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No: 2108 Contributor: Daniel Lerch FW Birsfelden Year: 1992 Manufacturer: Mercedes-Benz Country: Switzerland
Birsfelden Mercedes dry chemical pumper tanker
This appliance of 1992 is the main appliance of the voluntary Fire Brigade of Birsfelden (Switzerland). It bases on a Mercedes-Benz SK 1530 AF/36 4x4 and has a bodywork of the Swiss factory Vogt AG. The truck carries 1800 ltr water, 330 ltr AFFF-Foam and 750 dry powder as well as 6 breathing apparatus and hoses in 3 different dimensions (40/55 and 75 mm diameter). This so-called universal pumper tanker is equipped with a Teklite-mast at its back with 2x 500 W and has a monitor on the roof of the bodywork which allows fighting fires in nearby oiltank storage sites from a safe distance. The monitor has a output of up to 3000 ltr/min.
This appliance of 1992 is the main appliance of the voluntary Fire Brigade of Birsfelden (Switzerland). It bases on a Mercedes-Benz SK 1530 AF/36 4x4 and has a bodywork of the Swiss factory Vogt AG. The truck carries 1800 ltr water, 330 ltr AFFF-Foam and 750 dry powder as well as 6 breathing apparatus and hoses in 3 different dimensions (40/55 and 75 mm diameter). This so-called universal pumper tanker is equipped with a Teklite-mast at its back with 2x 500 W and has a monitor on the roof of the bodywork which allows fighting fires in nearby oiltank storage sites from a safe distance. The monitor has a output of up to 3000 ltr/min.
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Regards, from Canada,
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Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 29 November 2008.