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DENNIS

The 20th century saw a vast range of British built vehicles being used for fire appliances but the demise of DENNIS in 2007 marked the end of UK built fire trucks. Modern fire appliances are built on European trucks from Volvo, Scania, Mercedes, and Iveco. The Dutch company DAF Trucks makes vehicles at its Lancashire factory and a small number of these are used as fire appliances in the UK.  Coachbuilding, the conversion of the truck chassis into a fire appliance is still carried out in the UK by several firms such as Angloco, Emergency One and WH Bence.