Having bullied Agent Reg for not sending me enough pictures of new Volvos he's come good by sending me this very nice shots of one of East Sussex Fire Authority's 14 new Euro-5 Volvo fire appliances, which will keep watch over the communities of East Sussex and the City of Brighton & Hove. This makes East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service the first service in the UK to use Euro-5 compliant FL-280 fire appliances.
The new fire appliances replace older Volvo FL6 models and a low-level 15-tonne chassis, a one-piece factory-made Volvo cab and the latest D7 280-bhp Euro-5 compliant engine. Now for a pie...what's that famous local building in the background.
And click through here for more details on the Volvos--and another picture too!
In addition, the Volvos are fitted with lightweight aluminium bodies from John Dennis Coachbuilders of Guildford and LED lighting throughout for longer life, higher visibility and lower power consumption. New portable LED lighting holds its own charge for up to 8 hours to light areas away from the appliance. The appliance also has a new lighter 12 metre main ladder which reduces the weight by up to a third, making for easier manual handling across the Brigades’ diverse workforce.
Additionally, a specialist new fire-fighting foam is used. This technology, called 1/7 Fire-fighting Foam, converts the vehicles on-board supply of 1,800 litres of water into 12,000 litres of foam for improved fire-fighting capability. In another first, East Sussex Fire is the first service to fight structure fires with this foam.
Just the job for going to blazes!
Comments (1)
If no-one else wants a pie for identifying the Brighton Pavilion, I'll have it!
Posted by Clutchslip | May 1, 2008 7:57 AM
Posted on May 1, 2008 07:57