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No: 44917 Contributor: Petros Year: 1989 Manufacturers: Mercedes-Benz, Polyma Country: United Kingdom
D481LPW Mercedes 1222/Polyma ET Norfolk
Norfolk had a number of RTs on this chassis at least one bodied by Halton as well as this Polyma example.
Norfolk used to have 36 SK type cab appliances,from Polyma/Halton. After a fatal (8 died) gas explosion at a block of flats at the top of Putney Hill London on 10 Jan 1985 it became apparent that lack of lighting hampered the rescue operations. A lighting mast system made in Germany was introduced to the fire brigades but none wanted to specify it for future tenders. A prototype tender with the lighting was built in Germany for Polyma (parent is a German company) and led to several orders for the tender from Surrey Fire Brigade. Production was started under the name of Halton Fire Engineering in Widnes Cheshire and led to sales to Surrey, Norfolk and Wiltshire.
Norfolk FB postcard
Norfolk had a number of RTs on this chassis at least one bodied by Halton as well as this Polyma example.
Norfolk used to have 36 SK type cab appliances,from Polyma/Halton. After a fatal (8 died) gas explosion at a block of flats at the top of Putney Hill London on 10 Jan 1985 it became apparent that lack of lighting hampered the rescue operations. A lighting mast system made in Germany was introduced to the fire brigades but none wanted to specify it for future tenders. A prototype tender with the lighting was built in Germany for Polyma (parent is a German company) and led to several orders for the tender from Surrey Fire Brigade. Production was started under the name of Halton Fire Engineering in Widnes Cheshire and led to sales to Surrey, Norfolk and Wiltshire.
Norfolk FB postcard
The 1222 was a chassis developed by Mercedes specifically for fire service use, combining an unusually powerful (for its day) 220 BHP engine with a 12 ton chassis. Although only a few were sold in the U.K., it was very popular in Germany and many other export markets.
Added by Rob Johnson on 21 April 2024.
Added by Rob Johnson on 21 April 2024.
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Added by Petros on 21 April 2024.