Fire Engines Photos

Rick great pict. Just curious does this apparatus "pump" the water off or does it have a "dump" valve.
Thanks

Added by Todd on 18 January 2012.

To be honest I don't know I would guess it has a pump in the rear locker - however as stated elsewhere on this site they are now over 5 years old and unused because of 'ongoing problems' !

Added by Rick Loudon on 19 January 2012.

What a waste. What are they going to do with them.
And do they get their money back?

Added by Nick on 20 January 2012.

London don't own them - Assetco their fleet and equipment provider do - it depends who's at fault with the specifications as to whether anyone gets any money back I guess !

Added by Rick Loudon on 20 January 2012.

Why on earth would the London Fire Brigade after all these years never having had bulk water carriers before, actually concider ever getting them now?.

Added by Pete Matten on 20 January 2012.

They were brought so that a fresh, clean water supply could be provided for incidents when water could be contaminated or un-useable. Basically, to work with new dimension vehicles was their primary role.

Added by David Jones on 20 January 2012.

One got moblised to a Farm Fire in Enfield early last year, was driven to incident by a asset co mechanic but was not used, how ever two of them were involved on a big training exercise in Wembley last week.

Added by Richard Whiting on 20 January 2012.

Having worked on similar projects, loss of water for the Capital will have been an identified risk and they will have been provided as a part of the risk management plan. It could be a very real risk or there is maybe something behind it that you or I will never be privvy to...

Added by Glenn Ramsden on 20 January 2012.

A couple of these tankers provided sterling service to the residents of Gloucester, supplying fresh drinking water during the 'great flood' of 2007. I'm not sure who supplied them but they were working on contract to Severn Trent Water..

Added by Michael Williams on 23 June 2012.

Hi David! New Dimension Vehilces? What is that??

Anders F. Sweden.

Added by Anders Fallström on 13 August 2014.

Hi Anders

"New Dimension" was a UK Government scheme to provide an enhanced response to major emergencies in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
Amongst other things, this included supplying the fire service with a number of specialist vehicles to a standard specification so they could be used anywhere in the UK in the event of a terrorist attack or major incident.

These vehicles included 17 DIM units (Detection, Identification & Monitoring) based on large panel vans which carry scientific equipment to test for chemical or nuclear hazards.
73 Incident response Units (IRU) carrying equipment for mass decontamination, these are supported by 33 dis-robe & 13 re-robe units.
19 Urban Search & Rescue (USAR) units carrying kit mainly designed for dealing with structural collapses.
Finally 46 High Volume Pumping units (HVP).
It is the HVPs that have seen most use since the introduction of New Dimension, mostly during the severe flooding that the UK seems prone to in recent years, as well as at large or prolonged fires.

Added by Phil Reed on 17 August 2014.

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