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Land Rovers are very popular with fire services in Portugal, although this small wrecker crane is a bit unusual. Most are operated as light brush pumpers, and also as rescues (including high angle rescues and dive team tenders towing boat trailers) as well as command cars and personnel carriers.
Except for defunct UMM, Portugal has no truck manufacturers, so fire service fleets are very mixed and still include a few very old US brand vehicles. But the majority are a mix of Iveco, MAN, Magirus, Mercedes, Renault, Scania, Toyota and Volvo. Like other Southern European countries, Portuguese fire services operate large numbers of extra L4Ps, brush pumpers and tankers as well as pumps, rescues and aerials for structure fires, rescues and general service alarms. Large tankers are also very important for urban firefighting in many areas where hydrant capacity is limited.
Apart from the larger towns and cities, most fire services are all volunteer. Each administration decides its own crewing model, but at full time stations a four watch system is quite common, with one watch on duty at the fire station, one off-duty but subject to recall if needed, and two off duty and/or on leave. Typically, both full time and volunteer brigades operate ambulances, but are not usually the sole EMS provider.
Added by Rob Johnson on 06 January 2021.
Except for defunct UMM, Portugal has no truck manufacturers, so fire service fleets are very mixed and still include a few very old US brand vehicles. But the majority are a mix of Iveco, MAN, Magirus, Mercedes, Renault, Scania, Toyota and Volvo. Like other Southern European countries, Portuguese fire services operate large numbers of extra L4Ps, brush pumpers and tankers as well as pumps, rescues and aerials for structure fires, rescues and general service alarms. Large tankers are also very important for urban firefighting in many areas where hydrant capacity is limited.
Apart from the larger towns and cities, most fire services are all volunteer. Each administration decides its own crewing model, but at full time stations a four watch system is quite common, with one watch on duty at the fire station, one off-duty but subject to recall if needed, and two off duty and/or on leave. Typically, both full time and volunteer brigades operate ambulances, but are not usually the sole EMS provider.
Added by Rob Johnson on 06 January 2021.
'Portugal has no truck manufacturers'. Just like UK (:
Added by CraigW on 07 January 2021.
Added by CraigW on 07 January 2021.
Craig: The difference is that they never really had any, except for UMM, which built a 4X4 very much like a short wheelbase Land Rover. There is an example of a UMM on this site.
The UK had loads of mostly quite small truck manufacturers. In my distant youth, I can recall AEC, Albion, Austin, Alvis, Bedford, BMC, Commer, Dennis, Dodge, ERF, Foden, Fordson, Jensen, Karrier, Leyland, Morris, Maudslay, Scammel, Sentinel, Thornycroft and - briefly - Bristol, who mainly concentrated on buses.
Added by Rob Johnson on 07 January 2021.
The UK had loads of mostly quite small truck manufacturers. In my distant youth, I can recall AEC, Albion, Austin, Alvis, Bedford, BMC, Commer, Dennis, Dodge, ERF, Foden, Fordson, Jensen, Karrier, Leyland, Morris, Maudslay, Scammel, Sentinel, Thornycroft and - briefly - Bristol, who mainly concentrated on buses.
Added by Rob Johnson on 07 January 2021.
I know, in my youth 1960s we had almost the complete alphabet of truck makers! We were still the world's biggest truck exporter till end of the 1960s. Sadly a perfect storm of bad management, bad government and bad unions put an end to it all.
Ed: globalisation might have had something to do with it!
Added by CraigW on 08 January 2021.
Ed: globalisation might have had something to do with it!
Added by CraigW on 08 January 2021.
Land Rover
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Added by APR343 on 22 March 2014.