Fire Engines Photos

Hi Nick, great photo but how does this work? What type of tasks are these boys capable of doing?

Added by Marcel on 17 October 2006.

There are 3 Bikes: 2 carry cutting & rescue equipment; another carries a water/foam jet and some medical equipment.
This team is usually sent for Non-Fire Traffic & High rise incidents. They respond as one unit. These 3 Bike teams are located at Stations in cities and near highways with high traffic incidents.

Added by Nick on 25 October 2006.

They operate as 3 Bike/Man teams. 2 are equipped with portable cutting & rescue equipment; whilst the 3rd has a portable foam jet as well as medical equipment.
The team is sent mostly to non-fire related traffic and building incidents.
Teams are normally stationed at City Centre Stations or those near Highway interchanges.

Added by Nick on 25 October 2006.

Just to add - the Fire Bike Squads were set up because Rescue Tenders would struggle to get to incidents quickly in city centres and highways due to the High Traffic volumes. Thus the Fire Bikes would be first responders to tackle accidents until heavier tenders could arrive.

Added by Nick on 25 October 2006.

Bomba doesn't seem to know how the concept works. There was this documentary on TV3 and the firebikes were moving together with the tenders just like escort bikes. That totally defeats the purpose of fire bikes!!

Added by Fem on 20 January 2010.

Some Indian cities have recently added similar bikes.

As pump crews are normally seven, they drop two firefighters off the pump to precede the pump to the incident and commence attack with small self contained CAFS systems on their bikes.

This is in response to severe traffic congestion, which now results in response times over 20 minutes in some areas of major cities.

Fire bikes have been in use for many years in Japan too, because of congestion and the presence of narrow alleys which even the smallest appliance can’t access.

The routine response in Tokyo is one fire bike and one paramedic bike, followed by the normal attendance of pumpers, one or more aerials, an ambulance and a command van - often accompanied by several community volunteer mini pumpers too...




Added by Rob Johnson on 19 June 2020.

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