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Feuerwehr Aschaffenburg turntable ladder Magirus
1/30/1 DLK 12/23 CS nb Iveco-Magirus Tector 150E28/Magirus AB-1053 2003
1/30/1 DLK 12/23 CS nb Iveco-Magirus Tector 150E28/Magirus AB-1053 2003
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Feuerwehr Aschaffenburg, Germany
Feuerwehr Aschaffenburg, Germany
THe Bavarian town of Aschaffenburg has a population just under 70, 000 and is protected by a volunteer fire service with just over 200 members working out of six stations. They attend around 1, 000 calls a year, which include fire, rescue and service calls, but they are not responsible for EMS.
Their appliance fleet is impressive, although it does include some older units. They have nine pumps, including a rescue pump and four water tenders, two aerials, two dedicated rescues, two command vans, two pod carriers with seven specialized pods and a large number of support vehicles.
These include two hazmat rigs, a hoselayer, a minor alarm van, a water tanker, a squad, three general purpose utilities, four officers' cars, a water rescue unit, four boats, a forklift truck and eight assorted trailers.
When I compare these resources to my old home town, Darlington, the differences are quite amazing! In most states, regulations do not require cities under 100, 000 to have full-time fire services - so the payroll cost savings are dedicated to providing a larger number of personnel, appliances and fire stations, so as to ensure good response times. Nevertheless, ASchaffenburg does maintain a six-man squad on duty at the central station 24 hours a day to guarantee a very rapid first turnout.
Qlthough volunteers, their firefighters are fully trained and include specialists such as hazmat, collapse and high-angle rescue, SCUBA divers and water rescue - as well as firefighting and vehicle extrication competencies.
Added by Rob Johnson on 16 July 2013.
Their appliance fleet is impressive, although it does include some older units. They have nine pumps, including a rescue pump and four water tenders, two aerials, two dedicated rescues, two command vans, two pod carriers with seven specialized pods and a large number of support vehicles.
These include two hazmat rigs, a hoselayer, a minor alarm van, a water tanker, a squad, three general purpose utilities, four officers' cars, a water rescue unit, four boats, a forklift truck and eight assorted trailers.
When I compare these resources to my old home town, Darlington, the differences are quite amazing! In most states, regulations do not require cities under 100, 000 to have full-time fire services - so the payroll cost savings are dedicated to providing a larger number of personnel, appliances and fire stations, so as to ensure good response times. Nevertheless, ASchaffenburg does maintain a six-man squad on duty at the central station 24 hours a day to guarantee a very rapid first turnout.
Qlthough volunteers, their firefighters are fully trained and include specialists such as hazmat, collapse and high-angle rescue, SCUBA divers and water rescue - as well as firefighting and vehicle extrication competencies.
Added by Rob Johnson on 16 July 2013.
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Added by Armani on 14 September 2007.