Fire Engines Photos

Sorry to be a fussy, but this West Sussex Rapier is T360 APO which is a reserve appliance (having been new to Worthing in 1999 then serving at Petworth from June 2004 - 2006. This must have been on the run in place of East Grinsteads own Rapier - N140 DPX, which is due to be replaced as their 2nd WTL shortly by the influx of 58 & 09 plated Scania appliances. Visible in the front locker is the Holmatro cutting equipment found on 2nd appliances. West Sussex First away WTLs have Clan Lucas cutting gear introduced in 2003, from which date the Holmatro gear was moved to 2nd & 3rd WTLs, which previously did not carry any hydraulic cutting equipment. Jon.

Added by Jon Godden on 14 September 2009.

hi jon yes i can up date on this info certain reserve trucks in west sussex are equipped to carry either holmatro or clan lucus not both when a truck goes into the reserve fleet -workshop decide what role it will be and regarding east grinstead rapier it was still sitting in workshop the other week with a spilt tank and was told its not being repaired as it do up for renewall so they will probaly stick with T360 untill another truck comes up also just to let you know petworth has now got the 02 dagger from shoreham as it turned up for the job the other nite

Added by Calvin Fox on 19 September 2009.

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