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this is a really good fire engine.... but what is it for


Added by Michael Ludlow on 04 February 2009.

Michael,
As Murray has said in his original caption - it's a Rescue Tender.


Added by Ian Moore on 04 February 2009.

Seems strange?, I realise this maybe a Rescue Tender, but looking at the photograph, it appears to be carrying on its backside a fork lift truck.
For what purpose would a rescue tender have with a fork lift truck or
is this to carry equipment stowed on the appliance, maybe in cages, etc
to the Incident/RTC, etc?.

Added by Pete Matten on 04 February 2009.

Not totally sure what the Essex RT's carry but all four on the run machines(L677LOO, S453RHJ, EU54YAX and EU54YAY) carry a forklift(the reserve L675LOO has the capacity too), with a roller shutter, which must be where the stuff that may be palletised is kept, but looking at other pictures, there is RTC equipment kept in the small lockers and there is door access in the side.

Added by Jake Reever on 05 February 2009.

there are two cages at the rear of the MRT that the mounty moffet fork lift truck lifts off and its also useful for rescuing horses and lifting heavy goods at road accidents. it carries cutting gear, oxygen, and other rescue gear and acts sometimes as a mini control unit.

Added by George on 05 February 2009.

Quite a few Heavy Rescue Tenders have a Moffat Mounty fixed to the back, they can be used for carrying equipment from the vehicle ie heavy baulks of timber for shoring purposes but can also be utilised to move wrecked cars from multi vehicle accidents on motorways etc.

Added by Barrie Green on 05 February 2009.

Anyone got any pics of the curtainside of this appliance when it is open? Or any of the internal stowage? I am as curious about the stowage layout as I am about the equipment it carries. Thanks.

Added by Monkey Boy The 3rd on 12 March 2012.

I've seen one of these forklifts proving its worth where an HGV had overturned and completely lost its palletised load on the motorway. It was doing the work of twenty men. A very useful tool indeed.

Added by Yelp Bullhorn on 13 March 2012.

Yelp - its not really the job of the fire and rescue service to 'tidy up ' after an RTA - thats the highways agencys department - the forklifts are generally there to avoid manual handling problems with heavy equipment !

Added by Rick Loudon on 13 March 2012.

It's not really the job of the fire service but being the "can do" organisation it is, looking at the bigger picture and utilising resources for the benefit of other road users is what makes the fire fighters heros, the world over.

Added by Monkey Boy The 3rd on 13 March 2012.

The real benefit is that the 'Mounty' can carry bulk loads of kit to where it is needed instead of tiring a crew doing the portering. Classic example are bulk containers of foam solution. Very heavy, needed in bulk. Pit props for collapsed buildings / trench work also drop neatly into this concept. There are so many others

Added by Colin Foster on 14 March 2012.

Yes I know that Rick, but at the particular incident that I saw, the Mounty driver was definitely wearing firefighter's PPE. I think the Mounty belonged to the Urban Search & Rescue people in attendance. I think a car had initially 'gone under'. There's was quite a big turnout.

But it was good to see our public servants beavering away to get the motorway open though, which is what they were doing when I drove passed. And that's really what I was originally commenting on: the mundane task of occasionally fetching a crate down from a curtain-sider doesn't quite convey a Mounty's worth or its abilities, abiliies that others have already endorsed. And in these days of austerity, perhaps expensive public-owned kit like this should be used more often, especially if it's for the greater good of everyone.

Added by Yelp Bullhorn on 16 March 2012.

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