and Old Slow Coach (T&F)
Last appearance	Thomas and his Friends (RWS) Excellent Emily (T&F)
Character Overview
Country	Island of Sodor Wales England (formerly for some)
Affiliation	Sodor Fire Sodor Search and Rescue Centre
Technical Details
Basis	Dennis N-Type fire engines (RWS) Dennis F8 fire engines (T&F)
Vehicle	Road vehicle
Type	Fire engines
Fuel type	Petrol
Drivetrain	4x2
Wheels	4
Builder(s)	Dennis Specialist Vehicles (Dennis N-Type) Dennis Brothers (Dennis F8 type)
Year built	Sometime between 1905 and late 1920s (Dennis N-Type) 1946 to the 1970s (Dennis F8 type)
Company	Sodor Fire Sodor Search and Rescue Centre (T&F)

Fire engines transport firefighters, firefighting equipment, and water. They are dispatched for various emergencies, mainly when a fire goes out of control and must be put out.

Sodor Fire owns several fire engines. They are parked at the Wellsworth Fire Station while not in use.

Biography

The Railway Series

When Gordon's whistle jammed, the fire brigade mistakenly thought an alarm had gone off and sent out five fire engines.

Thomas & Friends

When James' train of fuel tankers caught fire, some fire engines were sent to put out the fire. Later on, the workmen's hut had caught fire as well. However, the fire engines quickly ran out of water and had to use water from Thomas and Percy's tanks. The fire at the workmen's hut was soon put out, but the hut was destroyed.

Dryaw Airfield usually has a fire engine on standby.

When a windmill got struck by lightning at night, a fire engine arrived at the scene in the morning. One of them was used as a crash tender at the Sodor Airport. When Arthur's train of fruit vans crashed into Duck, a fire engine arrived to rescue trapped people.

Since Belle and Flynn's arrival on Sodor, the other fire engines have rarely been seen. However, one of the signs on the Sodor Search and Rescue Centre building features a silhouette of a similar fire engine and an ambulance.

Technical Details

Basis

In The Railway Series, the fire engines are based on the N-Type built by Dennis Specialist Vehicles. These were built from 1905 to the late 1920s. Angus is also based on this fire engine.

In the television series, the fire engines are based on the Dennis F8 type. These were built from 1946 to the 1970s.

The fire engines' television series basis

The fire engines' Railway Series basis

Livery

In The Railway Series, the fire engines are painted red, yellow and black.

In the television series, the fire engines are painted red with their company's name (Sodor Fire) painted on their sides in white. Their rooftops are painted light grey.

Appearances

• Railway Series
• Television Series
• Other Media

The Railway Series

• Henry the Green Engine - Gordon's Whistle
• James and the Diesel Engines - Fire-engine (mentioned)
• Thomas and his Friends - Gordon's Fire Service (mentioned)

Thomas & Friends Series 5 - Thomas, Percy and Old Slow Coach Series 7 - James and the Queen of Sodor, The Spotless Record, Toby's Windmill, Harold and the Flying Horse, The Grand Opening and Three Cheers for Thomas Series 9 - Toby Feels Left Out and Thomas Tries His Best Series 10 - Thomas and the Jet Plane and Sticky Toffee Thomas Series 11 - Dream On, Toby's Triumph and Percy and the Left Luggage Series 12 - Excellent Emily Specials 2005 - Calling All Engines! 2008 - The Great Discovery Learning Segments Series 10 - Who Can Take Them?

Books

• My Thomas Story Library - Gordon

Audio Files

Horns

First used	Last used	Sound Effect
Read and Play!	Read and Play!

Bell

First Used	Last Used	Sound Effect
Thomas, Percy and Old Slow Coach	Thomas, Percy and Old Slow Coach

Siren

In the Thomas Noisy Book a fire engine has a siren shared with Police Cars and Ambulances.

First Used	Last Used	Sound Effect
Thomas Noisy Book	Thomas Noisy Book

Trivia

• Angus and Flynn are the only known fire engines to have names and faces.
• A model of one of the fire engines is currently on display at Drayton Manor.

Merchandise

• Ertl (discontinued)
• Wooden Railway (discontinued)

References

Non-rail vehicles

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* RWS only | ** T&F only | *** Other Media only