Fire Engines Photos

Fulton and Wylie bodywork. Carried Light Portable Pump only. These community fire appliances so called were mostly used by volunteers in the old Highlands and islands brigade.

Added by Petros on 26 July 2022.

Similar specification to the German TSF van-based units, which were and often still are used by small village volunteers. They are cheap, and can deal with a lot of smaller incidents on their own. Perhaps even more importantly, they are able to provide a timely initial response in more serious situations to get started ar an incident before help arrives from more distant fire companies.

Added by Rob Johnson on 26 July 2022.

As the country has grown more affluent over the years the old TSF specification has been replaced by the TSF-W. This is usually based on a 7.2 ton Iveco or 8 ton MAN chassis. It carries more equipment and has a 500 litre water tank. This is pre-plumbed into the 1000 LPM portable pump, which is in turn hooked up to a flaked attack line. Now it can get to work in a much shorter time - although of course it is still only to be considered a limited first attack unit…

Added by Rob Johnson on 27 July 2022.

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