The engine, probably a hand drawn pump, being kept inside the Town Church, Guernsey, being relocated in 1823 to the Glategny Esplanade in Saint Peter Port.

It was not until 1873 that a horse drawn manual pump was acquired for use by trained firefighters employed by an insurance company, the "Mutual", housed at Tower Hill, Saint Peter Port.

In 1922, the cost was taken over by the States of Guernsey and in 1935, a 1931 Albion Merryweather escape carrier was bought and named Sarmia II.

The equipment was relocated in 1935 to the Town Arsenal, buildings previously used by the Royal Guernsey Militia.

The service maintains some equipment and a team of retained firefighters on the island of Herm.