Fire Engines Photos

Fire Engine Photos

 No: 4353   Contributor: Konrad Nowak   Year: 2007   Manufacturer: Renault   Country: Poland

308[W]21 - Renault Mascott - Warsaw, Poland

A light firefighting/rescue appliance on Renault Mascott chassis, built by ISS Wawrzaszek. It is stationed at Warsaw’s Fire and Rescue Unit 8, which provides cover for the Praga-Południe district. Station 8 is also home to the Specialist Medical Rescue Group ‘Warszawa-8’. The group’s main role is organizing treatment for large numbers of casualties at major incidents, but it also carries out rehab & care duties. The station also holds a stock of first aid equipment, backboards, etc.

308[W]21 is mostly dispatched to ‘technical’ incidents, including RTAs, industrial incidents, etc. Thanks to its fire-fighting capability, it can also be used as a first intervention vehicle for fires. It embodies a new concept of an SLRt (light rescue), which has been in application since around 2001-2002. The idea is that an SLRt crew should be able to operate on its own at an RTA (which is its primary role – these are often called ‘road rescue vehicles’), without the assistance of a water tender. Therefore, a 1000 l. water tank and a built-in foam system were added to the typical SLRt, and crew cabs (5-7 places) became a must. Prior to that, an SLRt carried just the basic equipment and only up to 3 firefighters.

The new light rescue vehicle concept created havoc in the official vehicle naming system, as the result was a hybrid of a light pumper (GLBA) and a light rescue (SLRt), so mixes of the two appeared as new vehicles entered service in all corners of Poland: SLRt+BA, SLRtBA, GLBARt, GLBA+Rt, or a completely exotic mix GLBAt, as 308[W]21 is referred to. None of these follow any official norms – which shows that legislation is slow to follow such changes…

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Vehicle information:

Chassis: Renault Mascott, crew cab (6 seats)
Bodywork: composite (GRP), ISS Wawrzaszek

Water tank: 1000 l.
Foam concentrate tank: 100 l.
Pump: Ruberg R2-40 high pressure pump (250 lmp @ 8 bar)
A single 60m hosereel with a foam branch extension (Pohorje-Mirna);

Equipment carried:

- a large set of Holmatro tools, including: cutters, spreaders, ram jacks, minicutters, pipe squeezers, cable cutters, 2 hydraulic motor pumps, hosereels, a foot pump, an air operated pump and a range of accessories;
- high pressure lifting bags;
- PSP R1 first aid set + backboard;
- Honda power generator;
- lightning mast;
- vehicle stabilization equipment (blocks, chocks, straps, etc.);
- front winch;
- Partner concrete & steel saw + spare blade;
- Husquarna chainsaw;
- 4 BA sets + spare bottle;
- crowbars, cutters, axes, etc.;
- traffic cones + lamps;
- seal-off tape;
- portable hydrant (for accessing underground network);
- 5kg CO2 fire extinguisher.

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Picture taken on 18.08.2007, during an official rally of www.ratownictwo.org.pl (Ratownictwo.Galeria) users.