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Tyne and Wear's Fire brigade Salvage tender
This is BTN47V Tyne and Wear's original Salvage Tender. I photographed this in 1988/9 on the opening of Hadrian Road fire station. I last saw this vehicle a couple of years ago in a yard next to the A19 near the Leeds turnoff. This yard also had three AEC Matador military wagons.
This is BTN47V Tyne and Wear's original Salvage Tender. I photographed this in 1988/9 on the opening of Hadrian Road fire station. I last saw this vehicle a couple of years ago in a yard next to the A19 near the Leeds turnoff. This yard also had three AEC Matador military wagons.
OSUs can mean anything the brigade desires. I doubt any two are the same.
Added by Neal Glover on 08 May 2022.
Added by Neal Glover on 08 May 2022.
Neal: Many German brigades operate one or more “logistics” trucks, which are conceptually very similar to the OSU, except that they are not pre-loaded. Instead the interior is set up to accept a number of standard sized wheeled baskets, each of which can be already loaded with a very wide variety of different types of extra equipment to supplement items already at at incident on pumps and/ or various specials. Because each basket is ready to go , It does not take very long to load the truck, and it is a very flexible and responsive system.
The actual trucks vary in size from five to fourteen tons; in a few cases, the larger ones pulls similarly designed six to eight ton trailer if necessary.
A few of the larger units have a six seat crew cab, but mostly they just have a standard two or three seat factory cab.
In Belgium, the “material truck” used to be commonplace. It was essentially a pumper without the pump or water tank. It carried up to six crew and loads of extra hoses, ladders, fittings, tools and bigger items which might not fit on a water tender, like the old jumping sheet as well as usually salvage equipment too.
As pumps have grown larger with more locker space and capacity, these have also died out.
Added by Rob Johnson on 09 May 2022.
The actual trucks vary in size from five to fourteen tons; in a few cases, the larger ones pulls similarly designed six to eight ton trailer if necessary.
A few of the larger units have a six seat crew cab, but mostly they just have a standard two or three seat factory cab.
In Belgium, the “material truck” used to be commonplace. It was essentially a pumper without the pump or water tank. It carried up to six crew and loads of extra hoses, ladders, fittings, tools and bigger items which might not fit on a water tender, like the old jumping sheet as well as usually salvage equipment too.
As pumps have grown larger with more locker space and capacity, these have also died out.
Added by Rob Johnson on 09 May 2022.
Dodge
Ed: salvage gear is sometimes on Operational Support Units.
Added by Rob Johnson on 07 May 2022.