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Gezamenlijke brandweer CE 52-1 DAF
Combination Unit from the Unified Industrial/Harbour Fire brigade Rotterdam.
The chassis is a DAF FFN85.380CF440. The bodywork is from BTS-Plastisol-Godiva-HSP.
Pump capacity : 6000 l/m low pressure, 300 l/m high pressure. The watertank has 1500 litres of water and 4000 litres foam concentrate.
There is also a submersible pump onboard, the capacity is 3000 l/m. This unit was built in 2003.
Combination Unit from the Unified Industrial/Harbour Fire brigade Rotterdam.
The chassis is a DAF FFN85.380CF440. The bodywork is from BTS-Plastisol-Godiva-HSP.
Pump capacity : 6000 l/m low pressure, 300 l/m high pressure. The watertank has 1500 litres of water and 4000 litres foam concentrate.
There is also a submersible pump onboard, the capacity is 3000 l/m. This unit was built in 2003.
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Gezamenlijke brandweer, Netherlands
Gezamenlijke brandweer, Netherlands
Hi Pat, this kind of solution you find on modern watertenders in the Netherlands. The Health and Safety rules are not allowing Fire fighters to get equipment on the roof of a engine. So they now can get the things down on a hydraulic way, much easier :-).
Added by Marcel on 16 April 2009.
Added by Marcel on 16 April 2009.
This truck has an additional stowage box on the roof and a built-in roof access ladder at the rear on the right side, suggesting that crew members do in fact need to get on to the roof at certain times.
The powered ladder and suction hose carrier is not only safer than a manual system, but also faster. In the Netherlands, open water sources are practically everywhere, so suctions are used much more often than in many other countries.
Take a look at Dutch firefighting on Youtube, and you will see pumpers drafting from canals and waterways, even in the middle of towns with hydrant sytems. Small wonder they have figured out a faster way of accessing the suction hoses.
The rack also facilitates easy access to ground ladders, which are carried horizontally, rather than sloping backwards, as on Brituish machines, because no gravity assist is needed. This increases space in the rear body, for bigger tanks and/or larger lockers - which is also more efficient.
Added by Rob Johnson on 15 April 2013.
The powered ladder and suction hose carrier is not only safer than a manual system, but also faster. In the Netherlands, open water sources are practically everywhere, so suctions are used much more often than in many other countries.
Take a look at Dutch firefighting on Youtube, and you will see pumpers drafting from canals and waterways, even in the middle of towns with hydrant sytems. Small wonder they have figured out a faster way of accessing the suction hoses.
The rack also facilitates easy access to ground ladders, which are carried horizontally, rather than sloping backwards, as on Brituish machines, because no gravity assist is needed. This increases space in the rear body, for bigger tanks and/or larger lockers - which is also more efficient.
Added by Rob Johnson on 15 April 2013.
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Regards, from Canada,
Pat_R-B
Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 16 April 2009.