Fire Engines Photos

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No: 464   Contributor: Marcel Sloover   Year: 2006   Manufacturer: Alvis   Country: United Kingdom

Lossiemouth Alvis RIV

I took this picture at the Lossiemouth Air force Base in Scotland. These guys came back after a incident with a Tornado fighting jet.


Water Tank Capacity ........ 2,275 Litres (600 Gals)
Foam Tank Capacity......... 275 Litres (75 Gals)
Main Fire Pump................. Godiva GMB 5300, dual stage, dual pressure pump fitted with an automatic water ring primer to allow self priming.
Low Pressure...............}

Upto 5000 Litres per minute (Lpm) at upto 14 bar for firefighting.

Upto 5000 Lpm at 10 bar for relay pumping.
High Pressure...............}

130 Lpm at 24 bar when used in conjunction with the low pressure system

130 Lpm at upto 40 bar when used independently
Roof Monitor.................... 1000 Lpm at 14 bar
Bumper Turret................... 500 Lpm at 14 bar
Regulated Sidelines x 2...... 450 Lpm restricted to 7 bar
Unregulated Sidelines x 2... 550 Lpm
All deliveries are pneumatically operated from the roof monitor position.
High pressure hose reel...... 130 Lpm at upto 40 bar
Engine............................... Detroit Diesel 6V92-TA 475 water cooled, two stroke, direct injection, 'clean burn' turbocharger.
BHP.................................. 475 bhp at 2300 rpm (full operational use)
350 bhp at 2100 rpm (non-emergency use)

Physical Data
Length............................... 8.00 m
Width................................ 3.00 m (mirror to mirror)
Height to top of monitor..... 3.26 m (laden) - 3.28 m (unladen)
Max weight (road going).... 15100 kg (laden) - 12405 kg (unladen)

Performance
Acceleration...................... 0-80 kph within 23 seconds
Max Speed........................ 120 kph
Fuel Consumption.............. 1.8 km per litre
Range................................ 280 km