Follow that fire engine!

A team of 23 friends want to achieve Guinness World Record status by driving around the globe in a fire engine. LGV / HGV driving instructors or drivers are being sought to train the team.

The crew, appropriately named ‘Follow That Fire Engine’ are planning to drive their Mercedes 1124 AF (4×4) affectionately known as Martha – through 27 countries. The trip covers an impressive 25,000 miles and will take them around 7 months to complete. They are raising money for the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, The Fire Fighters Charity and Macmillan Cancer Support.

Steve Moore, the team’s leader, came up with the idea as a tribute to his father – a former fire fighter – who died last year from lung cancer.

The full conversion for getting Martha ready and on the road should be complete by the end of February, and they want to embark on their journey on the 18th of July. Dorset Fire and Rescue kindly donated Martha, but it is now based in London, which is where the training would need to take place at evenings and weekends.

All the drivers on the expedition are qualified to drive Martha (classified as a private HGV at 7.4 tonnes) but need an instructor to provide training and familiarisation.