In 1906 Glasgow Fire Brigade was the first service in Britain to order a mechanically operated Extension Ladder mounted on a turntable on a Mercedes chassis.

The Turntable Ladder had arrived. Such was its success that every fire service in the U.K. eventually operated this type of appliance.

The three main manufacturers of Turntable Ladders were Merryweather of Greenwich, and the German firms of Magirus and Metz

C 812 JGB was the first Scania fire appliance ordered by Strathclyde Fire Brigade.
It originally served at Kilmarnock and was then transferred to Clydebank Fire Station.

For some time this Scania Metz was the last operational Turntable Ladder in service with Strathclyde Fire and Rescue.

On the early hours of Sunday 18th June 2006 the T.L was turned out to a dwelling house fire in the Drumchapel area of Glasgow. The following day the appliance was taken off the run due to a faulty hydraulic valve. The costs of repairs combined with the imminent arrival of the new Aerial Rescue Pump prompted the decision to retire the appliance.

It is indeed fitting that exactly 100 years after the first turntable ladder was delivered to the Glasgow Fire Brigade, Strathclyde Fire and Rescue’s last operational Turntable Ladder would attend its final fire within the City of Glasgow.

The Turntable Ladder was gifted to the Preservation Group in July 2006.

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